type of the decade
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- johndiggity0
another trend: the whole herb lubalin/tom carnase revival—avant garde, grouch, serif gothic, busorma.
i think ed benguit will be next.
- version30
The conversation about the origins of Gotham didn’t make it into the film, but was included among the 41 bonus features on the Helvetica DVD. I’ve posted part of the interview above. Watching this clip, I think it’s interesting that the design of Gotham was influenced by early Modernism, another movement that was about change and social idealism. And I like that the design aesthetic that may help move Obama into the White House was inspired by the humble NY Port Authority Bus Terminal sign.
- version30
see what happened to helvetica...
http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/…
trendy just to blog about it- though it's been determined that blog is a failure floatingversion3
- that header discounts this site as a viable voice for designbaseline_shift
- so should all the inaccuracies within the contentversion3
- monNom0
Early: Avant Garde, Trade Gothic (especially for random numerals), DIN, Cooper Black for a few months at least
Mid: Clarendon, Rockwell, Myriad/Frutiger, vag rounded, Futura
Of late: Gotham Bold , Gotham Light, Georgia occasionally, Gotham Regular
- SoulFly0
The one I think will be remember from the past 10 years is Comic Sans
- version30
helvetica is only superior like apple is... in the minds of the users, not in pure numbers of reality. gotham works overtime. just because it wasn't hipster trendy for the last 3 years doesn't mean gotham isn't used in every city for the last decade. also it doesn't come installed on your shiny new status symbol
- besides helvetica is 52 years and needs to sit down before it gets hurtversion3
- fucking arial elitistversion3
- Helvetica will kick Gotham's ass any day.monospaced
- gotta side with mono here.baseline_shift
- Helvetica does have a beautiful lowercase. Gotham's lc looks a little inbred to me.Amicus
- akzidentist0
Most common: Helvetica. Seconds most common: Helvetica. Most common designed in the last decade: Gotham. Best, in my opinion, designed in the last decade: right now I must say Nara.
- I think you had a seizure. This thing is Nueva with a little Times New Roman. Please put it back where it came from.Amicus
- I disagree :D sorry, But Nueva is not a good typeface. I really like Nara thou, beautiful construction, double italic concept - very innovative. but most of all makes a nice set overall in terms of visual grammar.akzidentist
- concept - very innovative. nice tool for strong visual grammar.akzidentist
- ukit0
- ukit0
- worship and use are 2 different thingsversion3
- What do you mean, it's used everywhereukit
- that's how you know the bubble is ready to burst.monNom
- kitsch items and student posters aren't my everywhereversion3
- You mean you don't shop at American Apparel?ukit
- you know nothing, version3..digdre
- lolbaseline_shift
- ntimm0
Avenir by Max Bill > http://www.ntimm.ca/_/max-bill-a…
If not that one then Gill Sans > http://www.ntimm.ca/_/gill-sans-…
- Gill sans never dies. (somebody just redraws it and calls it something different.)monNom
- You can't kill a dog fuckerukit
- whoa. frutiger designed avenir, not max bill.johndiggity
- WOW! my bad!!ntimm
- Etype0
bold fat type
- neue75_bold0
Meta..
- Serif?ukit
- definitely [unfortunately] still hugely popular in 00's..neue75_bold
- nah, the sans.. I worked on at least 4 different corporate brands that still used it somewhere in their systemneue75_bold
- neue75_bold0
also the propensity of the fat, black, counterless custom type a la Non Format, et al in the last few years...
- ukit0
Rubbish in retrospect...who's to say the work we think looks good now won't be judged just as harshly ten years from now?;)
- I agree though...90s were shitukit
- I think we will since there's been a larger through-back to classic typographic designneue75_bold
- "throw-back"neue75_bold
- Neomodernismukit
- 90's people were still trying to shake the 80's and ended up just trying too hard to do something "new"neue75_bold
- the Mac did that -- we learned that the possibilities were endless. Layers and layers and typefaces, etc.Josev
- I kind of agree about the work at the moment. It seems to be overcorrecting and moving towards bland.Josev
- neue75_bold0
let's face it though, the 90's was rubbish for design, let's just be happy we've turned that corner and shut that door... Emigre, anyone?
- neue75_bold0
Avant Garde made a huge comeback, Slab Serif's as well... Everything was in Clarendon early - mid 00's and now fonts like stag and soho... I'll also throw in VAG rounded for the go-to soft yet still sturdy geometric start-up company typeface of choice.. and why not mention the klavika's and neo sans, "modern serif" trend that today already look dated...
- Josev0
I also remember a lot of Scala, also those edgy digital fonts (and pixel fonts) that were big at the end of the 90's and beginning of the 00s.