Typophile - Suggestions for Jazz typefaces - Comments

Also look at

dezcom — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:23:13 -0700

Also look at Serifa.

http://www.linotype.com/1463/serifa-family.html?gclid=CP_Hp9b-hZICFShMGg...

ChrisL

Ah! For good, chunky,

gulliver — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:59:34 -0700

Ah! For good, chunky, geometric slab-serifs like on the Sonny Rollins poster, check out Beton (Extra Bold), Stymie (Black) or similarly weighty veriants of Memphis or Rockwell.

David Thometz

Pattyfab, I cannot speak on

Co — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:45:12 -0700

Pattyfab, I cannot speak on behalf of those ’a lot of foundry sites’, but as far as ourtype site is concerned — on one thing we might agree: ourtype site isn’t a sample of middle-of-the-road-webdesign.

and yes, Tiff, long live the difference of opinions ;-)

The current very annoying

William Berkson — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:01:04 -0700

The current very annoying blinking at the beginning was not there earlier, I think; that’s a real problem. The way you can easily blow up and test the fonts in all styles with your text is superb.

Thanks, Tiff. I didn’t

pattyfab — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:21:41 -0700

Thanks, Tiff. I didn’t mean to sound bitter. There are a lot of foundry sites that are very hard to look at, or to use. They don’t do themselves a service if they scare people away before we even get to the fonts.

Patty wasn’t being bitter.

Miss Tiffany — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 09:34:43 -0700

Patty wasn’t being bitter. We’re all free to have our own opinions, no?

> Wow that ourtype site is

Co — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:27:58 -0700

> Wow that ourtype site is painful to use.
> It was more the flashing and scrolling I had trouble with. Good thing I don’t have epilepsy.

Come on pattyfab, where is this bitterness coming from?

Yes if you give us 10

Paul Cutler — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:52:59 -0700

Yes if you give us 10 minutes we will write a dictionary, and a thesaurus, and an encyclopedia, etc… :)

pbc

Wow, thanks for the

heymendoza — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:17:03 -0700

Wow, thanks for the suggestions. I’m glad it got people talking. I will take a look at all the typefaces suggested and see which one works. I’m really excited about the project now.

Italia? ChrisL

dezcom — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:07:40 -0700

Italia?

ChrisL

Very well could be. My

jupiterboy — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:03:51 -0700

Very well could be. My digital version looks less condensed and also the X doesn’t drag its back foot like that.

>Sonny Rollins Saxophone

poms — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:58:28 -0700

>Sonny Rollins Saxophone Colossus uses a nice blocky slab for comparison.
Is this Rockwell Extra Bold?

Sonny Rollins Saxophone

jupiterboy — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:41:40 -0700

Sonny Rollins Saxophone Colossus uses a nice blocky slab for comparison.

Egiziano sounds about right

Paul Cutler — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 10:38:27 -0700

Egiziano sounds about right to me - the remake is Giza - correct?

pbc

Soho would be another

William Berkson — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:22:24 -0700

Soho would be another alternative. It is a very well done slab serif with a lot of punch and a contemporary look.

Suggestions for Jazz typefaces

heymendoza — Thu, 6 Mar 2008 12:11:48 -0800

Designing a series of Jazz book covers. They will have line art illustrations that reflect the bebop Jazz era. The three books will cover Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, and Dizzy Gillespie. I wanted to bring a little influence of the jazz records but since it is a 3 book series I need to bring them together with 1 or 2 typeface. One typeface for the headline or name of the Jazz player and the second typeface for the standard name of the book series that will be placed on all three books (author name, series name, publisher, etc). Any suggestions on typefaces and combination would help out. I’m out of ideas.