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Gotham Relay
Today, within minutes of each other, The Font Bureau and The Hoefler Type Foundry each announced new monolinear sans families. Both designs harken back to the Americana of the early- to mid-1900s and it’s no surprise they are both wonders of simple beauty. Relay is somewhat deco (think Metro, Erbar and Nobel) from young genius Cyrus Highsmith. Tobias Frere-Jones’ Gotham “preserves the unaffected quality of ‘basic building lettering’ as envisioned by a draftsman rather than a typographer.”
Don’t miss the full Gotham story, a nice piece of writing on history and type, matched only by the delightful essays of Frantisek Storm.
Posted by Typographica | June 25, 2002 | LINK|
Comments
A burning yearning: I love relay, but at $1000 (discounted) for all 40 styles, that love will hafta go unfulfilled for now... Dave Bastian | Jun 25, 2002 05:29 PM
Yes. Very slick typeface, but not for the hobbyist. Down10 | Jun 25, 2002 11:06 PM
Sidenote: Both Relay and Gotham were selected for inclusion in ATypI’s Bukva:raz! competition last year. Kent Lew | Jun 26, 2002 06:52 AM
I fancy Gotham over Relay. Armin | Jun 26, 2002 07:10 AM
Do I smell a trend? The concept of vernacular sans-serif lettering and numbers on 1950s buildings and homes seems to have inspired these faces in addition to the upcoming House Neutra fonts as well as my own interperitation called Lionel Text. Stuart :D Stuart | Jun 26, 2002 08:10 AM
this is going to sound like a total commercial plug, but i feel like i should say it anyway.... you do know that FB lets you buy families as few or as many styles at a time as you like, right? i.e. $140 will get you any 4 relays... perhaps not as fulfilling as all 40, but a lot less than $1000! also, this vernacular sans thing has been a trend for quite some time now, hasn't it? mr. schwartz | Jun 26, 2002 09:08 AM
Oh look! A Hoefler Helvetica! Miedinger | Jun 26, 2002 01:46 PM
Speaking of Frantisek Storm, what do you think of the fonts themselves? Have you used them in print? Are you satisfied with the results? George | Jun 26, 2002 02:32 PM
Hevetica is a grotesque. Gotham is a geometric. Two totally different fonts. Speaking of Storm, I used his Monarchia (based on Koch's Fr¸hling) in my wedding invitations. I also bought Plagwitz. I find his fonts beautifully executed, heavily featured, and incredibly underpriced. You basically get CE support for free, among other things. And I love myfonts.com, but if you order directly from Stormtype, you get a giant specimen book, a poster or two, and other great collateral. I collect specimen posters (I decorate my apartment and cabin with them) and his is one of my favorites. John Butler | Jun 26, 2002 03:38 PM
Speaking of Storm.... I find his fonts beautifully executed, heavily featured, and incredibly underpriced. so do i. they'd still be cheap if he charged twice as much. i guess living in prague is cheap? anyway, i set a book on a contemporary romanian "magic realist" painter's work (!) in Storm's Regent, and it was beautiful. just enough personality so the text could hold its own next to the paintings, but not so much that it was distracting. Farao is my favorte, from his library. mr. schwartz | Jun 26, 2002 04:37 PM
zoftig! yowza! pk | Jun 27, 2002 03:48 PM
Some notes at STF about OpenType progress. Viva OpenType. John Butler | Jun 27, 2002 07:23 PM |
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