Distributed #OnThisDay eighty years ago, on June 6, 1944:
General Dwight D. Eisenhower’s #DDay message, addressing the soldiers, sailors and airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force, produced by His Majesty’s Stationery Office (HMSO), and the “One Minute” leaflet telling German troops to surrender, produced by the Psychological Warfare Division (PWD).
Font inspiration✳️
Any font designers looking for inspiration? Found these beautiful letters that would be awesome to have extended to a full alphabet. Couldn't find anything like it in digital form.
From the permament exhibition in The Black Diamond in Copenhagen
Over the past eight days, we have published 80 new Uses. Among the featured #FontsInUse are 38 #typefaces that weren’t represented in the collection before.
The debutants include brand new releases like Choppin, Euchre (@Okay) and Retiler, the custom Curtis (all 2024), and the yet unreleased Turist. The oldest newbie is Fuchs Space Age (c.1969).
There are sans, serif, slab, script, stencil, mono, rounded, pixel, eroded #fonts and more. See them all at https://fontsinuse.com
Throwback Thursday:
Ten years ago, we published “The Story of Our Friend, the Fat Face.” Join Jennifer Kennard on her journey back to a time when serifs were Antique, sans serifs were Grotesque, and extra bold faces were Fat ☞ https://fontsinuse.com/uses/5578/the-story-of-our-friend-the-fat-face
The examples include film titles and posters, record and book covers, food packaging and more. They range from 1961 to 2023, and from Brazil to Greece and the Philippines.
Newly added:
Stingray, a twisted 3D extravaganza drawn by John S. Allen in the late 1960s for Photo-Lettering, Inc. See it in use for a book jacket and two record covers: https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/175125/allen-stingray
The newly added in-use examples span 57 years and feature 13 different typefaces, providing a glimpse into #AlbertBoton’s rich œuvre. Six of the #FontsInUse weren’t represented in our collection yet.
“I Take Full Responsibility” is a book about the end of unlimited growth in Silicon Valley. For the 2nd Riso-printed edition, author and designer @scottboms used a varied mix of #fonts.
Crickx font was released in 2013 and circulated ever since. We're looking for Crickx in use! Reply to this post or send us an email: crickx@speculoos.com
Staff pick:
The Future Tense is a sound installation by artist Russell Perkins, presented in Romainville, France. The book about it was designed by Nguyen Gobber, using a combination of Suisse Int’l & Mono and SangBleu Republic by Swiss Typefaces. It was chosen as one of the Most Beautiful Swiss Books. https://fontsinuse.com/uses/53571/the-future-tense
Amazed to see that @FontsInUse does not yet have an entry yet on "Computer Programmert Zur Unterhaltung" magazine, I'm weirdly fascinated by its typography.