Design nerds talk about Futura...

[dennyschmickle]

Interesting article (to type-nerds like myself).
I'm just wondering what Chantry will have to say.
(If he's not still banned from that site).

Design Observer: writings about design & culture

[Barry Obama]

nice cluster of unemployed 'designers' with way too much time on their hands right there..ayup.

[dennyschmickle]

that site is one that I feel like I *should* want to read, but it's so unbearably boring that I rarely check it.
the one where Art went all spastic is classic, however.

[Biklops]

Futura is my all time favorite typeface. I used it on my personal site and I'll use it whenever I think I can get away with it. I love the F and the O particularly.

[victor_howitzer]

I read that book 'The elements of typographic style'. it gave me a greater respect for people who spaz out about type, but at the same time I wanted to put a gun to my head by the time I had finished it. I did learn quite a bit from it though so it was worth the investment of time.

[Barry Obama]

I love futura i use it all the time. I think I will use it on 2 new products this week.

lolzer........................I love being the client AND the designer...IM ALWAYS RIGHT!

har har...*belch* fart.......(sniff)

[thejuice]

the one where Art went all spastic is classic, however.

Do you have the link to that? I wouldn't mind reading it

[dennyschmickle]

hmm. Can't find it. Their search-thing appears to be broke.

[satuyrn]

Being a type nerd... I appreciate when type has meaning (be it history or otherwise). But, let's face it, having a meaning behind the type, other then readability, is really just to please yourself, and other desgners. Clients rarely give a shit, and don't want to sit and listen to you explain the history behind Baskerville, or Goudy, or Futura, or Universe...........

Or maybe I've just worked at a sign shop too long?

[dennyschmickle]

Do you have the link to that? I wouldn't mind reading it

ooooh, here it is:
Design Observer: writings about design & culture