If you were to found a heavy metal band that would play exclusively for type designers, what would you call it? I’m looking for something more interesting than “The Fläming Säns”
Accented letters would be good, but not necessary. However, fake umlauts are a must! The logo will be set in blackletter, of course.
Well, isn’t UMLAUT a natural choice? And of course you would have to put umlauts over both of the U’s. Like this: ÜMLAÜT ROCKS!
Isn’t there alreaday a nü-metal band called “revenge of the umlaut” (without any umlauted-characters in their name,specifically) already?
Somehow “The Ümläut” doesn’t sound evil enough.
Slåb
CounterPünchers
Ässes Tø Äshes
Ä(s)scender
Glyphĕrion or Glyphĕron
Dan, are any of these süitably dark and menacing enüff?
Dial M for Mürga
Drowning by Nümerals
Hrant and the Masters of the Ünivers
Pümp Üp the Volüme
Forbidden Frütiger
Victim of Circümflex
Take the Money Fonts and Rün
Lead Zäpflin
Strike Üp the Ampersand
Shärkey’s Mächine (ITC Machine)
The Deconstrüctionists
Chankenstein
Hellveticä Häth no Füry
Shoot to Gill
Throw Comma from the Train
Children of the Kërn
Cradle to the Gräve
The Baühaüs that Roared (paraphrasing the classic British Ealing comedy film The Mouse that Roared)
j a m e s
Hrant and the Masters of the Ünivers
There goes my vote, Hah :)
Dav
Hot Lead
DoubleDagger (if you could put umlauts on the two gs, a la Spinal Tap)
I knew Wikipedia was comprehensive but…
Hellvetica, naturally… :-)
Hellvetica, naturally…
Yeah, that’s the best, and fitting revenge on that face (sorry Chester). My favourite tho is Hrant and the Masters of the Univers, for sentimental reasons, and because typophiles would find it funny ;^)
j a m e s
Höt Mëtäl is an obvious one.
Too obvious.
j a m e s
Moxon: Mechanick exercises
(image might not work since it’s not showing in preview) sorry don’t have any Blackletters in XP from Adobe apps or MS. Weird that they don’t have Blackletters in any OS or apps loading.
And just doing accents..
how about
‘Ascending Karen’
The Kaslons 471
Civili†ë
ExKoffon R
>I knew Wikipedia was comprehensive but…
Check out the audio commentary…
Actually, Double Dagger is a type-themed band that already exists:
CøøperBläk
Leaving the second c out is very important ;)
Richard
120pt Cooper Black was the heaviest metal font ever cast. So howabout COOPER 120.
James
Heavy Leading
The Neue Typographers
Eat Leading
Kerning Korpse
Small Caps, Big Death
The Fontf^ckers
Letterpress Bludgeon
Death By Ink
Counter Corpse
Counter Carnage
Bloodscript
Of Lead and Flesh
Those Who Would Letterspace Lower Case
One more, this one with attitude.
Fükface
j a m e s
Note that Double Dagger have a song called “Corporate Logo Preservation Society” - HA HA ! ! So perfect for Typophile this week!
gødspeed you bøld emperør
What kind of heavy metal are we talking about? (believe me, it matters)
I think something simple is better. If youre doing something heavy, dark, or aggressive I’d go with FRAKTUR. If it’s something more epic, I’d calling ARRIGHI - the first concept album could be called La Operina.
And just to sound like a total nerd…
There was already a band named umlaut back in the 90’s. They were part of that crust punk crimethinc crowd and, if I remember correctly, were a joke started to make fun of other crusty metal bands. I believe they only made a 7” that was distributed with the old crimethinc magazine. I also think they parodied the motorhead logo a few times.
Bastardus
Rubric
FRÄKTÜR!!!
I vote for this one, but maybe the R’s need umlauts too.
the Mäjuscule
ƒ
Umlauts on both Rs!!! Brilliant!
Höt Lead Maidën
MötorHeadër
Typemetallica
Cooper Black Sabbath
Einsturzende Umlauten
Okay, so that implies a different genre of music, but I think the joke of leaving out the umlaut in Einstürzende, where it actually belongs, makes it worthwhile.
Lead Balloon
Ludlow
Pot Metal
emquad
Too Much Packing
FenderBender
Damp Paper
SmokeProof
Lockedup
Badrag
Totaly Unjustified
ChrisL
Yves’ Skin Bangers :-)
ChrisL
Kïller Klïngspor’s Gothïkz
Rotündaa
Dark Streek
Héctor
Grotesque Accidents
Tschïchöld
The Dëscendërs
Unkernëd
Ear Killers
ChrisL
blood Thirst
veerolence
haunt bureau
underwail
ogres italic
tremigre
villange
i’m cheesy. i’ll admit it.
The Slugs…
Hot Metal is too obvious…
Lead Poison
Cursive
Compugraphic Night Shift
Printer’s Devils Hell Box
Bitstream Humanist 666
Warnock’s Minion
Children of the Kërn (shoot! someone else already got that one)
Häus Industries
Dïn Mittelschrift
ämpersänd
(but I think Fraktur is still the best, with the umlauts)
Chris Lead Balloon was already done, Lead Zeppelin. “and she’s buying a stairway to heaven” (I hated that song)
Dan, you shouldn’t reveal things like disliking a song that to many people signifies wonderful memories.
Tiff, you’re a Led-head?!
Page or Plant?
Why not Tiff my reason isn’t about the song its about how it was played on the radio stations. They killed it. It was played every couple of minutes I got to hate it and to this day won’t listen to it. This is what makes the world go round we don’t agree on everything or on most things.
Page, but there wouldn’t be Led Zeppelin with all four. Plant’s voice is a perfect partner for Page’s guitar. I’ve always had a weak spot for musician’s, but particularly guitar players.
Dan, ok I understand that. Yes, radio station’s have ruined many a song. I only listen to the radio now when I’m in my car, and even then it is down low and background noise. I’m sorry they did that for you. I was just teasing you anyway.
> …a heavy metal band that would play exclusively for type designers…
Sorry… uh… wait a second… Talk about niche marketing yourself. Are there a disproportionate number of heavy metal fans who are type designers? Or a disproportionate number of type designers who are heavy metal fans..?
Perhaps there are unique products that could be pitched to this select demographic! Do give us some further information about your project, Dan!
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