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second class citizen · 11-20-2008, 11:59 PM

One of my favorites fonts is Macintosh named after Scottish architect Charles Rennie Macintosh. It's beautiful in it's own right but because it's so highly stylized, it's not very practical for text. I think it looks best used for signage, titles or labels.

Ghoulish Delight · 11-21-2008, 12:12 AM

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Originally Posted by second class citizen

One of my favorites fonts is Macintosh named after Scottish architect Charles Rennie Macintosh. It's beautiful in it's own right but because it's so highly stylized, it's not very practical for text. I think it looks best used for signage, titles or labels.

Just because it's a good excuse, the exterior of the Macintosh School of Art in Glasgow, the first building designed by Charles (no photos allowed inside, sadly):

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JWBear · 11-21-2008, 12:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Just because it's a good excuse, the exterior of the Macintosh School of Art in Glasgow, the first building designed by Charles (no photos allowed inside, sadly):

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Yes, we know you've been there... Rub it in some more, whydontcha...

second class citizen · 11-21-2008, 12:10 AM

There was a fellow architect at the place I used to work who would use his rapidiograph to hand letter ALL of his faxes in Macintosh. It drove the secretaries crazy, because they just wanted to send out a reply to our clients as quickly as possible. Mario refused to let them type the replies for him and insisted on hand lettering each one. He was one of the best draughtsmen we had and the clients LOVED the individual attention they received from him. Every fax he sent out looked like a piece of art, like some old English manuscript. I think he even used the enlarged initials at the beginning of each one.

Ghoulish Delight · 11-28-2008, 01:23 PM

Excellent, I finally found the original logo file. The fonts used in the LoT logo are "Indubitably" (Lounge), "QuigleyWiggly" (of), "Concielian" (Tomorrow), and "DymaxionScript" (adventure through inner swank).

Kevy Baby · 11-29-2008, 12:50 PM

A fine job y'all did on the logo!

Ghoulish Delight · 01-26-2009, 11:11 AM

SMeltery. Free fonts.

Eliza Hodgkins 1812 · 02-26-2009, 04:02 PM

Typography! Libraries! Trees!

http://www.creativereview.co.uk/crbl...of-dead-trees/

Ghoulish Delight · 02-26-2009, 04:32 PM

Think you know your fonts?
Take Aim

Betty · 02-26-2009, 04:35 PM

First try - 31,100. How about you?

11-20-2008, 11:59 PM	#1
second class citizen Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 135	One of my favorites fonts is Macintosh named after Scottish architect Charles Rennie Macintosh. It's beautiful in it's own right but because it's so highly stylized, it's not very practical for text. I think it looks best used for signage, titles or labels. __________________ An artist is someone who produces things that people don't need to have but that he, for some reason, thinks it would be a good idea to give them." - Andy Warhol
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11-21-2008, 12:10 AM	#4
second class citizen Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 135	There was a fellow architect at the place I used to work who would use his rapidiograph to hand letter ALL of his faxes in Macintosh. It drove the secretaries crazy, because they just wanted to send out a reply to our clients as quickly as possible. Mario refused to let them type the replies for him and insisted on hand lettering each one. He was one of the best draughtsmen we had and the clients LOVED the individual attention they received from him. Every fax he sent out looked like a piece of art, like some old English manuscript. I think he even used the enlarged initials at the beginning of each one. __________________ An artist is someone who produces things that people don't need to have but that he, for some reason, thinks it would be a good idea to give them." - Andy Warhol
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11-28-2008, 01:23 PM	#5
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Excellent, I finally found the original logo file. The fonts used in the LoT logo are "Indubitably" (Lounge), "QuigleyWiggly" (of), "Concielian" (Tomorrow), and "DymaxionScript" (adventure through inner swank). __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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Kevy Baby Chowder Head Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Yes Posts: 18,500	A fine job y'all did on the logo! __________________ The thing about quotes on the internet is that you cannot verify their validity. - Abraham Lincoln
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01-26-2009, 11:11 AM	#7
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	SMeltery. Free fonts. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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Eliza Hodgkins 1812 Sputnik Sweetheart Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Long Beach Posts: 2,685	Typography! Libraries! Trees! http://www.creativereview.co.uk/crbl...of-dead-trees/
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02-26-2009, 04:32 PM	#9
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Think you know your fonts? Take Aim __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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