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Im So Fucking Tired of Helvetica PDF
Im So Fucking Tired of Helvetica PDF
Andrea Bianchi
HELVETICA
FUCKING
TIRED
SO
I’M
OF
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In the past painters, typographers and Here are the main reasons:
then the first “graphic designers” used
typefaces as a form of art. Not only giant To collect the unconventional typefaces I
drop caps but entire words or phrases like the most.
written using strong characters, most of
the times created from scratch. To fight the flattened use of typography.
Then came the Futurism and they also To show that also unconventional
tried to free typography, not to make art, typefaces can be used in commercial
but to communicate in a more striking projects.
ways ideas that a single serif font could
not express.
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Index
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Digestive by Studio Triple
16 Brutal by Bb-bureau
24 bb-book A by Bb-bureau
40 Clifton by 205TF
48
IKANSEEYOUALL by Swiss Typefaces
56 SAVATE by Velvetyne
64 Trickster by Velvetyne
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Foundry: Studio Triple
Digestive — by studio triple
Year: 2018
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Designer: Font: By:
Jérémy Landes Digestive Studio Triple Taking inspirations from outside the typo-
graphic world, Digestive borrows shapes
from the submarine universe (mainly se-
aweeds) and from anatomic parts, organs
and guts. While designing this typeface,
I tried to make a balance between so-
mething attractive and repulsive. This
made me add some food related inspira-
tions as I cook a lot. Call it long Italian pa-
stas with a sticky sauce for example. Hen-
ce the name, Digestive.
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Alphabet and
Semi-bold
numbers
Extrabold
Ultralight
Medium
Regular
Italics
Black
Light
Light
Bold
Styles:
A B C
a b c
Uppercase:
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO
PQRSTUVWXYZ
Lowercase:
1 2 3
abcdefghijklmno
pqrstuvwxyz
Punctuation: Numbers:
. , : ; ( ) ! ? “ 1234567890
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In use
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Brutal — by bb-bureau
Foundry: Bb-bureau
Year: 2017
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Designer: Font: By:
Benoît Bodhuin Brutal Bb-bureau Brutal is a not stencil calligraphic typeface
designed in light, regular and bold.
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Alphabet and
Semi-bold
numbers
Extrabold
Ultralight
Medium
Regular
A B C
Italics
Black
Light
Light
Bold
Styles:
a b c
Uppercase:
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO
PQRSTUVWXYZ
1 2 3
Lowercase:
abcdefghijklmno
pqrstuvwxyz
Punctuation: Numbers:
. , : ; ( ) ! ? “ 1234567890
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In use
Activist 2.0
by: Max Rawlins
Snapshot
by: Joosung Kang
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bb-book A — by bb-bureau
Foundry: Bb-bureau
Year: 2016
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Designer: Font: By:
Benoît Bodhuin bb-book A Bb-bureau bb-book A is an expressive book serif
(triangular and curved) kicking up weight,
width and contrast — in 4 styles: light, re-
gular, medium and bold.
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Alphabet and
Semi-bold
numbers
Extrabold
Ultralight
Medium
Regular
Italics
Black
Light
Light
Bold
Styles:
AB C
a b c
Uppercase:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O
P Q R S T U VW X Y Z
Lowercase:
1 2 3
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o
p q r s t u v w x y z
Punctuation: Numbers:
. , : ; ( ) ! ? “ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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In use
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Maelstrom — by Klim Type
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Designer: Font: By:
Kris Sowersby Maelstrom Klim Type Foundry
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Alphabet and
Semi-bold
numbers
Extrabold
Ultralight
Medium
Regular
Italics
Black
Light
Light
Bold
A B C
Styles:
a b c
Uppercase:
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO
PQRSTUVWXYZ
Lowercase:
1 2 3
abcdefghijklmno
pqrstuvwxyz
Punctuation: Numbers:
. , : ; ( ) ! ? “ 1234567890
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In use
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Clifton — by 205tf
Foundry: 205tf
Year: 2014/2017
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Designer: Font: By:
Yoann Minet Clifton Klim Type Foundry rence, its name pays tribute to musician
Clifton Chenier, father of Zydeco, the style
The Clifton is a reinterpretation of the of black music from French Louisiana of
Athenian typeface that was distributed the nineteen thirties.
around 1896 by the British Type Foundry.
It is also close to the Fantail typeface pro-
posed by the American Type Founders.
This typeface, with its inverted contrast
compensates for the finesse of its stems
through its imposing serifs that draw a
black dot in the letter, thus providing a par-
ticular sparkle to a composition. Less con-
trasted than the drawing of reference and
with its very important x-height, the Clifton
has been designed as a body text typefa-
ce.
The italic is not a simple slanting of the ro-
man but has its own design, very slender
and mobile. It has nonetheless been desi-
gned as a duo, marking the difference and
allowing for a strong contrast with the ro-
man within a text.
Its style, located somewhere between Ita-
lians and Westerns, gives this typeface the
American flavour of the latter but with a
rawer touch, as if it had come straight from
the Bayou. As a tip of the hat to this refe-
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Alphabet and
Semi-bold
numbers
Extrabold
Ultralight
Medium
Regular
Italics
Black
Light
Light
AB C
Bold
Styles:
+
ab c
Uppercase:
A B CDEFGHIJKLMNO
P Q RSTUVWXYZ
1 2 3
Lowercase:
a b c defghijklmno
p q rstuvwxyz
Punctuation: Numbers:
. , ! ? 1 2 3 4567890
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In use
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— by Swiss Typefaces
IKANSEEYOUALL
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Designer: Font: By:
Swiss Typefaces IKANSEEYOUALL Swiss Typefaces The typeface obviously takes cues from
the fat display Caslons drawn by designers
In this posh display typeface, the stroke like Tom Carnase or Ed Benguiat half a
contrast is turned up to the max: thicks are century ago. Additionally, Swiss Typefaces
ultrabold, while thins are mere hairlines. sampled a couple of their favorite mo-
IKANSEEYOUALL is brawny and delicate at ments from the history of lettering art, like
the same time. Get closer so that you can the curvaceous ampersand, the flowery
see all the details: Arches in ‘m’ are sharp asterisk, or the spiraling ‘@’. The design
as raptor talons. Serifs in ‘N’ or the top is the opposite of retro, though. IKANSE-
arm in ‘k’ resemble rose thorns. Bowl and EYOUALL is made for the present time. Its
leg of ‘R’ dramatically taper to meet in a freshness is epitomized in the needle-like
point – if this shape looks familiar, you may bars in ‘E’, ‘f’, or ‘t’ – it’s a safe bet you ha-
be thinking of related approaches seen in ven’t seen a ‘G’ or ‘M’ like these before. To
Tiffany Heavy or the Prada logo. The con- the designers, these letterforms are the
trast axis is markedly inclined, see the ‘o’ typographic equivalent of Koudlam’s “See
or compare ‘p’ to ‘q’. Swiss Typefaces has You All”, a song that not only sparked the
explored similar terrain for the Black styles name, but has provided inspiration throu-
of SangBleu Empire. In IKANSEEYOUALL, ghout the creative process.
there are less edges and straight
lines, and more flowing and bul-
ging shapes, with bulbous ter-
minals. Stems have flared en-
dings instead of lineal serifs. In
letters like ‘n’ or ‘d’, they are an-
gled and slightly concave. Dots
are as big and round as can be.
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Alphabet and
Semi-bold
numbers
Extrabold
Ultralight
Medium
Regular
Italics
Black
Light
Light
Bold
Styles:
A B C
a b c
Uppercase:
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO
PQ RSTUVWXYZ
Lowercase:
1 2 3
abcdefghijklmno
p q rst uvwxyz
Punctuation: Numbers:
. , : ; ( ) ! ? “ 1234567890
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In use
Demo
by: Florian Hardwig
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Savate — by velvetyne
Foundry: Velvetyne
Year: 2016
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Designer: Font: By:
Max Esnée Savate Velvetyne Savate is a typeface freely inspired by
a hand-lettering found in the streets of
Ivry-sur-Seine in the suburbs of Paris. Its
name refers to the savate, a typically fren-
ch fighting sport. Its character set is quite
complete, with an italic and a wide langua-
ge support.
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Alphabet and
Semi-bold
numbers
Extrabold
Ultralight
Medium
Regular
Italics
Black
A B C
Light
Light
Bold
Styles:
+
a b c
Uppercase:
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO
PQRSTUVWXYZ
1 2 3
Lowercase:
abcdefghijklmno
pqrstuvwxyz
Punctuation: Numbers:
. , : ; ( ) ! ? “ 1234567890
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In use
set now
by: Eric Fritsch, Vanessa Kiefert
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Foundry: Velvetyne
Year: 2017
Trickster — by velvetyne
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Designers: Font: By:
Jean-Baptiste Morizot trickster Velvetyne
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Alphabet and
Semi-bold
numbers
Extrabold
Ultralight
Medium
Regular
Italics
Black
Light
Light
Bold
A B C
Styles:
a b c
Uppercase:
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO
PQRSTUVWXYZ
1 2 3
Lowercase:
abcdefghijklmno
pqrstuvwxyz
Punctuation: Numbers:
. , : ; ( ) ! ? “ 1234567890
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In use
Gig posters
by: Félicité Landrivon
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Solide Mirage — by velvetyne
Foundry: Velvetyne
Year: 2017
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Designers: Font: By:
Jérémy Landes trickster Velvetyne Solide Mirage is a display face inspired by
both the Didone genre and the music of
Frànçois And The Atlas Mountains. Unica-
se, it encourages the user to stir lowerca-
ses and uppercases together. If the caps
remains quite classical, the lowercases
show a stronger temperament. All the
lowercases that should have ascenders
or descenders, as the b, d, p or q are the
most surprising, with their compressed
shapes and long serifs. Solide Mirage be-
gan as a squared monospaced typeface,
for practical layout reasons, was quickly
followed by a proportional companion,
a narrower design allowing subtler text
layouts. Both typefaces have ornamental
alternates A, O and V inheriting the zig-zag
spirit of the album cover created by the
visual artist Tatiana Defraine. A small set
of ornaments completes the letter shapes
for flourishing layouts.
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Alphabet and
Semi-bold
numbers
Extrabold
Ultralight
Medium
Regular
Italics
Mono
Black
Etroit
Light
Light
Bold
A B C
Styles:
a b c
Uppercase:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O
P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Lowercase:
1 2 3
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o
p q r s t u v w x y z
Punctuation: Numbers:
. , : ; ( ) ! ? “ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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In use
Demo
by: Jérémy Landes
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Beatrice Display — by sharp
Foundry: Bb-bureau
Year: 2016
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Designers: Font: By:
Connor Davenport
Lucas Sharp
Beatrice Display Sharp Type tifully in a wide range of optical sizes.
Beatrice is a new kind of Instead of utilizing contrast purely for the
typeface. The family is an purpose of mitigating the darkening ef-
exploration of contrast fects of stroke intersections, or based
methodologies, combining on an implied stroke ductus, the contrast
various aspects from the methodology of Beatrice–the system for
canon expansionist sy- determining how the thicks and thins are
stems, inverted contrast, applied to the skeleton–is done by ap-
and the contrast behavior plying a new rationale, a system we are re-
of standard sans-serif gro- ferring to as “internal con- trast.”
tesks. These methodolo-
gies were dissected and
used as cornerstones in
building our own system,
with the final result landing
largely in unexplored terri-
tory. Built on the foundation
of a traditional American
Gothic but with tight-as-
can-be spacing, the super-
family spans a robust set
of weights and includes 2
optical sizes: a super hi-
gh-contrast, tightly packed
Display cut, as well as a
standard low-contrast cut,
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designed to function beau- ━ 83
Alphabet and
Semi-bold
numbers
Extrabold
Ultralight
Medium
Regular
Italics
Black
Light
Light
Bold
A B C
Styles:
a b c
Uppercase:
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO
PQRSTUVWXYZ
1 2 3
Lowercase:
abcdefghijklmno
pqrstuvwxyz
Punctuation: Numbers:
1234567890
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In use
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Written in:
Suisse Int’l
by Swiss Typefaces
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HELVETICA
FUCKING
TIRED
by
SO
I’M
OF
Andrea Bianchi
[email protected] August 2018