An excellent article on the Copperplate Gothic font – as used in the credits for Series V and VI.
I like Dwarf‘s usage of the font a lot, actually. It’s interesting that when set in the context of Dwarf, the font takes on a futuristic feel – very unlike its traditional usage. But it works.
At any rate, it’s precisely 278464% better than the dull look used for the VII/VIII credits…
mick / September 21, 2007 at 8:52 am / #
The first time I’ve ever seen a topic about a font and not been on a design forum.
Arlene Rimmer BSc SSc / September 21, 2007 at 9:08 am / #
It is kind of fascinating, however–how every aspect of a word, including how it looks, can have a profound effect on how effctively it conveys the concepts and subtle shadings of meaning those words have bound up in them.
And you do have a point about the VII and VIII credits: they looked a little too “default Times New Roman in MS Word” to me, if that makes any sense–just a bit too sort of generic.
performingmonkey / September 21, 2007 at 2:45 pm / #
Only you, Mr Hoare, could post an article on a font…
Pete Martin / September 21, 2007 at 3:29 pm / #
But why wasn’t the article written in copperplate?