Typophile

Typefaces designed as a solution for a specific problem.

npgraphicdesign

Example: Bell Centennial. It was designed to solve address the limitations of telephone books. So it was designed for a very specific purpose.

What are some other similar examples?

Juergen Weltin

Yellow.

Florian Hardwig

Did you forget about your last thread?
Typefaces designed as a solution for a specific problem or issue?

Juergen Weltin

Oops! ;-)

npgraphicdesign

Big oops. DOH!

My excuse is that I just turned 30 a few weeks ago...the whole old age/memory loss is coming into play...;)

Florian Hardwig

:)

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