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Posted by Dave Hughes
- September 06, 2006, 01:08:09 PMHere's a digital version of Valiant:
Posted by SwissTypesetter
- September 06, 2006, 12:03:44 PMI don't know this specific font, but it shouldn't be of German origin, because it lacks the "long s" (like the "f" without the slash across).
Regards, Andy
Regards, Andy
Posted by Dan Williams
- September 06, 2006, 04:11:36 AMI glanced through the 1926 ATF Book, my "contemporary" Art Directors Book of Type Faces , the big red Linotype book and several intertype books, and the only thing that I could find that was similar was from the "contemporary" Typefounders of Chicago book issued by Dave Kriger in the mid to late nineteen-seventies.
The face found on page 121 of the newer Typefounders of Chicago book is titled Valiant Bold and is oh-so-very similiar to the one that Laura has posted. Not exact, but very similiar. I did not check to see whether modern ATF had similiar competing faux-bohemian-gothic-sans serif styles.
I believe that this Valient was probably also inspired by something else......from overseas.
The font has a definite, unmistakable post-modern Bavarian BAUHAUS smack about it.
Dan
The face found on page 121 of the newer Typefounders of Chicago book is titled Valiant Bold and is oh-so-very similiar to the one that Laura has posted. Not exact, but very similiar. I did not check to see whether modern ATF had similiar competing faux-bohemian-gothic-sans serif styles.
I believe that this Valient was probably also inspired by something else......from overseas.
The font has a definite, unmistakable post-modern Bavarian BAUHAUS smack about it.
Dan
Posted by Dave Hughes
- September 05, 2006, 11:55:30 PMLooks like a faux Germanic font to me
Posted by Laura
- September 05, 2006, 07:58:26 PMI am a typography student and my teacher has tasked me with identifying a font on a flash card. I used identifont.com and saw that it is very similar to ITC Honda which was created in the 1970s. My teacher said that the font on the flash card is a metal type and ITC Honda was probably based on it. I can't figure out how to upload the image, but ITC Honda can be seen at http://www.identifont.com/show?7L5 If anyone knows which metal typeface this is based on, I would be grateful!! Thanks, Laura
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