Blackletter dominates NYC
You’ve probably all seen this...
http://blog.pentagram.com/archives/2007/07/sign_of_the_times.php
...but what the Heller
Time for a Corona, I think.
Cheers, Si
You’ve probably all seen this...
http://blog.pentagram.com/archives/2007/07/sign_of_the_times.php
...but what the Heller
Time for a Corona, I think.
Cheers, Si
9.Jul.2007 8.23pm
Or several, given the temperatures you’re having to endure. But it is a beautiful sign, and exceptionally well crafted.
9.Jul.2007 8.27pm
Not just blackletter, raster blackletter. Awesome dude.
hhp
9.Jul.2007 9.44pm
Cool. Thanks for the link. It’s a great example of an extremely simple solution that probably took an enormous amount of work to get to.
9.Jul.2007 11.05pm
This
http://blog.pentagram.com/archives/NYT_Beaks_Detail_Sm.jpg
is not “extremely simple”. It’s clever engineering (good design).
hhp
10.Jul.2007 1.38am
There you go you Bastardas
10.Jul.2007 2.17am
Marvelous.
10.Jul.2007 6.40am
The story claims the text is Fraktur ... is that right? I would think it is more of a Textura.
10.Jul.2007 7.00am
The story claims the text is Fraktur ... is that right? I would think it is more of a Textura.
Yeah, it’s a Textura. But there’s some overlap between the two, so it’s easy for people who aren’t really into that stuff to confuse them.
12.Jul.2007 10.03pm
Nobody comments on the use of both Comic Sans and Papyrus on the same menu?
13.Jul.2007 11.22am
No reason to question something that is *obviously* working so well. ;^)
13.Jul.2007 10.29pm
I guess it proves that NYC isn’t as sophisticated as it may think it is.... :-)