Shelling damage to concrete and exposed rebar

Donald H. Tucker27 August 2013 · 06:26

Lettering on Economist cover showing shelling damage to concrete and exposed rebar.
Has anyone produced a font with this effect?

Thanks
Don

fvilanakis27 August 2013 · 07:23

I don't know if there is something similar, but this specific sample looks like a modified Officina Display (Black)

Donald H. Tucker27 August 2013 · 13:07

Yep, that's the font that the Economist commissioned for it's display use during it's last remake. After a period of exclusive use it became available to the general public.
I should have mentioned that I'm not really interested in what font gets the shell-hole and exposed rebar treatment, just in whether anyone has done it with any font. For once I was not wordy enough in a post:)
Don

defiantone28 August 2013 · 03:08

i've seen some VERY detailed custom fonts like Trashco. there are even tiny birdies flying around in there.

Donald H. Tucker28 August 2013 · 06:35

Trashco is interesting. Still looking for something that has some resemblance to the theme of structural damage caused by war with a shell-hole and exposed rebar treatment or a comparable method such as exposed steel girders rising from the walls of buildings.
Don

defiantone29 August 2013 · 15:18

Docteur Atomic isn't so much shelling and rebar but has some similar attributes.

Donald H. Tucker30 August 2013 · 00:37

Thanks Jodie. This one is worth playing around with. Using the damaged portions of upper parts of letters as exemplified by B, C, J, N, R, S, V and a plain sans for the lower parts could be an interesting variation of the shell-hole and exposed rebar treatment.
Don

Donald H. Tucker30 August 2013 · 11:05

As for Docteur Atomic, I compared it to some Sans fonts and found a match with Monotype Impact.
Don

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