How can i make type dance?
i have been asked to develop a logo for a dance company and i was thinking about making the type dance or look like it was dancing, moving...
Anyone got any good suggestions for Dancing fonts, or idea's about applying dancing type?
6.Jan.2004 7.11am
Fontesque?
hhp
6.Jan.2004 7.26am
You could print each letter out as a transparency, twist these around and photograph the lot.
6.Jan.2004 8.31am
Another take might be to think of the ribbons that some dancers have used to accentuate their movement. And not only for fluidity, but also for quick movement and prancing.
6.Jan.2004 11.05am
What kind of dance?
Designer Unknown
6.Jan.2004 12.06pm
http://www.blincpublishing.com/bugs/
;o)
6.Jan.2004 12.16pm
When I think of type dancing, I think of
Peter Bilak
http://www.typotheque.com/
http://www.peterb.sk/
^^^^ click on beyond > videos to
see his TypoBallet work.
6.Jan.2004 6.11pm
You could start with the premise that the logo will be multimedia, rather than static. So the print version would just be an instance. After all, the logo will have a lifespan of at least ten years....and with digital paint being cheaper in the future than "hard" printed images that need frequent replacement, all surfaces will have the potential to be animated. So an animated logo now would be ahead of its time.
You could also have a flexible system, rather than just one design -- as with the original FontFont logo (which seems to have petrified these days).
An animated GIF could be used for the logo online, although the animation would have to be subtle, of course. Like Mr Coles applauder.
Hmmm, maybe I could do that on my site...
6.Jan.2004 6.18pm
Ignacio: an useless (?) fact about that album cover... the aeroplane is an American Airlines MD-82 that is still in activity!
Excuse the slight derailment, I'm rather sleepy
That said, Linotype's Downtown has a pretty 'dancy' feel, but maybe it's too playful/quirky?
7.Jan.2004 2.57am
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/linotype/blue-island/
I always thought this would be ideal for a "smooth movement" use.
T
7.Jan.2004 9.53am
Like Nick suggests, a logo that has several different "final stages" would no doubt convey movement.
You could develop it as a motion project
8.Jan.2004 2.24am
Another example of logo as an instance.
http://www.dfi.dk/sitemod/moduler/forside/index.asp?pid=0
This is for the Danish Film Institute.
The animation is made up of elements of the word FILM
12.Jan.2004 2.23pm
these are some of my first experiments...
dance1.swf (5.8 k)
dance2.swf (7.7 k)
12.Jan.2004 2.39pm
Well done....... they both made me laugh.
I especially like #2
gln
16.Jan.2004 7.11pm
>Well done.
Indeed.
I'm partial to #1 because it's more rhythmic and it's easier to follow because the sequence is shorter.
20.Jan.2004 3.00am
Jim -- I find some of Flash's most dynamic 'dancong' effects can be created through the use of masks. Check out some of the computational aesthetics at http://www.uncontrol.com/ for inspiration. Much of it is downloadable.
There's plenty URIs where that came from if you're interested.
-t
20.Jan.2004 7.48am
Dude, uncontrol.com is awesome. Wow. Post some more if you got 'em.