Font•A•Day: A Brief Look at Attractive and Modern Typefaces

[mwenz]

let's see if i can capitalize a proper noun...Archer is the font name:
http://www.typography.com/fonts/font...0033&path=head

i have the "hoefler text" font kicking around in my font wish list. And at 299 usd for all 27 styles, it's a steal in my opinion.

mike

[Gare]

It's beautiful and I didn't realize that the Hoefler Family had merged their business—haven't checked in with this foundry in years.

I'm at all four faces and the ornaments and holding. $229 is our gas and electric bill this month, sad to say.

-g-

[catkins10]

I'm loving Hoefleur too -thanks for that!

[wizard509]

Hoefler Text really is a good looking font alright.

[Gare]

Emigré has had several "hit fonts" over the decades, not in the least the whimsical "Remedy", complete with a matchinh swash set, two different weights, and a companion ornament set.

"Variex" is also distributed by them, designed by Zuzana Licko and Rudy VanderLans. I think the thing that makes this font interesting is if you use different weights, the baseline of the fonts aren't even, they weren't designed to do it. So it makes the different weights really handsome for doing bold headline posters...as long as the theme is light and humorous, like the font.

I did a sketch here to show you that the different weights of Variex move outward from a center line.



Cool, or what?

My Best,

Gary

[MarcT]

Interesting thread Gary!

I'm not very good with fonts but always had a fascination for them

I got interested in arts and craft movement a while ago and discovered that William Morris also created a couple of typefaces.
Some have been translated into computer fonts:







It appears he really liked Nicolas Jenson's roman typeface created in the 1400s.




Vaguely related, I noticed later that the signature of Elbert Hubbard's "Roycroft" furniture was strikingly similar of Jenson's:







Probably not a coincidence.

Marc

[MarcT]

There's a good documentary about the Helvetica font and typography:
http://www.helveticafilm.com/

Gary Hustwit, who directed this movie also made "objectified"
Quite interesting if you like design.

Marc

[MarcT]

Doh! I just realized this was a thread for "Modern" typeface and there I go putting 1400s stuff, haha!

Feel free to remove the post, goofing is a kind habit for me! ;-)

Marc

[Gare]

It's the "Interesting and Modern" thread, Mark, so no worries.

The Arts and Crafts movement was started in at least three areas, all around the turn of the 20th century to almost the mid 1930s, depending on where you lived. You have Rennie Mackintosh in the Scottish Arts and Crafts movement, Frank Lloyd Wright in the US, and there were some French Arts and Craftsians, but none come to mind at the moment.

Here's an example of typography created by artists at the P22 Type Foundry, based on Frank Lloyd Wright's design work:



OKAY: BIG QUESTION

I think I have legal access to some of the old William Morris and other glyphs. They're highly ornamental stuff, perfect for the "O" in "Once Upon a Time..." in a storybook.

Shall I try to post an example? Would this bee a good font project for the fall?

-g-

[MarcT]

I think I have legal access to some of the old William Morris and other glyphs. They're highly ornamental stuff, perfect for the "O" in "Once Upon a Time..." in a storybook.

Shall I try to post an example? Would this bee a good font project for the fall?
-g-

This definitely looks interesting!

"Arts and Craft" were also the basis of "Art Nouveau" in France .

Marc