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- smith_barry
Hello all.
I am working on a series of A6 booklets for a client called "Thinking of going to...", which are to do preparing to emigrate from Ireland to the UK, US, Canada & Australia.
I want to do a letterpress illustration in a sort of Alan Kitching kind of style with overlayed text tailored to the traveller's destination abroad...
Would anyone know where I would find a list of typefaces & their countries of origin as I would also like to tailor the fonts used to the four destinations?
Ta.
- Typographica0
Unfortunately, of those countries only one has a really signature typeface: Britain's Gill Sans. But, for a start, you can use MyFonts to browse type designers by country.
- v-gates0
sorry wrong thread
- smith_barry0
Thanks Typographica... will have a look at that alright...
As far as the use of different faces is concerned I am not sure it is necessary as the books may look too different & I know the client wants to keep them looking like a suite if little books...
I just wanted to go to the client with options... I have been using Bliss by Jeremy Tankard for all of this particular client's body copy as it is very open & legible but the display face is up for grabs... would love to hit it with something bold like Lubalin Graph...
Any other suggestions for a display face that might work in a Kitching-style letterpress illustration?
- sebastien0
Amazing Web Dictionary about Fonts here !
http://cg.scs.carleton.ca/~luc/o…
- gramme0
For the UK, go to British type design bureaus. Something that immediately says British to me are the various light weights of Gill Sans (but don't use it for text!!). Would pair nicely with a British serif book face like Baskerville.
Some nice, very British typefaces here:
http://www.foundrytypes.co.uk/For the US or Canada, I would suggest typefaces that are based on the North American vernacular:
http://typography.com/
(Gotham, Gotham Rounded, Knockout, etc.)http://www.processtypefoundry.co…
Australia...who knows. I haven't seen a particular national typographic style emerge. They seem to be equally influenced by the UK and the US. I wouldn't use anything too "wild west" for Australia, though. Really anything lively without too much of the old world or specific American vernacular could say Australia. THis could work nicely:
http://www.processtypefoundry.co…
Hopefully this helps.
- gramme0
As far as your concern over mixing up the typography, if the design language is otherwise similar by way of layout, scale, and color, then there should be no confusion created by typographic eclecticism (in moderation, of course...)