Comments on: HypeForType font giveaway

By: Typegeek

Typegeek — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 00:52:15 +0000

Georgia on a recent instructional web page. I love the way the numerals sit below the baseline (1 2 3 4 5 ways to see what I mean!) and I’ve just been a fan for the past few months. Too bad I missed your giveaway… I’ll try and tune in more often!

These comments are a goldmine for ideas and inspiration.

By: Said Montiel

Said Montiel — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 06:28:52 +0000

Helvetica; Client was looking for readability, besides, how can anyone go wrong with Helvetica? Using it its not only about choosing one of the most popular, readable, traditional, flawless font, it is also about thinking about the future; why? you know why, IT IS HELVETICA.

By: alex

alex — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 09:25:57 +0000

League Gothic and Chunk

By: David Airey

David Airey — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 13:08:13 +0000

I’ve emailed each of the five winners with details on how to collect. They are Don Fennucci, Sam, Julien, Jaz, and Gonzo. Congratulations! Thanks very much to everyone who commented.

By: Eric W

Eric W — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 13:49:58 +0000

After buying several fonts for a recent identity project, the client and I both loved the font Chunk Five, by The League of Moveable Type, which was a free OpenType font. Chunk Five is a bold, slab-serif font, which was the right feel for the client (history, accessibility, intelligence), and the combination of letters in my client’s name were perfect. Minimal letterspace massaging required.

By: Gonzo the Great

Gonzo the Great — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 12:49:32 +0000

Hi David,

nice give-away, cheers! My latest 2 typefaces were Museo (Jos Buivinga) and Candara(Gary Munch).

Museo is used as logo-font, .. I know Museo is overused these days, but I gave it a ‘modification’ to make it stand out more. I still love this type though, it’s just eye-candy!

Candara is used in the ‘subtitle’ of the logo and as ‘body-text’ in the rest of the branding project. The logo BTW was for a real estate agency in the Hague, the Netherlands.

.. ooh, hope to win ;-P~ Thanks for sharing, Cheers & Ciao ..

By: Merlin Mason

Merlin Mason — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 12:29:16 +0000

This is a great idea for a competition, enjoying reading peoples comments :)

The last project I worded on (sent to print this morning in fact!) I created a font myself as I couldn’t find one exactly how I wanted… Not sure if that counts?!

Here’s a mock up of the book:
http://www.lovethat.me/post/632673556

The book is for an exhibition where we plan to re-create the the logotype out of large elastic bands (all referencing the binding of the book, which is the central concept of the whole project). So the thin, straight lines were essential. It’s all based on a very strict grid and has quite a few alternate characters to either aid in legibility or to add flair were necessary.

By: Jeremy McFarren

Jeremy McFarren — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 12:17:43 +0000

I recently (yesterday) designed an ID package for a DIY crafts line that includes re purposed items. I used a font called Improvisation for the majority of the text with One Fell Swoop as Title case letters for the name.

By: Rina Miele

Rina Miele — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 12:16:48 +0000

I was creating a pitch for a client. We needed a vintage/retro feel. Of course I used a handful of fonts from “Letterhead Fonts” as they offer a lot in this genre. I also used Knockout, which is actually a very clean modern face, that was meant to look like it was from another era. It was originally based on vintage Circus posters. What better face to use in such an instance? It was perfect.

By: Kim Asendorf

Kim Asendorf — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 12:14:19 +0000

i used Cooper Std (headline) along with Akkurat Mono (text) for an exhibition catalogue of an illustrator.
a little crazy like the illustrations, but very nice combination!