Typophile - Decemberists Concert Poster typeface - Comments

Nice catch, Brian. Thanks

Mike F — Sat, 3 May 2008 10:36:02 -0700

Nice catch, Brian. Thanks for the confirmation.

fyi, saw this featured in

beejay — Fri, 2 May 2008 19:38:40 -0700

fyi, saw this featured in Stephen Heller’s New Vintage Type ... it was done by Christian Helms using Opti Emporium, as Mike noted.

http://www.thedecoderring.com/

How about the subtext?

microspective — Mon, 7 Apr 2008 12:57:32 -0700

How about the subtext? “Long Winters... The Places...” At first I thought it was the same face without the outline and ornamentation, but I was wrong. Anyone?

Thanks in advance!

wow, nice find Mike!

beejay — Sat, 5 Apr 2008 15:32:42 -0700

wow, nice find Mike!

That appears to be QBF’s

Mike F — Sat, 5 Apr 2008 09:22:17 -0700

That appears to be QBF’s Mohair. The preview image is lousy, but I have the font and can assure you that it is a match.

Edit: Might still be available from Castcraft as Emporium Ten and that may or may not be the original name.

I too am eagerly awaiting an

malbright — Sat, 5 Apr 2008 08:48:18 -0700

I too am eagerly awaiting an ID on this beauty!

Evan said: shamelessly

Florian Hardwig — Fri, 4 Apr 2008 14:41:29 -0700

Evan said: shamelessly bumping this. If that sort of thing is not appreciated let me know

The FAQ says:
The best way to “revive” your thread is to post a little reminder in your original thread. Please don’t create a duplicate thread with the same request as this annoys the hell out of me.

So, you absolutely did the right thing! ;-)

I’ll ask the band and get

Hofweber — Fri, 4 Apr 2008 14:04:50 -0700

I’ll ask the band and get back to you.

Thanks for the reply, it is

phaedrus — Fri, 4 Apr 2008 13:42:25 -0700

Thanks for the reply, it is such a nice poster. In the interest of full disclosure, my response was not really neccesary and I am kind of shamelessly bumping this. If that sort of thing is not appreciated let me know and i won’t do it again, but I am really curious what it is

No answer here. Just letting

microspective — Wed, 2 Apr 2008 11:03:14 -0700

No answer here. Just letting you know that you’re not the only one on the edge of your seat about this ID. This is a beautiful poster. Thanks for sharing it here!

Decemberists Concert Poster typeface

phaedrus — Tue, 1 Apr 2008 12:06:45 -0700

Hi, I was wondering what typeface “Decemberists” is is. Here is the poster: http://www.thedecoderring.com/images/items/PF_DEC1_1.jpg
Thanks everyone