Typophile - Alternate names for Light/Roman/Bold - Comments

Maybe I was just remembering

Miss Tiffany — Sat, 7 Jun 2008 10:48:14 -0700

Maybe I was just remembering Fast Girls and the reference to underwire.

Wasn’t their a font that

Miss Tiffany — Sat, 7 Jun 2008 10:45:41 -0700

Wasn’t their a font that went by cup size?

Fountain’s Alita comes in

Ricardo Cordoba — Sat, 7 Jun 2008 07:29:22 -0700

Fountain’s Alita comes in Regular, Bold and Postmodern. :-)

[EDIT] ...And their Super is available in Normal, Duper (bold) and Sonic (outline)

Adobe’s Multiple Masters

Ricardo Cordoba — Sat, 7 Jun 2008 07:24:31 -0700

Adobe’s Multiple Masters use a combination of numbers and letters.

Lexicon goes by a

kris — Fri, 6 Jun 2008 16:16:27 -0700

Lexicon goes by a Letter/Number system, ie Roman C No.1

Ruse goes by numbers, from 000 to 100.

And we can’t forget good ol’ Univers with the revolutionary numbering system!

—K

Porchez Typofonderie has

Miss Tiffany — Fri, 6 Jun 2008 15:47:27 -0700

Porchez Typofonderie has used Sombre (Ultra Black) and Clair (Light) for Parisine.

Museo has 100-900 for the

DrDoc — Fri, 6 Jun 2008 13:04:59 -0700

Museo has 100-900 for the various weights.

4n, 5n, 6n, 7n

Florian Hardwig — Fri, 6 Jun 2008 12:40:32 -0700

4n, 5n, 6n, 7n

Smeijers uses Blonde, in

kentlew — Fri, 6 Jun 2008 05:44:53 -0700

Smeijers uses Blonde, in addition to Normal, Bold, and Black, for Arnhem.

I have a design that I’ve been toying with that I was considering using Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Baritone, and Basso for the weight range. I don’t know if this design will ever see the light of day. (No examples to show, sorry.) Plus, I doubt these designations would pass muster with a typical foundry, not if we wanted wide appeal.

— K.

PSY/OPS likes to use A, B, C

Stephen Coles — Thu, 5 Jun 2008 13:25:55 -0700

PSY/OPS likes to use A, B, C ... Gauge for its weight names.

Alternate names for Light/Roman/Bold

armin — Thu, 5 Jun 2008 12:54:52 -0700

For example, House Industries’ Chalet comes in three different styles (1960, 1970 and 1980) and each has different weights, but instead of light, regular, bold they use Paris, London, New York.

I’m sure there are a bunch of other typefaces that forego the typical weight labels.

Examples would be appreciated!