New to Typophile? Accounts are free, and easy to set up.
Font Timeline ?
Posted by E. Scrooge in
29 Jan 2009 — 12:31pm
29 Jan 2009 — 12:31pm
Does anyone know where I could get a list of sans & seriffed fonts from the early 1900s till today because I hope to make a poster/timeline dealie, I had a quick search on google but didn't find much.
User login
Support our Sponsors
29 Jan 2009 — 1:16pm
"The Elements of Typographic Style" by Robert Bringhurst has a section about Serifed and Unserifed text fonts with a good list. It presents the author name, when it was produced and some historical facts...
You can make easly your poster/timeline.
António
29 Jan 2009 — 3:28pm
Thank you for the answer.
If I may can I ask a favour ?
The favour is could you list the top 5/6 most important/popular serrifed and unserrifed fonts between 1900 and 2008 ?
It would be great to have a list of 5/6 sans fonts in chronological order and the same for serrifed.
Thank you in advance.
29 Jan 2009 — 4:38pm
Most important or popular? Under what criteria?
29 Jan 2009 — 4:42pm
As in the most seen and used in newspapers, adverts, posters etc.
You could also do 2 lists with one being most important and the other popular.
I don't really mind to be honest, it will be nice to see peoples opinions.
30 Jan 2009 — 4:06am
Sorry for bumping but could anyone answer please ?
I hope to have a rough copy by monday/tuesday.
30 Jan 2009 — 5:02am
Franklin Gothic
Futura
Helvetica
Rotis
Meta
Verdana
Cheltenham
Golden Type
Times
Joanna
Adobe Garamond
Georgia
Cheers Light!
31 Jan 2009 — 8:46am
Using the list from “The Elements of Typographic Style” by Robert Bringhurst I choose:
Serifed
Bembo 1929
Palatino 1948
Minion 1989
Scala 1991 (date of publicly issued)
Caecilia 1991
Unserifed
Futura 1927
Gill Sans 1927
Frutiger 1975
Avenir (1988)- this one dont show on book list
Scala Sans 1994
This is a simple list. I dont give it special credit. I choose some font I like, not special criteria...
António