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Optima-Like {BrooklynRob}
Posted by BrooklynRob in
23 Oct 2009 — 8:26am
23 Oct 2009 — 8:26am
This is a design by Studio Von Birken in Brooklyn.
This typeface is beautiful! Any ideas?
Thanks!
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23 Oct 2009 — 9:52am
Probably custom. There are few designs in this segment. Another custom face that is popping up here and there called Fashion Thin is similar, but it’s not very good. I’m working on something similar as well, but I never seem to get around to finishing it.
23 Oct 2009 — 10:10am
yes.. it loox handpainted to me
23 Oct 2009 — 10:27am
It’s not very well optically adjusted, but I don’t think it’s hand painted.
23 Oct 2009 — 10:54am
Thanks for the info.
Does anyone know of anything similar I could buy?
23 Oct 2009 — 10:59am
it was the left part of the P
but also the I (in QUI) that melts together with L (in MAL) that made me think it was handpainted..
y'see.. I had a girlfriend once (yes.. it is true!!) who made me paint texts on T-shirts for her like this one. MENSCH! that was hard work.. however the bonus was when she took of the T-shirts.. so I should not complain.
23 Oct 2009 — 11:25am
It looks as if someone starved Peignot and then customized the Q and the P.
23 Oct 2009 — 12:30pm
I think I've found it:
Stark Debonair, from Robert Stark in 1975, via the VGC foundry.
Apparently not available digitally, unless someone knows something I don't.
Really cool design...
http://e-daylight.jp/design/fonts/type/s/stark-debonair.html
23 Oct 2009 — 12:55pm
Look in the right column. It's available in a digital form... click the link to "Retro Super Skinny" for a free version. ;)
23 Oct 2009 — 1:24pm
Cool, thanks a lot!
23 Oct 2009 — 1:56pm
There you go! Glad to be proven wrong.
23 Oct 2009 — 2:22pm
You might also be interested in Young Finesse, which looks great when very large.
24 Oct 2009 — 8:35pm
Thank you William for your advice about Young Finesse... it looks really nice.
Frode... your typeface that's similar to this is really sweet (is it called Noir?)
I hope you finish it someday, it's so graceful and beautiful!
27 Oct 2009 — 2:49pm
I love that kind of type, it might not be very practical but it's deliciously stylish!
I've also been working on something like this but I'm no expert yet so it takes a LOT of time to "perfect"...