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Looking for a font similar to this... 60's / 70's Utilitarian / Cold War
Posted by Secretly_Swedish in
19 Mar 2010 — 11:35am
19 Mar 2010 — 11:35am
Hi there,
I'm looking for a font that is similar to this one: http://twitpic.com/19kohb
This would have been fine but the 'S' has been really lazily executed, so I refuse to use it as it would bug the hell out of me. Any suggestions would be welcome.
Thanks!
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19 Mar 2010 — 11:36am
http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/nicksfonts/keepon-truckin-nf/
a.k.a. Baby Fat...
19 Mar 2010 — 11:38am
Thanks so much mate, that's perfect!
19 Mar 2010 — 12:32pm
hmm. i always thought buxom was the original.
http://new.myfonts.com/search/buxom/fonts/
the cuts look almost identical though....
19 Mar 2010 — 12:41pm
Isn't the real original 19th century lettering which was digitized later?
19 Mar 2010 — 1:49pm
The original was called Baby Fat and was designed by Milton Glaser. I'm not sure exactly what year, but I think it was around 1970. There were several variations of the shading. Photo-Lettering carried it and credited Glaser. Buxom was probably an unauthorized film font version. The pages on MyFonts for Buxom all credit "FotoStar".
19 Mar 2010 — 2:11pm
Milton Glaser in 1964
Robert Trogman originally(?) designed Buxom for Fotostar in 1975
19 Mar 2010 — 2:22pm
1964 is earlier than I thought, but I don't doubt it. Trogman shows up here from time to time.