Modern Sans Serif Typefaces
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- boiconet0
Yeh, it's like Helvetica was Neue Hass Grotesk once. Everything has got it's roots, it's still a shame when people forget these things though.
- rabattski0
"... and then it's not cool to like it any more." - delilah
assuming you see fonts as fashion.
see there are these discussions regularly. people saying you can't use font x or y anymore because everyone uses them and it's not "cool" anymore to use them.
wrong thinking.
it's what you do with it and not what you use. you shouldn't be dictated by trends, you should dictated by the job and the ideas in your head, anything what it acquires to execute it good and do a job well done.
and if it takes din to get the job done then it'll be din. if a design looks wicked with din than i bet you're not gonna say: the design sucks because it has din.
now i agree there are font trends and people jump on these bandwagons and just use din because it's hip to use but it's the execution what counts.
- rabattski0
using helvetica to be trendy? i know that helvetica neue had a boom but helvetica in general? that font is so embedded in typography, design, typesetting etc. since it's existence. basically from haas grotesk on up that you hardly can say it's a trend.
- TheTick0
I stand corrected.
- lele0
So, take a look at this:
http://www.fsd.it/web/usefuldesi…
... and also check Fabrizio Schiavi website and his types:
- lele0
Totla agreement.
- Mimio0
Hildegard is pretty cool too, has sort of a calligraphic effect.
- rabattski0
whoah. you're totally missing the point. din was never intended to be a transcending classic or a response to helvetica. it was never intended for "design" purposes.
from linotype:
"DIN stands for Deutsche Industrienorm, German Industrial Standard. In 1936 the German Standard Committee settled upon DIN 1451 as the standard font for the areas of technology, traffic, administration and business. The Committee chose a sans serif font because of its legibility and because its forms are also easy to write. This font was not foreseen for advertisements and other 'artistically oriented uses' and there were disagreements about its aesthetic qualities. Nevertheless, DIN font was seen everywhere in Germany, on signs for towns and traffic, and hence made its way into advertisements because of its ease of recognition."
- boiconet0
Are designer's using DIN very much in Germany?
- rabattski0
oh and although it says deutsche industrie norm, the font has been actually made by the dutch guy albert jan pool (he worked in germany though).
- rabattski0
i've never noticed a din trend in germany. i think din, as well as vag, are fonts that are more popular outside germany.
- boiconet0
Akkurat ?
http://www.lineto.com/
- rabattski0
the ff din that is (done by albert jan pool). different from the original din. but still din. vague i know.
- jdcomba0
KONTRAPUNKT, there was a free download somewhere not too long ago.
- rabattski0
sorry to post so often, shame it's russian, can't read it, pictures are nice though:
http://www.sostav.ru/columns/dut…
- HRTWRK0
Kontrapunkt is here:
- Solid0
oh man don't get us started on interstate...
i guess you are new around here?
vormburo
(Mar 25 05, 17:18)
-----------------Ok I have to ask 'cause I can't find anything relevant in the DB - what's the deal with Interstate?
:D