Typophile

Which font to choose?

mst0192

I have to do a work about a typeface. The work consists of a small book about the typeface and the designer. My problem is, that I have to choose from a selection of typefaces where I (A) find the the typeface boring, or (B) I don’t find any background information.

Some of the “better” typefaces from this list:

Futura
Gill Sans
Univers
Meta

Avantgarde Gothic
American Typewriter
City
Chicken Plain
OCR-A
Trixie

I would love to do a work about OCR-A (can be interesting in terms of graphics), but i can’t find anything about it...
Which typefaces would you consider interesting to work on? And in case you have any information about any of these typefaces (beside of links to websites), please let me know..

Thanks in advance, Michi

‹ Don't shoot me! Looking for a font for my website.. ›
Giovanni Jubert

Jesus,

Are you sure you do not find none interesting?
Cosider Meta. Amazing font from an incredible designer.
Not talking about Futura, I mean, Paul Renner and geometric fonts,
more histoy to dive in than ... whatever. Fascinating subject of study

Forget Avant Garde, too many posting on typophiles.
I love City, maybe because slab serif drive me crazzy

Universe and Gill Sans... well great fonts and tons of info everywhere.
Came on make a choice you like! theres great stuff in your list,
and then start your research and you will be surprised how much info you find...

let us now your choice if other than OCR-A

G.

mst0192

Yeah, I know... I want to avoid the fonts from the “upper” list.. the fonts from the upper list are the fonts where it should be easy to find much info.. but I would prefer to pick one from the lower.. the city would be my second choice..
Don’t worry, if I don’t find anything about the fonts from the lower list, i will pick meta.

Si_Daniels

Pick a font where the designer is still alive and is willing to talk to you about their work - I’d go with Sparky’s Chicken - it’s a klassic!

mst0192

that’s what i had in mind too.. you mentioned sparky’s(??) chicken.. regarding my sheet, it’s a font from david carson and betsy kopshina, made 1994.. but i can’t find it online.

Si_Daniels

Maybe - but this was the Chicken I was thinking of...

http://www.microsoft.com/typography/links/news.aspx?NID=1334

Cheers, Si

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