Jim Parkinson says: Mojo is an adaptation of a lettering style that was popularized by 1960s artists Victor Moscoso and Rick Griffin. This style is rooted in the Art Noueau period and was most strongly influenced by the lettering of turn-of-the-century Viennese poster designer Alfred Roller.
I use Identifont frequently, but never noticed it stated the year the fonts were designed in. I did check myfonts.com, but they don’t list the year of origin. I’ll make sure to check Identifont in the future as well.
Thanks for your help!
Well, what I wanted to say is that this information should be taken with a grain of salt. How can JP adapt a style in 1960, that remains to be popularized by 1960s artists?
I kinda got that from the fact that he would’ve had been 19 when he designed it ;-) Nevertheless, I know now that I can find this kind of information on Identifont if I can’t find it anywhere else.
I was just wondering about it ’cause I’m currently working on a font that’s somewhere inbetween Babyteeth & Mojo & I thought it would be cool to name it after the year that is the average of the ’birthyears’ of Babyteeth (1968) & Mojo (1960?). Either that or I’ll name it after my own birthyear ;-)
Thanks anyway for your help!
1.May.2008 5.54am
Jim Parkinson says: Mojo is an adaptation of a lettering style that was popularized by 1960s artists Victor Moscoso and Rick Griffin. This style is rooted in the Art Noueau period and was most strongly influenced by the lettering of turn-of-the-century Viennese poster designer Alfred Roller.
Both Linotype and Identifont state the year 1960. If that’s correct, Jim Parkinson did the typeface when he was only 19.
1.May.2008 8.06am
I use Identifont frequently, but never noticed it stated the year the fonts were designed in. I did check myfonts.com, but they don’t list the year of origin. I’ll make sure to check Identifont in the future as well.
Thanks for your help!
1.May.2008 8.54am
Well, what I wanted to say is that this information should be taken with a grain of salt. How can JP adapt a style in 1960, that remains to be popularized by 1960s artists?
1.May.2008 10.13am
I kinda got that from the fact that he would’ve had been 19 when he designed it ;-) Nevertheless, I know now that I can find this kind of information on Identifont if I can’t find it anywhere else.
I was just wondering about it ’cause I’m currently working on a font that’s somewhere inbetween Babyteeth & Mojo & I thought it would be cool to name it after the year that is the average of the ’birthyears’ of Babyteeth (1968) & Mojo (1960?). Either that or I’ll name it after my own birthyear ;-)
Thanks anyway for your help!
1.May.2008 5.45pm
You could try contacting Jim Parkinson through his website.