looking for a typeface...

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dconstrukt
looking for a typeface with the cap A at an angle.... something clean and modern looking....
saw something similar on iso50.com
was looking for hours last night, any suggestions?
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identity0
are you talking about avante garde?
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Dogear
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- isn't it just the alternate that's slanted?dropdown
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janne760
use that typeface. use it on t-shirts, record sleeves, posters, identities, do it!
i would love to see that typeface being used by designers of today!
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Dogear
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- i know! i never see avant garde used at all! i wish i would get slathered with it everywhere.bigtrick
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"The only place Avant Garde looks good is in the words 'Avant Garde.'" - Tony DeSpigna, Partner of Herb Lubalin who designed the typeface.
"Helvetica. To look further is vain." - Massimo Vignelli
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- you really don't have a neck?hallelujah
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identity0
hahaha - don't shoot the messanger - ive never used it... (he was talking about ISO50 and a "slanted" A - sounded like something you would see ISO50 doing/showing)...
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Dogear
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- Any time I see Avant Garde I think of that quote. I had to toss those in there.noneck
- I've seen a lot of nice work with it though.noneck
- im personally not a fan - for me it seems to take good design down a few pegs - but its all subjective :-Didentity
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dconstrukt0
i've never used it either.... dont think i even have the typeface.... it just MIGHT work well for this logo i'm doing thats got a few A's and N's in it.
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- haha - cool - proceed with extreme caution! :-)identity
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dconstrukt0
lol thnx.... yeah i dont have the version with the angles... just the itc avant garde
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- avant garde alternateLeigh
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Leigh0
this is so 4 years ago.
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dconstrukt0
who gives a fuck? Quit bitching like a whining girl.
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