unholy font
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- johndiggity
looking for something a bit dark, but nothing blasphemous. if you were typesetting the book of revelations, it would be in this font. i like the mood of fakir (http://www.fontshop.com/search... but it's a bit too stylized for this job. it would be setting mainly titles and a line or two of text. thanks.
- oldelpaso0
but fakir is meant to be a web 2.0 fractur like font.. nice and chubby and friendly..
is that what u want? or do you want a a normal fraktur font?
the example doesnt do it justice but...
Typographer Textur
or trawl thru this
http://www.moorstation.org/typoa…
:)
- johndiggity0
not blackletter no, sorry if i wasn't clear. i meant i liked the subtly religious overtones of it. it's for an artist's site. i don't want it to compete.
- Jaline0
maybe something from Sherwood collection?
http://www.p22.com/sherwoodtype/…
- johndiggity0
nice i like. keep them coming.
- oldelpaso0
might be a bit too much.. that german site has a few gems buts its a hassle to trawl thru it :)
"HPLHS-Blackletter is an irregular hand-drawn textura font based on the lettering of French heraldic engraver Charles Demengeot. It is appropriate for old occult tomes where you want a written-by-insane-monks kind of feeling. Available for FREE in the HPLHS font pack."
- johndiggity0
bump for the sinners.
- Rand0
Paul Rand once remarked that you should never design something for a chinese restaurant with a "chinese" looking typeface
but what the fuck did he know?
- vespa0
If I had to engrave an epitaph on a burning tombstone i'd do it in Serapion Bold Italic.
- neue75_bold0
I would never say this is 'unholy' but similar to Fakir and less 'stylised' is Acropolis..
- elms0
http://www.typography.com/catalo…
Acropolis Black Italic
- neue75_bold0
ouch.. my toes!
- elms0
damn...
- elms0
:P
- neue75_bold0
haha
- johndiggity0
thanks for the help. i keep coming back to fakir though. too bad it's $400+ and this is a pro-boner :(
- Typographica0
Where do you get $400? Do you need the entire family, Text and Display? That's only $340.
http://www.fontshop.com/fonts/do…
There's also FF Merlin, but that's a little more cartoonish.
http://www.fontshop.com/fonts/do…
What about somethinig more subtly like Priori?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ste…
- johndiggity0
i'd definitely want the ornaments, and that only comes with the complete package.
however i am still on the fence now. i am worried it may not compliment the work as much as i had first envisioned...
- OSFA0
nice, hey typo, you gotz mail....
- xenicon0
a chinese restaurant with a "chinese" looking typeface is OK in Hong Kong but not Hoboken
ffs
- johndiggity0
don't worry, he's not chinese. and here's some of his work if anyone can suggest something fitting...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dbe…