(The spartan limitations of internet typography don't help.)
― tits akimbo (kenan), Thursday, 23 April 2009 01:07 (fifteen years ago) link
Question for mr telecom.
This image: http://dropular.net/content/_fixed/ipsa5g8mf_2965627507_2f0f0f2f15_o.jpg
Do you know details about it? Because I'm thinking of basing a design on it, and I want to give it its due.
― tits akimbo (kenan), Thursday, 23 April 2009 01:19 (fifteen years ago) link
Question for mr telecom.This image: http://dropular.net/content/_fixed/ipsa5g8mf_2965627507_2f0f0f2f15_o.jpgDo you know details about it? Because I'm thinking of basing a design on it, and I want to give it its due.
Erik Nitsche is the designer. Check out:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Nitschehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/eriknitsche/
for all the background.
― Carroll Shelby Downard (Elvis Telecom), Thursday, 23 April 2009 04:07 (fifteen years ago) link
This thread is making me think/worry that innovation in typography stalled after this era, and unless some people get crazy creative in a hurry, we're all doomed to mine the past. A lot like jazz.
I think it's very hard to popularise newer fonts tho because of the ubiquity and recognisability of the old standards.
It's good really that it's not so easy to get hold of decent stylish fonts tho (without paying).
I need to try making my own, I like creating characters/letter forms in Illustrator. Fontographer still the app of choice?
― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Thursday, 23 April 2009 10:39 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.penguinsciencefiction.org/
― caek, Friday, 1 May 2009 13:35 (fifteen years ago) link
This thread is making me think/worry that innovation in typography stalled after this era, and unless some people get crazy creative in a hurry, we're all doomed to mine the past.
not sure about this. while there was an insane explosion of font styles in the earlier part of the 20th century that i doubt we'll ever see again - the 90's had a pretty decent typography revolution of it's own. stuff like David Carson and his ilk really challenged all traditional approaches to typsetting we'd seen up until then. we did have an explosion of new phonts too with desktop publishing making it easier than ever to create your own letterforms and also the web bringing in demand for even more simplified fonts. sure, not many have/will stick around but there's definitely going to be a lasting influence on typography coming out of the digital age. maybe it's too recent for us to be truly aware of it - or how it will shape things going forward.
― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Friday, 1 May 2009 15:21 (fifteen years ago) link
my thesis in college was on font styles as signifiers of overall shifts in design styles throughout the 20th century.
― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Friday, 1 May 2009 15:27 (fifteen years ago) link
TCRODTT, that sounds interesting! Is it online anywhere?
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 2 May 2009 13:19 (fifteen years ago) link
I feel like with typography, it's sort of that dilemma where to some degree it's been done and perfected. Over centuries certain styles were created that became standards and for years and years and still those basic styles get tweaked. The grunge fonts era created an explosion of new ideas, but mostly faddish ones that are already dated, and in sacrificing legibility, don't seem like they'll have much legs. The type designers today are left with either subtle updates of classic forms or novelty faces. Maybe it is a question of distance...I say 90s grunge fonts are dated, but personally I'm a big fan of the sort of 50s/60s phototypesetting styles that most people have avoided for the last 30 years as cheesy, because it's easier for me to idealize and romanticize the 60s then the 90s. I'm talking about liking stuff like Banco or Brush Script, but not really caring for most of Emigre's fonts of Neville Brody's stuff. I'm sure in a few years everyone will start using Industria Inline or something. Stuff like Banco is the kind of thing lazy designers use in silly ways, but while in college I saw a copy of the original type specimen sheet and taken in it's original context and used well, it just looked awesome. I guess everything has it's place!
Personally, I'm really bad at even recognizing typefaces, and getting started with hand typesetting, I'm going to purchase just a few basic fonts and use them for everything. When I bought my type cabinet, I got a really really great deal on a large amount of Futura Demibold, so like it or not, I'm going to make that work. The guy selling it said he didn't think he'd be able to get rid of it easily. I think the people who are doing hand typesetting these days in the letterpress community seem to be really attracted to more old-fashioned serifs, wedding typefaces, display faces, etc.
― dan selzer, Saturday, 2 May 2009 15:30 (fifteen years ago) link
ban bank gothic
― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Saturday, 2 May 2009 15:36 (fifteen years ago) link
I never really liked the 90's grungy-busy thing at all, even when it was new - it always felt like it was setting itself up for instant datedness, kind of like all the "computer" fonts of the 80's representing fake futureism. I've been digging a lot of the old serif fonts lately, mostly out of necessity because I deal with a lot of stuff from 16th and 17th century at my job and kind of have to design around that.
As for Banco, it will always just be "Thrasher Font" to me, just like Mistral is "NWA Font":http://www.nebraskaskateparks.com/skateparktourEast-5-2005/norfolk/thrasher52405.jpg
― joygoat, Saturday, 2 May 2009 16:17 (fifteen years ago) link
I think this is the best thread there's ever been on ILX.
― Michael Jones, Saturday, 2 May 2009 17:31 (fifteen years ago) link
nope. this was a decade ago, sorry.
― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Saturday, 2 May 2009 19:05 (fifteen years ago) link
A few nice bits and bobs collected here - DavideLevine's collection from Expo 1958 Brussels on flickr.
― Ned Trifle II, Sunday, 3 May 2009 13:30 (fifteen years ago) link
The same fellow had a huge collection of travel related graphics from the 1920s and 1930s. Amazing.
― Ned Trifle II, Sunday, 3 May 2009 13:31 (fifteen years ago) link
And from a link from that site I noticed this poster for a shooting festival in 1963http://www.posterpage.ch/exhib/ex190tel/p133189s.jpg(the site is one huge collection of posters from all over the place - well worth a look if you graphics junkies haven't already been there)
― Ned Trifle II, Sunday, 3 May 2009 13:39 (fifteen years ago) link
Access forbidden!
― caek, Monday, 4 May 2009 23:11 (fifteen years ago) link
Damn - it worked yesterday. Maybe they don't like hotlinking?
― Ned Trifle II, Monday, 4 May 2009 23:29 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.alamedainfo.com/Expo_67_Pavilion_of_Ethiopia_PC_001.jpg
― caek, Friday, 22 May 2009 10:08 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.alamedainfo.com/Expo_67_Montreal.htm
― caek, Friday, 22 May 2009 10:11 (fifteen years ago) link
― caek, Monday, May 4, 2009 11:11 PM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark
Back up now. Worth a look.http://www.posterpage.ch/
― Brandy Frotte and Reel De La St-Jean (Ned Trifle II), Friday, 22 May 2009 10:22 (fifteen years ago) link
http://blog.iso50.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/Picture-32-450x645.png
― caek, Tuesday, 7 July 2009 14:05 (fourteen years ago) link
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v280/tomasutpen/album7/mjqsherrif.jpg
― caek, Tuesday, 7 July 2009 14:07 (fourteen years ago) link
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v280/tomasutpen/album6/californiadreaming66.jpg
― caek, Tuesday, 7 July 2009 14:08 (fourteen years ago) link
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v280/tomasutpen/album5/garlandofred56.jpg
this guy...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v280/tomasutpen/album4/inventionsdimensions1963.jpg
― caek, Tuesday, 7 July 2009 14:09 (fourteen years ago) link
p.s. came v. close to dropping $75 on a print of this 1993 exhibition poster
http://web.mac.com/calmuseum/iWeb/Site/Posters_files/p_cowa.jpg
― caek, Tuesday, 7 July 2009 14:15 (fourteen years ago) link
all those jazz covers selected by http://tsutpen.blogspot.com/, which dom linked to on his blog. the Art of Jazz section is great, but so is the photography.
― caek, Tuesday, 7 July 2009 14:16 (fourteen years ago) link
http://nevver.tumblr.com/photo/1280/137140318/1/FMjAUV0Jiplblevb9KaXW0WV
― caek, Friday, 17 July 2009 11:56 (fourteen years ago) link
http://nevver.tumblr.com/photo/1280/139914267/1/2m8BXUfripso6ku0lUz0DCsZ
― caek, Friday, 17 July 2009 12:05 (fourteen years ago) link
after another day of putting fake digital murk work for 'edgy' camden ponies this thread makes me ashamed and want to cry
― straightola, Friday, 17 July 2009 15:22 (fourteen years ago) link
<3 this thread
― slug bait, can't wait (herb albert), Friday, 17 July 2009 15:26 (fourteen years ago) link
http://blog.bookcoverarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/how-children-fail.jpg
― caek, Wednesday, 29 July 2009 21:20 (fourteen years ago) link
i'm unsure of what supposed to be represented there
― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Wednesday, 29 July 2009 21:59 (fourteen years ago) link
love those opening credits. and thank you Elvis Telecom for introducing me to Erik Nitsche-- he's amazing.
not exactly sure on the dates on these:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3581/3770499564_93d2196b96.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2544/3770494886_ba40045662_o.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3561/3769694835_be9b038a1d.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3425/3769698885_6629681d65.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2588/3769701869_6cc4640522_o.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3435/3770501544_00afc3a457.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2449/3770494292_70dc5f735f.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2480/3769694279_54a553a0a7.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3480/3769689019_7cf667c66f.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3517/3769690671_9817178c22.jpg
― sciolism, Wednesday, 29 July 2009 22:25 (fourteen years ago) link
rad
― caek, Wednesday, 29 July 2009 23:25 (fourteen years ago) link
damn this thread is awesome. i love so many of these.
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Thursday, 30 July 2009 05:46 (fourteen years ago) link
http://blog.iso50.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/img116-450x664.jpg
― caek, Friday, 31 July 2009 14:29 (fourteen years ago) link
I knew this was an Elvis Telecom thread.
― Your Mother Smells Of Elderflower (Masonic Boom), Friday, 31 July 2009 14:31 (fourteen years ago) link
http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/e9/17/8751c060ada03703edb7f110.L.jpg
― Eazy, Friday, 31 July 2009 14:41 (fourteen years ago) link
http://img.maniadb.com/images/album_t/224/224266_1_f.jpg
― Eazy, Friday, 31 July 2009 14:46 (fourteen years ago) link
http://caffecino.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/zzzzzzzzzzzzzz31.jpg
― Eazy, Friday, 31 July 2009 14:48 (fourteen years ago) link
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v280/tomasutpen/album7/artofsocialmobility.jpg
― caek, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 11:03 (fourteen years ago) link
weird text justifying, esp with the logo so near
― unban dictionary (blueski), Wednesday, 19 August 2009 11:07 (fourteen years ago) link
yah, looks like an ee cummings poem
― caek, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 11:35 (fourteen years ago) link
more please!
― caek, Monday, 2 November 2009 11:03 (fourteen years ago) link
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Mrv83QWuE8Y/SMFkn4g_eYI/AAAAAAAAAPA/3uWP6e7TQNg/s1600/the-common-sense-of-science.jpg
― caek, Monday, 2 November 2009 11:11 (fourteen years ago) link
one of my favourite interior book designs: http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=oExswkGgz64C
― caek, Monday, 2 November 2009 11:13 (fourteen years ago) link
fetishistic, but well done
http://simoncpage.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/4115566898_c54c93d3d2_b.jpg
― caek, Thursday, 19 November 2009 14:56 (fourteen years ago) link
probably buying those
― mdskltr (blueski), Thursday, 19 November 2009 14:58 (fourteen years ago) link