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Really heavy/black glyphs, high contrast, transitional serif types
Hi. I'm design some type with the following concept:
i want to get the glyphs as bold/heavy as possible, but also having high contrast between the thicks and thins. its kind of an experiment testing the relationship of the black and white. the serifs will be very thin, i want the glyphs to have a sexy fashionable look to it. so far, i have not found any project that matches this description. if you know of a certain typeface that is similar to what i'm describing, please share, so i may study it. thank you.
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7 Nov 2012 — 2:39am
Would it not be more rewarding to experiment in isolation rather than be led be what others have already done?
7 Nov 2012 — 2:40am
By the way, I really like the work on your site, particularly the posters!
7 Nov 2012 — 2:45am
You know what, you're right. It would be more rewarding to experiment in isolation. I think I was just in a hurry because this is for a class and there is a time limit.
And thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed the posters.
7 Nov 2012 — 3:46am
what is going on with the 'insert image' option?
7 Nov 2012 — 3:54am
Nothing good. I find it very temperamental and it only seems to work in particular browsers on particular days of the week, but I haven't figured out which ones. I use Chrome as standard and that does not like it but Safari works from time to time. I think there may also be a restriction on image pixel size with an upper limit of 500 x 500. You should be able to display images hosted externally though.
7 Nov 2012 — 4:45am
Do you mean something along these lines?
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/nicksfonts/standing-room-only-nf/
7 Nov 2012 — 6:53am
You don’t get much more Transitional than Richard Austin. You don’t get much heavier or blacker than Ultra. And you don’t get much more fashionable than Commercial Type these days.
http://commercialtype.com/typefaces/austin/austin/ultra
7 Nov 2012 — 10:03am
In an educational context, I would say that the first fat faces (early 19th century) and the “Ultra Bodonis” of the early 20th century are worth studying, because the designers of these were pushing the limit of form experimentally. Commercial’s Austin is more about the nuances of style—targeting fashion magazines while alluding to the 1970s (e.g. Lubalin/Carnese’s Fat Face).
Has anybody designed a “Klimax with serifs” yet?
If not, it may be what you should try (emulating the principle, not the artefact).
8 Nov 2012 — 12:41am
http://www.flickr.com/photos/etahchen/8166256658/sizes/l/in/photostream/
8 Nov 2012 — 2:06am
@OldNick, Standing Room doesn't look transitional at all.
8 Nov 2012 — 2:10am
@OldNick, Standing Room doesn't look transitional at all.
Probably because the word “transitional” doesn’t appear in your original post. Silly me…
8 Nov 2012 — 12:49pm
@OldNick. sorry. silly me as well.