Hey everyone, hope all is well.
I am looking for some references for a project I'm working on. I am creating a rounded (or for better: rounded corners) typeface that is based on the "western style" fat faces and slab serifs that were used for posters and display/signage. I am using "HWT artz" house industries' "benguiat buffalo" and "buckboard pro" as a kind of reference for how things looked, but was wondering if anyone knows of any good references that are similar? I want to purchase the book:American Wood Type, 1828-1900, but I'm not sure if it will have what I'm looking for. Im looking for a slab with rounded corners similar to what you would have found with wood cuts from that time period (that kind of hand made look you would find with something like BE block, or other bethold renders)
Thanks in advance!
Simon.
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Bracketed slabs look something like this, I think this is a typeface called Clarion.
There is a font which I have just completed called Munson which is free for you to use or modify if it suits your needs. Munson was inspired by two Victorian fonts, Consort from 1815 and Clarendon from 1845.
I will check out Munson, thanks for the forward. I'm looking for something that is more stylistic and less conformed to tradition. I guess a Tuscan is a better ref. And more slab without the sharp vertex/joints. As if you were sanding everything down for some soft look so I guess technically you would have brackets. I just don't like to label it as western or Tuscan it sounds very "free/amateur"
You might also be able to find something of interest by perusing the online material at the Rob Roy Kelly Collection at the University of Texas at Austin (which David helped curate).