Bill Crossland Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Does anyone know the name of the font used for the Linota branding? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Ghent Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 The kerning is so awkward it may be a one off by an artist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLDNICKILBY Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Not likely Chris, this would have been good old type set in a composing stick , letter by letter. Not on a screen or silk screen. I don't understand "kerning " Somewhere we have a directory of type faces Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Ghent Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Kerning refers to the gap between the letters. In sophisticated fonts it is not the same for every letter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 KERN. This is an expression which is relevant to the old traditional letterpress printing process in which type was composed from individually cast metal characters. Each character had a solid rectangular base which provided support and protection for its printing surface from the pressure applied by the inking rollers and the printing press. The kern is any part of a letter which overhangs its alloted rectangular base or shank and is therefore dependent upon a neighbouring character to provide support for the otherwise vulnerable kern. Few Roman letters other than 'f' ever need kerns but several italic letters have them and italic 'f' usually has two. With the introduction of film setting and other modern typesetting techniques I guess that 'kern' is a word that is seldom now used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david robertson Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 With the introduction of film setting and other modern typesetting techniques I guess that 'kern' is a word that is seldom now used. On the contrary, "kerning" is still used to denote the horizontal spacing between characters, as is "leading", which refers to the spacing between lines. Both derive from the days of cast metal typesetting. The trouble is that fewer and fewer people now understand the craft of making type look beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 I agree David. The introduction of film setting opened up all sorts of exciting opportunities for young typographers and graphic designers but it would be a shame if it were to have all been at the expense of the good old classical typography that I, and I suspect you, love. ( What has all this got to do with Concertinas !) . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham S Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 I've trawled through hundreds of late Victorian/Edwardian typefaces and come up with nothing, I'm afraid - not even a near match. Incidentally, when did a "typeface" become a "font"? A "font" is a complete set of type for a specific design of lettering; the actual design of the lettering is called a typeface. Sorry to be a pedant........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Your research, and lack of finding anything, gives strength to the suggestion of Chris Gent that it is simply an artists 'one off'. It is after all a trademark and exclusivity would not be inappropriate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Middleton-Metcalfe Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 my mum is a graphic artist and was regularly commissioned to simply write one word in a specific artistic way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Campin Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Simon Garfield's book "Just My Type" talks about forums where people put up font samples and other folks identify them. I can't find my copy right now; you could always ask Garfield to point you to one. (It's an interesting book and worth buying, anyway). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Ghent Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 There are people who are font tragics and I would be surprised if they do not have forums like this one. They might be pleased to be asked for advice. Â An example of how kerning is important; if you look at the gaps between these two sets of letters, TA TM, you will see ( if it displays in the same font as it does for me) that the computer sets the A closer to the T than it sets the M. The T and A are actually overlapping. I can't set them the same distance apart without going to a drawing program and dragging them, and I don't have time right now but if I did, the spacing of T and A would look awkward to you once your attention had been drawn to it. Â If you now look at the T and A in Linota you will see the "roof" on the A would make it difficult to set them close together because the top of the T and the top of the A would unify even if only close rather than touching, and this would make them hard to read. Â Having said all of this I suspect the letters in the label have been arranged as one might see them on an old building, I mean something from Greek or Roman times, where letters are often set apart, maybe to give them a sense of having the same stature as the building. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Crossland Posted February 9, 2015 Author Share Posted February 9, 2015 Thanks for all the advice, I will explore the dark world of fonts further..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkt Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 I'd post your image at http://typophile.com/fontidand/or at http://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/forum/, but agree that it may well have been created for the label. Typophile used to be more typeface experts not just font (digital) folks but it's all flattened out a bit.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex_holden Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Incidentally, when did a "typeface" become a "font"? A "font" is a complete set of type for a specific design of lettering; the actual design of the lettering is called a typeface. Sorry to be a pedant........... I think Jef Raskin probably takes the credit/blame for that one. The Apple Macintosh started out as his idea; digital fonts and WYSIWYG were part of his vision for the system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex_holden Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Here is another typeface identification forum you could try: http://www.briarpress.org/discussion/749 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLDNICKILBY Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 David, Emms Enns and Thins Rule O K. O K ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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