![]() ![]() ![]() The explosion of digital desktop technology during the 80s led to a period of enormous creative freedom in the world of typographic design. Sinaloa, Octopus, Quicksilver, Lazybones, shatter, Harlow, Pump Triline, Frankfurter Solid.Īvant Garde, Frutiger, Serif Gothic, ITC Bookman. There are some designs that are still widely used today (Herb Lubalin’s Avant Garde for example), but the most representative styles are so strong that they are probably best used ironically or for fun. Care needs to be taken when using type typical of this era. NeutraFace, Bifur, Le Film ( Art Deco style)įranklin Gothic, News Gothic, Futura, Goudy Old Style, Times New Roman, Plantin.Īn era with a very strong style hippie culture, glam rock, disco and punk were all features of this period. Continuing industrialisation meant some truly classic timeless fonts were created at this time too.ĭavida, Arnold Bocklin ( Art Nouveau style) Many of the digital fonts in use today were made relatively recently, but based on typographic designs of the period. The first decades of the century saw art and design movements which have left us with some classic font designs. Let’s have a look at a few recognisable eras, consider their typical font designs, and see if the period produced anything a little closer to timeless font design. To be ‘timeless’, a font would have to explicitly be not stylistically representative of its time (or indeed, any other era), so the fonts listed here are selected on that basis. For example, Gill Sans is still enormously popular, and deservedly so clear and legible without too much personality – but if used for a headline in very large caps it can be reminiscent of British print from around the second world war a mood you may not wish to convey. ![]() It is also worth considering not only of the font design itself, but also the way we are using it, as some fonts can elicit different connotations depending on the way they are used. When attempting to identify font styles, we must understand their original context, which will provide most of the information we need. In addition to this, font styles have been heavily affected by the technology used to create the letterforms themselves. What are timeless fonts? If any truly exist, what do they look like? When were they designed, and is it even possible to create a list of genuinely timeless fonts? None of us live in a bubble, and over the years, font design has both created and followed trends, as well as feeding off aspects of the wider visual culture. ![]()
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