Empire

16 Responses

1. Pro Jonathan Moore

   Working on a new project and trying to set the overall mood and tone for the site. I'm experimenting a bit with some photos I took the last time I was in NYC and scans of old French typography books from the 1940s.

   almost 2 years ago

2. Jody Ferry

   dope tones!

   almost 2 years ago

3. Pro Luke Ritchie

   looks sick! what's the name of that type? so nice

   almost 2 years ago

4. Pro Jonathan Moore

   The name of the type face is apparently "Antique de Fantaisie" although it's a scan from a 1940s typography book and not a font itself. For this shot I just clipped out the letters and hand set them.

   Here's a picture of the scan - http://cloud.jonathanmoore.com/73z5

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   almost 2 years ago

5. Pro Luke Ritchie

   wow, so cool!that is one helluva typeface..so bold and stylish

   almost 2 years ago

6. Pro Jason Vanlue

   This is rad

   almost 2 years ago

7. Andrew Austin

   Beautiful!

   almost 2 years ago

8. Pro Michael Spitz

   Nice!

   almost 2 years ago

9. Pro Jonathan Moore

   @Luke - I agree. Someone who knows how to create fonts should take the scan and turn it into a real font.

   I just added the full scan as an attachment to the post.

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   almost 2 years ago

10. Pro Muhammad El Melegy 

    Very nice!

    almost 2 years ago

11. Pro Luke Ritchie

    @Jonathan yea, its basically a full font...rather exciting that its got some missing characters :) haven't found it anywhere online yet.wonder if it has any copyright?

    almost 2 years ago

12. Pro Jonathan Moore

    @Luke I haven't studied up on French copyright law in a while (or ever), but if I understand it right it becomes public domain 70 years after the creator dies. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_copyright_law Since the book was published in 1946 the copyright probably still exists, but I can't find much on the designer - http://www.google.fr/#sclient=psy&hl=fr&source=hp&q=dessinés+par+m.+moullet+typographie

    almost 2 years ago

13. Pro Heath Waller

    I am right there amongst the elegant gentlemen in top hats and overcoats. Very much looking forward to seeing how this develops. Beautiful work.

    almost 2 years ago

14. Tyler van der Hoeven

    Love the inverted city shot in the bg.

    almost 2 years ago

15. Pro Ben Didier

    This is a great shot... thanks for the scan too!
    I used some of the letters from that amazing typeface in this shot.

    over 1 year ago

16. Pro Brian White

    great!

    over 1 year ago