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Er...what is a font?

... that before multiple masters and scaleable outlines, (film aside), a font was metal, or wood, and so it was only good for a single ... Hence, a typeface (specific design like “Neue Helvetica”) might be part of a family (also called “Neue ...

Forum topic - sebsan - 19 Aug 2005 - 5:24am - 25 comments - 0 attachments

The Mystery of Steile Futura (Topic)

... quotes, and all the symbols, because FC had used generic, Helvetica-like characters, not the real thing. But getting into Renner’s ... slavery characterizes the best movies, historically. In film you have an art form which because of the expense in production, must of ...

Forum topic - Stephen Coles - 11 Aug 2007 - 12:49pm - 145 comments - 0 attachments

Understated Typographers?

... of Pre-Desktop Publishing, printed visual matter, motion/film/animation/video, signage, architectural graphics and wayfinding systems ... was a direction already presaged by the proliferation of Helvetica styles, and its use by the Swiss school. Univers, as pictured in ...

Forum topic - wysong - 31 Mar 2006 - 10:36pm - 18 comments - 0 attachments

Fonts that typify a decade

... Hi Norbert, thanks for the response The pages are film orientated both UK and USA, I appreciate what you are saying re falling ... Swash 80s: ..not sure, Chicago , maybe? 60’s Helvetica 70’s 60’s Helvetica 70’s Helvetica Flare ...

Forum topic - pixelpyro - 4 Apr 2006 - 1:38pm - 22 comments - 0 attachments

URGENT: Why buy Helvetica in Open Type over TT or Postscript?

... my ignorance and the urgency (need to make comps with helvetica and don’t own the appropriate weights to please the client), ... between OT, PS, and TT outlines in print. Very old film makers might have problems, but that is unlikely. I think that the whole ...

Forum topic - Kevin Wang - 6 Apr 2006 - 12:09am - 12 comments - 0 attachments

Mark Simonson, in the News Again

... And Good Luck who insisted that they did not use Helvetica in the film, contrary to what was claimed in the article ( more here ). If this is ...

Forum topic - pattyfab - 4 Jan 2006 - 11:30am - 39 comments - 0 attachments

Protest type

... of condensed faces I think of condensed faces as well (Helvetica Compressed or Condensed, Trade Gothic Bold Condensed, Univers ... than Norbert’s :-) ChrisL Have you seen the film Have you seen the film Andalusian Dog? ...

Forum topic - marc - 14 Dec 2005 - 10:09am - 35 comments - 0 attachments

typeface testing

... The way my place does it is they make regular imagesetter film, then they burn (?) velox copies from that, and each velox costs like $7. ... maybe get specific about what we want to see offset. Helvetica might, for instance, be a less than ideal test subject. Also what ...

Forum topic - nicolaj - 5 Oct 2005 - 6:16am - 72 comments - 0 attachments

A Halloween article

... the mermaid in the Arial the mermaid in the Disney film? :-) ChrisL well the mermaid spells her well the mermaid ... name “A-r-i-E-l,” but maybe i’ll go as Helvetica just to stem confusion... > you could be Eric Gill If > ...

Forum topic - Dan Weaver - 12 Oct 2005 - 5:50am - 33 comments - 0 attachments

Typographic survey

... that charts font usage by year. For instance, when was Helvetica REALLY big etc. I don’t really know how the info would be ... type, but when and where (country/media) too. This means film, swing tags etc. To get the ball rolling, a focus in the interim on ...

Forum topic - ubergrafik - 11 Sep 2005 - 11:56pm - 8 comments - 0 attachments