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Famous members of the Black family
Posted by Nick Shinn in
3 Jul 2012 — 7:52am
3 Jul 2012 — 7:52am
Medium and Regular are not common surnames, but Black is.
I must say I’m disappointed that foundries publishing “first name” typefaces haven’t seized on this opportunity to personalize fonts.
There is no Conrad Black or Jack Black.
What other fonts create incidental meanings?
It’s tempting to name a type Psychic…
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3 Jul 2012 — 8:01am
Antique Olive?
3 Jul 2012 — 8:28am
Soldiers Bold? Milk Condensed? Twiggy Thin? Conscience Heavy?
3 Jul 2012 — 8:43am
Vox Ultra
3 Jul 2012 — 8:59am
I'm waiting for the heavy newspaper headline face named in honour of Roger Black, Black Black, or the Polanski text face, Roman Roman.
3 Jul 2012 — 9:20am
Roger Black?!
How about it, David Berlow?
3 Jul 2012 — 10:51am
The possibilities are endless!
Cola Light
White Duke Thin
Plan Outline
Coffee Black
Pitch Black
Go Bold
-- I imagine the latter two are suitable for a scifi font ...
A font called "Roman" would introduce some other nomenclature oddities -- "Roman Bold" is passable, but surely not "Roman Italic"?
3 Jul 2012 — 12:32pm
An' yins forgot poor Padfoot: Sirius Black.
3 Jul 2012 — 2:54pm
At one point, I toyed with the idea of a bells-and-whistles revival of the Gutenberg 42 line blackletter type. To be called Bible Black, of course.
3 Jul 2012 — 5:31pm
Panther Black, Deadline Extended, Mind Narrow.
3 Jul 2012 — 5:49pm
Receding Hairline.
4 Jul 2012 — 5:15am
T|N>K
If you're doing something with oil: Gold Black.
(adjective) Black.
A military-ish face: Clear Black.
One for the rockers: Ritchie Black. --more--
4 Jul 2012 — 5:37am
Moore Demi
Spiritualist Medium
4 Jul 2012 — 6:02am
We talk about this at every offsite. But in the end, we just have lunch, (Black Angus beef tenderloin on black bread with black beans and black & tan ale), instead,. And then we design really skinny fonts to forget lunch.
"...or the Polanski text face"
Which reminds me to ask, is there some way with OT to get the uppercase to molest the lowercase?
4 Jul 2012 — 6:03am
Air Compressed
4 Jul 2012 — 6:09am
Are you pondering about some Gill revival?
4 Jul 2012 — 6:38am
Now that someone brought the subject up:
Beer Light (a.k.a. Sex on the Beach).
4 Jul 2012 — 1:21pm
D'ya guyz hate my keyboard, or what?
Supermodel Thin.
Fortune's Fave Bold.
Stroke Oblique.
Play Book.
Squaddie Regular.
Matt Black.
Fluffy Light.
Gossamer Albatross Ultralight.
Airliner Heavy.
Gas Expanded.
Straighten Narrow.
4 Jul 2012 — 2:31pm
Noir was a name in this vein (sort of) until I realized the Danes were hoggin' it. Just like Greenland.
4 Jul 2012 — 3:07pm
I was thinking of creating a very basic sans, based on your typical bitmap font from the 80s. I already have a name for it: Sans Élégance.
4 Jul 2012 — 5:06pm
Very funny, Theunis. That opens a new angle for naming typefaces: Sans Talent, or my latest, Sans Money. That one goes particularly well with John Nolan's Receding Hairline.
6 Jul 2012 — 2:21pm
Play around with an online translator…and I do mean play.
For example:
Danish: Odd Sort
Estonian: Mystic Must
Lithuanian: Juju Juoda
Polish: Carny Czarny
Turkish: Siya Later
Or, throw them a curve: call it Paradox Light, and let them figure it out…
7 Jul 2012 — 3:58am
Actually, DTL Paradox doesn’t have a Light weight. But there is a Paradox Black.
7 Jul 2012 — 9:56am
Glaring Light.
Happy Medium.
Mister Black (I'm just a guy on vacation...).
Hikari Light (Hopefully goes well with an article on the 0 series bullet trains).
Memory Expanded (640K what?)
Contrast Wide Black.
9 Jan 2013 — 4:35am
African Roman
9 Jan 2013 — 7:32am
Té—
I, for one, have a profound admiration for your keyboard: Straighten Narrow™ and Happy Medium™ are real winners.
P.S. Pay no attention to the trademark signs behind the curtain…
9 Jan 2013 — 12:54pm
Seeing this thread reawoken got a few braincells sparking...
Freightliner Semi
Backin Black
Straightasa Narrow
9 Jan 2013 — 2:46pm
Té…
Lest we forget…
Hemisemi Demi (for all of you sixty-fourth note enthusiasts)
Pain Tit Black (for Mick and the boys, or fans of purple nurples)
Rarely Well-done Medium (for steak lovers or TV enthusiasts)
9 Jan 2013 — 3:27pm
Sixty-fourth notes are way too fast for me creaky pinkies -- I'm not 'Fiddler Black' after all.