Member Nic… Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 This topic was imported from the Typophile platform Medium and Regular are not common surnames, but Black is. I must say I’m disappointed that foundries publishing “first name” typefaces haven’t seized on this opportunity to personalize fonts. There is no Conrad Black or Jack Black. What other fonts create incidental meanings? It’s tempting to name a type Psychic… Link to comment
Member par… Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 Soldiers Bold? Milk Condensed? Twiggy Thin? Conscience Heavy? Link to comment
Member Joh… Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 I'm waiting for the heavy newspaper headline face named in honour of Roger Black, Black Black, or the Polanski text face, Roman Roman. Link to comment
Member Nic… Posted July 3, 2012 Author Share Posted July 3, 2012 Roger Black?! How about it, David Berlow? Link to comment
Member The… Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 The possibilities are endless! Cola Light White Duke Thin Plan Outline Coffee Black Pitch Black Go Bold -- I imagine the latter two are suitable for a scifi font ... A font called "Roman" would introduce some other nomenclature oddities -- "Roman Bold" is passable, but surely not "Roman Italic"? Link to comment
Member Té… Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 An' yins forgot poor Padfoot: Sirius Black. Link to comment
Member Joh… Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 At one point, I toyed with the idea of a bells-and-whistles revival of the Gutenberg 42 line blackletter type. To be called Bible Black, of course. Link to comment
Member par… Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 Panther Black, Deadline Extended, Mind Narrow. Link to comment
Member Té… Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 T|N>K If you're doing something with oil: Gold Black. (adjective) Black. A military-ish face: Clear Black. One for the rockers: Ritchie Black. --more-- Link to comment
Member Bir… Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 Moore Demi Spiritualist Medium Link to comment
Member dbe… Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 We talk about this at every offsite. But in the end, we just have lunch, (Black Angus beef tenderloin on black bread with black beans and black & tan ale), instead,. And then we design really skinny fonts to forget lunch. "...or the Polanski text face" Which reminds me to ask, is there some way with OT to get the uppercase to molest the lowercase? Link to comment
Member Ric… Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 is there some way with OT to get the uppercase to molest the lowercase? Are you pondering about some Gill revival? Link to comment
Member par… Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 Now that someone brought the subject up: Beer Light (a.k.a. Sex on the Beach). Link to comment
Member Té… Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 D'ya guyz hate my keyboard, or what? Supermodel Thin. Fortune's Fave Bold. Stroke Oblique. Play Book. Squaddie Regular. Matt Black. Fluffy Light. Gossamer Albatross Ultralight. Airliner Heavy. Gas Expanded. Straighten Narrow. Link to comment
Member Fro… Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 Noir was a name in this vein (sort of) until I realized the Danes were hoggin' it. Just like Greenland. Link to comment
Member The… Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 I was thinking of creating a very basic sans, based on your typical bitmap font from the 80s. I already have a name for it: Sans Élégance. Link to comment
Member par… Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 Very funny, Theunis. That opens a new angle for naming typefaces: Sans Talent, or my latest, Sans Money. That one goes particularly well with John Nolan's Receding Hairline. Link to comment
Member old… Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Play around with an online translator…and I do mean play. For example: Danish: Odd Sort Estonian: Mystic Must Lithuanian: Juju Juoda Polish: Carny Czarny Turkish: Siya Later Or, throw them a curve: call it Paradox Light, and let them figure it out… Link to comment
Member ken… Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 Actually, DTL Paradox doesn’t have a Light weight. But there is a Paradox Black. Link to comment
Member Té… Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 Glaring Light. Happy Medium. Mister Black (I'm just a guy on vacation...). Hikari Light (Hopefully goes well with an article on the 0 series bullet trains). Memory Expanded (640K what?) Contrast Wide Black. Link to comment
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