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(x) Designing Design book cover - custom designed (based on Univers {Nora Gummert-Hauser (self)}
Posted by nora g in
25 Oct 2007 — 10:32am
25 Oct 2007 — 10:32am
I realize that my knowledge is not state ofe the art ... Can anyone tell me please the name of the font, used for the title?
Monday evening i visited a lecture of the japanese designer Kenya Hara, and afterwords i bought his book, with the titel: Designing Design. By the way, it is written in english and it's worth to read. It's the first publication of his work in english language. At amazon.com it's much more cheaper than here in Europe.
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25 Oct 2007 — 11:43am
Looks like a modified Univers:
The S and K look borrowed from Futura perhaps.
Mike Diaz :-)
25 Oct 2007 — 11:59am
There are some latin typefaces designed in Japan that most of us don't know. This could be one of those. AXIS is another.
26 Oct 2007 — 5:06am
URW++ Grotesk T Extra Narrow isn't an exact match but will give much the same effect.
j a m e s
26 Oct 2007 — 2:21pm
Coles, I'm glad you mentioned AXIS!!! You get the bonus points of the day!
http://typophile.com/node/38492
Mikey :-)
28 Oct 2007 — 8:28am
Thanks so far for your answers. I'm going to ask Lars Mueller, the publisher of the book. Perhaps he know ...
28 Oct 2007 — 10:52am
You would think a book on design would have a colophon, wouldn't you?
28 Oct 2007 — 12:01pm
Yes, i looked carefully at. There you could find any sort of fine papers or printers and binders, but nothing about the fonts.
28 Oct 2007 — 12:05pm
I look forward to finding out too... thank you :-) Mikey
29 Oct 2007 — 9:56am
The problem is solved – Lars Müller wrote back that the title has been designed specially as a logo, by Kenya Hara's studio, based on the Univers. There is no font. So, Mike, you've been very close ...
29 Oct 2007 — 9:56pm
Thank you for the update and the information. Mikey :-)