I’m sort of new on the scene, and so I’m wanting to get up to speed on where the good contemporary fonts are coming from. There are enough books written about the past that I think I’m covered there.
So ... it’s probably a matter of opinion, but is anyone willing to voice their opinion on, let’s say, their top 5?
It’d be a huge help.
Depends on what ’scene’ you’re into - are you after serious multilingual text faces, or are you making rave flyers?
Emigre cause they have allll the women. :-P
I guess my ’scene’ is somewhere in the middle of serious and rave. Maybe art gallery? The application is ’proposal project’ on signage and environmental design, Rem Koolhaus / Bruce Mau style mockups; I’ve got a good stable of classic and sophisticated sans and serifs, and am looking for something with a bit more contemporary relevance and energy to complement. Reason: the ’client’ is an organization that is founded on the bleeding edge of technological and academic advance. Hopefully that gives a bit more context.
Cheers.
-Ryan
Oh, and Emigre is already on my list. Love those humans.
Cheers.
-Ryan
Village is pretty hot and fresh and New Yorkish - like a good bagel!
Top 5 in no specific order...
Psy/Ops Type Foundry: http://www.psyops.com
Fountain Type Foundry: http://www.fountain.nu
Storm Type Foundry:
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