Member mar… Posted December 4, 2012 Author Share Posted December 4, 2012 CAn anyone advice me on a free 1950's font to be used on packaging? Thank you! Link to comment
Member mar… Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 This topic was imported from the Typophile platform Three weeks to Christmas:) Link to comment
Member HVB… Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Google for . 50's fonts . retro fonts You'll find more than enough! - Herb Link to comment
Member mar… Posted December 4, 2012 Author Share Posted December 4, 2012 Thank you - I thought there might be some obvious ones as there are a lot of crap ones out there Link to comment
Member Jam… Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 You also might want to do a search at MyFonts.com for "1950s" or "retro"; some of the professional fonts there are available at a fairly low cost. Link to comment
Member HVB… Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 "some obvious ones", "a lot of crap" What's obvious to me wouldn't be what's obvious to you! It all depends on the use to which the font will be put, the nature of the "packaging" and its contents, and of course personal tastes. You also didn't say whether this was to be used as a large attention-getting logo/display or for small text details such as the ingredients list on a food product. Do you need fonts that include accented characters, or support for any languages other than English? Do you need variants such as bold, italic, small caps, outlines, etc. ? I won't dare go into a discussion of "crap"! As they say, one person's crap is another's pot of gold. - Herb Link to comment
Member Té… Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Q: What is a good 50s-style font? A: Fifty quid, I'd guess... A bit more seriously, this list may help:https://typography.guru/forums/topic/24964-forwarding Link to comment
Member Rya… Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 I can give you the perfect answer, but my charge is $20.00 USD Link to comment
Member Nic… Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 …Fifty quid … Don’t you mean two pound ten? Link to comment
Member Pab… Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Look for fonts that looks hand-lettered Here are a few to get you started: A handlettered Typewritter/Stymie mix:http://www.impallari.com/projects/overview/life-savers-handlettered-stymie A handlettered relaxed futura:http://www.impallari.com/projects/overview/ranchers A monoline script by Rand Holub:http://www.google.com/webfonts/specimen/Sacramento A casual sans brush style, also by Holub:http://www.google.com/webfonts/specimen/Oregano Hipster Script, also by Holub:http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/sudtipos/hipster-script-pro/ Another script, based on Chesterfield advertising:http://www.google.com/webfonts/specimen/Satisfy Anything from Filmotype:http://www.myfonts.com/foundry/Filmotype/ A lot more from Nick Curtis:http://www.myfonts.com/foundry/Nicks_Fonts/ and Font Dinner:http://www.myfonts.com/foundry/Font_Diner/ You can also explore my favorites at flickr, there are lots and lots of ads from the 1950'shttp://www.flickr.com/photos/pabloimpallari/favorites/ Link to comment
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