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Hi Typophiles,
As they say on NPR, "long time listener, first time caller." I have humble idea for a single-purpose Tumblr and I though some folks from the community might be amused enough to join me in curating it. The working title is, "Gotham is the New Helvetica," but that's a pretty bad title and you can do better. The idea is simple:
In this post-racial, post-serif Age of Obama, I see Hoefler & Frere Jones' Gotham everywhere. Like, everywhere. You do, too. Sometimes the application makes sense, sometimes it doesn't. But the point is: "seriously, that's a lot of Gotham."
That's all. I enjoy spotting it out in the wilds of New York (every ten minutes) and have long wanted to catalog my sightings. I thought type nerds might enjoy following along. I need a few keen eyes to join me, though, because I'm not very good about keeping blogthings up to date, don't feel inspired by a particular Tumblr theme, and am prone to the occasional Avenir misidentification. So what do you say? Anyone else want to run this thing with me?
(I hope this is the right place and not a totally annoying/hackneyed post! I respect you folks).
paz,
steve
23 Jul 2010 — 1:51pm
Herd mentality :: go with a winner :: Ibis is #1 on the myfonts.com hot list :: expect to see too much of it very soon :: today's Speed Bump said it all: "my mommy's imaginary friends are all in a place called Facebook"...
23 Jul 2010 — 3:15pm
If you need a break come to Germany.
You don’t see a lot of Gotham here.
23 Jul 2010 — 4:37pm
“I see Gotham everywhere…”, says the Batman.
24 Jul 2010 — 1:27am
> If you need a break come to Germany.
> You don’t see a lot of Gotham here.
Yet.
It is coming, though. Soon, it will be everywhere.
24 Jul 2010 — 2:14am
It is coming, though. Soon, it will be everywhere.
OMG!!!
24 Jul 2010 — 2:34am
Well, I don't that this is necessarily a bad thing…
Personally, I would choose other typefaces for almost anything. But I'm kind of loony when it comes to font selection.
24 Jul 2010 — 3:50am
I think ›got ham?‹ would be a sincere title. ;)
25 Jul 2010 — 11:29am
Personally, I'm a huge fan of Frere-Jones. More Gotham, please!
27 Jul 2010 — 11:33am
If you need a break come to Germany.
You don’t see a lot of Gotham here.
yeah. You see DIN