Typophile - Soho Gothic - Versatile & modern sans - Comments

Thanks Chris and James.

Seb Lester — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:44:19 -0700

Thanks Chris and James.

Very cool. If only I had

James Puckett — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 09:19:07 -0700

Very cool. If only I had known six months ago, I would have interviewed you for my thesis!

Great work again...

Chris Keegan — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:21:57 -0700

Great work again...

Hi Höfe. Yes, the promo

Seb Lester — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:21:01 -0700

Hi Höfe. Yes, the promo isn’t a showcase. It’s supposed to be a striking,
cinematic introduction/teaser. The intention is it makes an impression,
because it’s unusual, and generates interest from a wider range of web sites.
Too early to say whether it’s working but wanted to try something different.

The pdf shows of the design well, I hope, and has some notes at the back.
Obviously the press release has information relating to the design.
Anything else you want to know just ask.

>I’d love to hear what your main inspiration & references were!

Hi Kris. In some respects it’s like Neo Sans, which I designed,
with the curves taken out. Not all the curves obviously.
That would be hideous, but enough to make the design a bit
more versatile I think.

So the same things that influenced Neo. Gerard Unger’s
excellent open designs like Argo, Dave Farey’s Cachet, etc.
It’s more industrial looking than the former and less curvy
than the latter.

I’d love to hear what your

kris — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:07:14 -0700

I’d love to hear what your main inspiration & references were!

—K

Hi Seb, Is there anyway we

Höfe — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:55:24 -0700

Hi Seb,

Is there anyway we could see or hear about your design process for this?

There looked to be some interesting drawings at the start of the animation. Nothing else really related to the typeface really for the rest of it.

Soho Gothic - Versatile & modern sans

Seb Lester — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:05:24 -0700

Hello all,

My new typeface Soho Gothic was released this week.
I did a promotional animation intro which you can
see here, along with a comprehensive pdf:

www.monotypefonts.com/sg

Press release here.

Thanks.