Typophile - New Blackletter Font - Comments

Vladamir makes a good point.

Eben Sorkin — Mon, 5 May 2008 20:49:47 -0700

Vladamir makes a good point. Although by now that too may be fixed. I hope so!

Lovely font, but the word IN

Vladimir Tamari — Mon, 5 May 2008 04:50:23 -0700

Lovely font, but the word IN is almost identical to the letter M. I suppose this may be true of other fonts as well?

I’m just curious why this

Stephen Rapp — Sun, 4 May 2008 17:51:34 -0700

I’m just curious why this is headed as a Blackletter font. Having come from more of a calligraphy background as opposed to Typography, I immediately thought of the style as Versals, though they are often seen Historically with Blackletter as headings. I noticed that uncials are often categorized with blackletters as well. Is this just a type thing. I know the word Gothic in both type and lettering has several different meanings.
Stephen Rapp

I think like blackletter -

Eben Sorkin — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:37:51 -0700

I think like blackletter - it could even range beyond that.

Yeah, I guess it would be

Quincunx — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:46:18 -0700

Yeah, I guess it would be positive in that sense. But you’re right that it isn’t as widely applicable as Trajan is, because of the forms.

But for films and books that are set in the historic ara where this kind of calligraphy was used, this typeface would look pretty good and fit well. :)

Having your font used as

Eben Sorkin — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:21:17 -0700

Having your font used as much as Trajan would have to be just fine though - no?

I don’t think that’s likely given the centrality of the Trajan forms to western/latin letterforms.

But on the other hand I have never seen a font in this category that has this kind of strong charisma.

Lol, no not like that. I

Quincunx — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:45:14 -0700

Lol, no not like that. I meant it as something positive. :P

Like a new Trajan? That’s

Eben Sorkin — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:32:44 -0700

Like a new Trajan? That’s a nice thought.

Woah, that’s nice.

Quincunx — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:25:27 -0700

Woah, that’s nice. :)

We’ll probably see this typeface in use, like on bookjackets and movieposters.

That is a really good one -

Werfer — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 08:44:08 -0700

That is a really good one - have you tried sending it in? I daresay this is something the larger type foundries might be interested in.

Rui, whenever you think is

AGL — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 05:25:41 -0700

Rui, whenever you think is OK we can discuss printed specimens. I guess some sort of ’limited’ edition single piece could and would be a interesting approach. You could use it to promote your work and at the same time please the EYES of the world!

Você bem poderia incluir a dragon glyph on the font, hehe...

Cheers

André thats cool, it would

rui abreu — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 05:39:35 -0700

André thats cool, it would look nice. Maybe
I have to deal with its release first. Thanks:)

Ps.: nem verde nem vermelho, mais azul:)

Hi Rui, Back here. I will do

AGL — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 05:35:24 -0700

Hi Rui,

Back here. I will do it for you. Cheap for sure, just for the pleasure of seeing it on the paper. Black and red. The design could be like a old book title page.

“Orbe” - cool!

Viva ó Sporting (espero que não sejas encarnado)

Inté

-Andre

yes. Since this is just one

rui abreu — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:01:38 -0700

yes. Since this is just one weight. I’ll just put it on my site and sell it through MyFonts.

Doh! I see now! You will

Eben Sorkin — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:43:09 -0700

Doh! I see now! You will release it from your foundry! Here:

http://www.r-typography.com/

New Blackletter Font

rui abreu — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 10:08:56 -0800

hello,

Could you please give me your opinion on this font I’m developing?
Since it has so many diferent details it would really help to have a few comments.

Thanks in advanced