Typeface Wishlist

July 21st, 2008 · 1 Comment

NewJune by Hubert Jocham

Yes, the W Magazine sans-serif type. I love it! It has so much personality; very futuristic and post modern (ew! did I just say that?) Anyway, I love it. I love Natalie Kirsheh’s use of it on every cover of W Magazine, and it looks great as copy and display text. Buy me this type, please! I know New School won’t have it on their font server anytime soon, bummer. You can read a great exchange between Hubert and some other dude on Typophile’s ID Board.

Burgues Script by Alejandro Paul

I love tattoos, I love Herb Lubalin (yes, I know Burgues is based off of works by Louis Madarasz, but Herb Lubalin comes to my mind first!), and my boyfriend calls this the “Madball Type,” probably because it totally looks like jail-tattoo script. Either way you slice it, this script rules. It also comes with tons of alternate characters so you can get the scripty swashes just right!

Carousel by Gary Gillot

Originally Nubby’s constant use of the number-forms, inspired me to check out this typeface. I love the individual characters moreso than the look of the type actually set out on a page (as the name implies it’s feeling is a little too hyper and childish for me), so I would probably use this type sparingly, possibly for drop caps or modify for use as a logo. Things To Look At’s French Graphic Design highlight also gets me excited about the use of Carousel.

Akzidenz Grotesk by Berthold

Ah, I love the “Moschino typeface,” however the capital P’s don’t please me too well which lead me to loving Helvetica Ultra Compressed (which I probably already have on my computer.) I love how universal and graphic these typefaces are, and totally remind me of a DADA poster from my History of Graphic Design class last fall.

VAG Rounded by Wolf Rogosky

Initially designed for Volkswagen, and now used by T-Mobile, VAG rounded started as a coporate type used as a median between sans-serif and serif typefaces and was the first ’rounded’ type to be created. To me, it has a delightfully young, playful feeling. I enjoyed working with it on my Q and Not U poster project in typography sophomore year. It’s a great poster typeface, and also great for children-related work.

Omnes by Joshua Darden

I love that the different weights of this type feel like they transform from luxury fashion magazine to swanky 70s poster type to thick magic marker vibe. Not to mention the setup on Joshua’s website is genious – click on the weight that you like and it brings you to a type treatment with just that weight. Gimme!
URW Wood Type D by URW++

I am in love with wooden type. I feel like I already have Clarendon Extended, and I love this vintage-looking wood type by this Hamburg, Germany foundry. Plus this type reminds me of fellow Parsonsite, Keren Richter’s old, non-carbonmade website.

Tags: Art & Design · Inspiration