Typophile - Origin of stencil fonts. - Comments

Thanks for that, Brian. I

Alessandro Segalini — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 02:14:57 -0700

Thanks for that, Brian.
I had some laugh with this : http://typophile.com/node/39696

fyi, here’s a bit from

beejay — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:44:02 -0700

fyi, here’s a bit from American Type Design and Designers by David Consuegra.

also:

Stencil

Designed originally as a derivated version of Clarendon. Very legible, Stencil is usually used in the industrial, military and building construction field.

from here

Keep in mind that “STD”

Stephen Coles — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:26:28 -0700

Keep in mind that “STD” is simply an (unfortunate) abbreviation for “OpenType Standard” and it typically means an OpenType font without added or advanced features, though this definition varies by foundry.

Glad to see you’re on

Eben Sorkin — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:50:44 -0700

Glad to see *you’re* on the job James. :-)

I’d say “durability”

Alessandro Segalini — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:37:36 -0700

I’d say “durability” is a keyword when conjecturing about stencil typefaces.

@Eben: “You should post

James Arboghast — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:24:52 -0700

@Eben: “You should post images of them if you want an answer. Also, your title isn’t accurately describing your question. Please fix this.”

Glad to see you’re on the job. These things need to be addressed, but can you word it with a bit more compassion? I’d try something like this: “Hi Phil, welcome to typophile. If you could post a sample or two of the fonts you’re interested in that will help us solve the mystery. Also if you can refactor your thread title to make it more descriptive you’ll get more responses. Thanks!”

Something like that. How are things going anyway Eben?

j a m e s

guessing that ’Army’

beejay — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:59:18 -0700

guessing that ’Army’ and Stencil STD’ are the same font that also goes by ’Stencil’

from the Adobe site: Two typefaces called Stencil were released in 1937 within a month of each other; this one was designed by Gerry Powell for American Type Founders. The characters are designed to emulate the look of bold, cut-out stencil letters. Use this typeface to command attention on signage, and for special effects.

You should post images of

Eben Sorkin — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:29:15 -0700

You should post images of them if you want an answer. Also, your title isn’t accurately describing your question. Please fix this.

Origin of stencil fonts.

phillipcasparjames — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:09:31 -0700

Hi there,
I am interested to know what the original font was that the fonts ’Stencil STD’ and ’Army’ were created from.
Cheers.