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hmm...I am starting a poster for a theatrical play. The theme is extremely erotic and violent (s/m included). I searched for a proper type to express the atmospheare but untill now i didn't see anything good enough. Any suggestions?

i hope i won't receive any junk e-mails after my request.

christos

P.S. the types have to be open-minded to new things, willing to discover their sexuality and nicely shaped.

unknown
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Thank you for the immediate response Hrant, but although your fonts are really nice (especially cristaal) they are not what i want. I need something more straight and brutal.

christos

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I think that Blue Island would be an interesting option, to me it seems appropriate, how those elements of the character interact with eachother?

Blue Island: http://www.typography.net/type/blueisland.htm

Too curvy, right? :-)

unknown

Do you mean brutal like distressed and messy?

I once used a free font called 'Rubbermade' (I think), but I can't find it now. Anyhow, it had a very wet, brutal, messy design. It came in all caps based on blocky groteques. If you want I can try to hunt it down further.

unknown

Re-reading your description, I realize Rubbermade probably isn't what you need.

What about Emigre's Priori?

unknown

This sounds like a job for Margo Chase.

unknown

I've always thought Warnock Pro and Vendetta had a subtle goth/dominatrix vibe. Something about those spiky sharp serifs...

http://store.adobe.com/type/browser/P/P_1709.jhtml
http://www.emigre.com/dp/getfontpage.php?PVenL.html

unknown

Really nice stuff from everybody. FF Imperial and FF Noni were close but the first too Gothic and the second too playfull. For the moment the Blue Island and Envision of Margo Chase have the "perversion" i was seeking.

Thank you all for the help. Now i have enough food for the eye and the brain to sit down and make the (greek) letters for the title i need for the play. When i will be ready i will post the poster to the "typography/composition" forum.

christos

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