Typography

[emma_leigh]

^ Those are gorgeous.

 

[prehuman]

Painted alphabet by Giovannino de’ Grassi, 1398 (!!!)

spamula.net

 

[prehuman]

Alfabeto in Sogno (Dream Alphabet), dating from 1683
by Giuseppe Maria Mitelli (1634-1718)

 

[Meg]

Does anyone know the font of Garance Dore's blog? I can't tell if it's a font, or simply her real life signature.
http://www.garancedore.fr/en/ (top of the page)

 

[beyrownvalentine]

Does anyone know the font of Garance Dore's blog? I can't tell if it's a font, or simply her real life signature.
http://www.garancedore.fr/en/ (top of the page)

it look like a hand drawn image to me rather than a font?

 

[gius]

i think so too

because although the "A" is the same across the garance dore
it changes size
and that doesn't work in a font program

also the D is connected to the o and if you use an a instead, it won't connect

it would have to be seamless to be a font

 

[beyrownvalentine]

Love the Penrose Annual (review of graphic arts) for typography especially the ones from the 1950s and 1960s.

image credits: acejet170.typepad.com, members.ams.chello.nl,

 

[DanaChristina]

Prehuman: Those are absolutely beautiful!! Very much in the style of Starowejski.

 

[DanaChristina]

I love fonts more than anything.

There is something so incredibly comfortable about a really good font. I'm partial to mid-19th and mid-20th century type-faces myself.

Dior1245, you have no idea. It's so hard to find someone interested in fashion who values typography...and it's such an important part of visual communication!!! Typography can make or break an image....take lacoste for example... they're corporate typeface is a disgrace to such a timeless line.

 

[Meg]

yes, I thought it was hand-drawn but thought I would double check because there is something about the swoop of it I love. I think the more you are drawn to design, the more you are drawn to typography. It's something I don't really get, as in I can't talk about serifs and connections and things, but I feel like, with fashion, you can look at it and instantly get it. You can look at a font and say 'ah yes, that's so 1970s-I'm-horseback-riding-in-the-Hamptons' or 'that's so 1988-i'm-at-the-mall-going-to-see-my-first-pg13-film'. I guess in a roundabout way, I'm trying to say it's evocative

 

[Flashbang]

Love the Penrose Annual (review of graphic arts) for typography especially the ones from the 1950s and 1960s.

image credits: acejet170.typepad.com, members.ams.chello.nl,

This looks great. I really like the 50s 60s typography

 

[StellaMare]

yes, I thought it was hand-drawn but thought I would double check because there is something about the swoop of it I love. I think the more you are drawn to design, the more you are drawn to typography. It's something I don't really get, as in I can't talk about serifs and connections and things, but I feel like, with fashion, you can look at it and instantly get it. You can look at a font and say 'ah yes, that's so 1970s-I'm-horseback-riding-in-the-Hamptons' or 'that's so 1988-i'm-at-the-mall-going-to-see-my-first-pg13-film'. I guess in a roundabout way, I'm trying to say it's evocative

This is exactly how I feel about typography..

 

[JB Maarco]

Thank You Avant Garde

 

[Geostud]

Did anyone hear about the backlash IKEA received for changing its catalog font from "Futura" to "Veranda"? It's the power of the typography!

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/05/arts/design/05ikea.html

 

[ellastica]

Maybe the more graphic design-centric folks can answer this:
What are the typefaces used for this 2003 cover of VP? the red text in particular?


source: listal
credit: Polevshchikova @ tfs

 

[GivenchyHomme]

All of Vogue Paris's fonts are custom made by M&M Paris. You may be able to find something similar to the other text but the red headline is 100% custom.

 

[ellastica]

^thanks, GivenchyHomme! do you know if VP is the only edition of VOGUE which uses custom fonts? or uses an outside design firm for this purpose?

 

[Jinadaze]

yes, I thought it was hand-drawn but thought I would double check because there is something about the swoop of it I love. I think the more you are drawn to design, the more you are drawn to typography. It's something I don't really get, as in I can't talk about serifs and connections and things, but I feel like, with fashion, you can look at it and instantly get it. You can look at a font and say 'ah yes, that's so 1970s-I'm-horseback-riding-in-the-Hamptons' or 'that's so 1988-i'm-at-the-mall-going-to-see-my-first-pg13-film'. I guess in a roundabout way, I'm trying to say it's evocative

I know it's an old post but ... I can't sleep anyway.

Actually you sure can tell from which decade some font is if you know something about it, because every decade's graphic design and therefore typography has it's own rules and features.
I'm sure everyone who knows a little about graphic would recognize, let's say, a font designed during Bauhaus or De Stijl period, then Swiss design was very strong in the 50's
with their International typographic style and then 60s with Hoffman & Miedinger's Helvetica and all the golden ages of advertisement and so on and so forth. Not to mention
the electronic revolution which took design and even more - typography to a whole new level.
Sure we are looking back for inspiration and ideas because we have to, because 'rules' and good aesthetic were made then. So called 'retro graphic design' is now even more popular
than it was in the 80's and 90's, it became legendary, a good standard.

 

[ellastica]

For those who are curious: here are similar fonts as id-ed by Stephen Coles @ myfont.com. I'd highly recommend this site as it's super easy to use and the forum members very helpful and amazingly speedy!


VOGUE Paris May 2003 shot by Mario Testino:

source: fashionmodeldirectory.com (full cover)


Similar Fonts:
Hombre BT (Bitstream)

Besley Hand Bold (Juraj Chrastina)

Hand Stamped JNL-Regular (Jeff Levine)

all other sources: myfont.com

 

[adore dior]

this thread is awesome!!!