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Fonts for dissertation
Posted by Claire Bibio in
6 Dec 2011 — 9:04am
6 Dec 2011 — 9:04am
I will be writing about letterpress, what fonts would you suggest. I want a font for the main body and one for the headings. Preferably something affordable for a student. THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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6 Dec 2011 — 9:11am
Welcome to test this one.
If the whole font family is required, I have special Student rates.
6 Dec 2011 — 9:44am
I would be tempted to use Metallophile in some display capacity, with the utmost discretion, of course!
6 Dec 2011 — 12:51pm
Andreas —
In your specimen on the MyFonts page, truly is misspelled.
Josh
6 Dec 2011 — 1:02pm
… truly is misspelled
oh, thanks for the hint. – which page exactly??
6 Dec 2011 — 1:34pm
Probably not what you're looking for, but my favorite text face in terms of capturing a letterpress appearance is Hightower, the 1994 Jenson update by Tobias Frere-Jones:
http://www.fontbureau.com/fonts/Hightower
6 Dec 2011 — 2:27pm
Ascenderfonts sell some pre-digital typefaces for 20USD per weight. Those pre-digital ones there have however only around 250 glyphs, other typeface-vendors give you the full character-set and ask for the full money.
@Andreas: the one you linked yourself.
Sorry to be offtopic here, but I have to say I came to realize that Andron is one of a kind. One would think that the market for renaissance and baroque typefaces (equals (?) old style) is saturated. However, besides the wide character set I find Andron unique in its design, as (1) it has both character to the individual glyph, as well a harmonic appearance on a page and it is not too reductionistic it its drawing. Some recent text serif typefaces, although well balanced and harmonic, are somehow generic, as they are too “digitally conceived” in a way. Plus (2), I love how the “f” is both beautiful and does not create collision with non-english characters.
6 Dec 2011 — 4:04pm
It would have to be something by Dan Carr.
hhp
8 Dec 2011 — 8:56am
Or Rialto Pressa.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bielerpress/116513420/
hhp
8 Dec 2011 — 9:39am
Is a font that costs over $600 "affordable for a student" ? http://www.briarpress.org/15416
8 Dec 2011 — 10:11am
No. Sorry, I lost track of the... brief.
hhp
8 Dec 2011 — 10:35am
Are you going to print this letterpress? This makes a big difference. If you are going to print it letter press, then one of the classic metal faces that look anemic in offset printing will probably be good in polymer letter press: such as digital Bembo, or Electra. Otherwise, you might want to use a font that was popular in letter press, and has been re-done to emulate letter press, such as Bembo Book or Parkinson Electra, though I'm not sure whether the latter is beefy enough. I might mention also my own Caslon revival, discussed here, which is meant to capture the feeling of the letter press versions of Caslon at text sizes.
4 Jul 2012 — 2:37pm
"No. Sorry, I lost track of the... brief."
Funny, I took you for the... boxer type;)
Seriously though, I think for the price, and with production in mind, the poster is best advised, IMHO, to select a type Of the era, as opposed to type imitating type Of the era.