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Does anyone know the name of a modern font or the typeface that was popular in the '50s? Such as the font used in the Palm Springs Preservation Foundation banner?
[url href=http://www.pspf.net/]http://www.pspf.net/[/url]
That appears to be Ribbon or Deep Ribbon font. When researching to order my house numbers, I found this great site. Besides having great products, the site is a good resource to simply research fonts. http://www.westonletters.com/index_23.php?catID=23file=index.php Here is a picture of my house numbers in Deep Ribbon 6 inch font. If that is not deep ribbon, then you'll probably find out what it actually is by looking through their fonts on that site.
The typeface used on the preservation site is rendered too small to be IDed that accurately, but if you are looking for a face from the same era, the trendy face these days is House Industry's Neutra Face (based on the architect's work):
http://www.houseind.com/index.php?page=showfontid=18
In that same vein, Hoefler's Gotham:
http://www.typography.com/catalog/gotham/index.html
Less formal, but a great collection of 50s-esque faces (also from House Ind):
http://www.houseind.com/index.php?page=showfontid=27
we use:
http://www.customhousenumbers.com
the attached pic is neutraface display light 5 x 3/4-
i think they can do almost any typeface- good people to deal with...
check out house industries and font diner (http://www.fontdiner.com/) for some cool typefaces
NeutraFace is the font I'm looking for. My idea was to etch welcome into the glass on my front door but that makes for an expensive greeting. I didn't realize the font was so pricey. The prices from fontdiner.com are more reasonable although not quite the same. I'll have another look before shelving the idea all together. Thanks for all the info and resources!
What are you using the Font for? If it's to just create a logo or a set of house numbers, there's no need to purchase the entire font license. Just hire a graphic designer who has the font to typeset it for you and give you a production file with the outlines that you can then take elsewhere.
[quote:caligrl format=text/plain]NeutraFace is the font I'm looking for. My idea was to etch welcome into the glass on my front door but that makes for an expensive greeting. I didn't realize the font was so pricey. The prices from fontdiner.com are more reasonable although not quite the same. I'll have another look before shelving the idea all together. Thanks for all the info and resources![/quote]
Caligirl, (and everybody), lets compare, because I’ve definitely learned some things during the course of this thread. I, too, think the Nuetra font is awesome, and at first, I was disappointed to have discovered it AFTER ordering my Deep Ribbon font numbers. However, after receiving my deep ribbon, all thoughts of the Nuetra totally disappeared, as I could not have been more thrilled with the outcome. I still have to finish my house numbers project. I actually have the numbers, but have yet to order and mount the street name in smaller font under the numbers. Now, along came this thread, and I thought, “Hey, I can finish the “letters” part of the sign in Neutra! ” Obviously, Neutra looks awesome and is the “must have, must be seen with” of the mod world. However, after researching http://www.customhousenumbers.com/ , and then doing a side-by-side comparison with http://www.westonletters.com/ , not only did I discover I got a WAAAY better price, I may (?) have actually gotten a more substantial product.
I ran the three digit number “411 in 6 x ½ “ clear anodized aluminum through both sites price calculators. The site specs varied slightly from one another, but I basically calculated the same product in the same dimensions in two different, but substantially similar fonts;
- “411 in 6 x ½ “ clear anodized (satin/brushed) aluminum Deep Ribbon font from Westonletters was $105.00, period.
- “411 in 6 x ½ “ clear anodized (satin/brushed) aluminum Nuetra font from Customhousenumbers was $227.24 with a $113.62 deposit.
In addition, the Nuetra letters are channeled, (hollow-back), while the Deep Ribbon are a solid block of aluminum. Then, look at the pictures below. Can you REALLY see that much SUBSTANTIAL difference between the two fonts below? Both are definitely modern, beautiful, and uncommon. I own a set and even I mistook the two in the original post. The average vistor with look at both with awe and glee. Trust me, I know! Don’t be priced out of what you want by the Nuetra. Get the look AND save some money and get the ribbon. You, know, the commercials are right; Ask.Com IS really just as good, if not better than, Google, but more people simply know about and demand Google. I think I may have discovered the same thing in all this font business. ‘Nuff respect to Nuetra!
Opps, self correction - It appears only Nuetra's stainless steel is hollow. So their aluminum must be solid ?
The font really has no effect on the price of getting metal house numbers. Any metal/sign fabrication place should be able to make house numbers using any font you'd like.
The online Neutraface house letters are simply tailored to a specific demographic and are priced at a premium just because they can.
[quote:incubus_of_habit format=text/plain]The font really has no effect on the price of getting metal house numbers. Any metal/sign fabrication place should be able to make house numbers using any font you'd like.
The online Neutraface house letters are simply tailored to a specific demographic and are priced at a premium just because they can.[/quote]
My point,exactly.
Believe me, I'm price sensitive and always try to avoid the premium price tags. I actually wanted the font to do two things: print out Welcome to etch onto my front door window (which requires cutting out the letters on contact paper) and then to possibly create letterhead. That's why I wanted to buy the entire font. But I've been experimenting and decided a heavier font will make my life easier!
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