Member nic… Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 This is an example of a type of font commonly used in newspapers and other editorial, text-heavy publications. One of its features is ball terminals. I am wondering if there is a name for these types of editorial fonts (beyond "serifs," of course). Link to comment
Ralf Herrmann Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 I wouldn’t say this points to a specific classification category. It’s just a feature of text typefaces that developed over time. The “old style” fonts didn’t have it yet … download at MyFonts After them came the “transitional” fonts with a tear-drop shape … download at MyFonts And actual ball terminals came with the “Didone” typefaces. download at MyFonts 1 Link to comment
Member nic… Posted August 20, 2018 Author Share Posted August 20, 2018 Thanks, very helpful. I'm trying to narrow down my search for an editorial typeface (or combination of typefaces) that is similar to the sample at top. Searching for "editorial typeface" or even "news typeface" has been of limited effectiveness. Link to comment
Member Gre… Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Is this the kind of thing you are after ie Austin news by Commercial type?https://commercialtype.com/catalog/austin_news Link to comment
Member nic… Posted August 20, 2018 Author Share Posted August 20, 2018 That is very much from the same era. The 'fat' and 'bold' faces are a bit too ... artistic/displayish ... but other than that, this is very close. The 1983 LA Times "Rocket" example above is similar to today's LATimes.com, Boston Globe.com, and (sort of) NYTimes.com. You can really see the ball terminal and just the overall style it in the lowercase c. Link to comment
Ralf Herrmann Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 You seem to look for fonts from the type classification style called “transitional”. For LA Times, check out Kis/Janson/Ehrhard. For Boston Globe, check out Miller. And for the first example, plain old Times. 1 Link to comment
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