Blog — Colin M. Ford, Designer - I AM SO TIRED OF YOUR EXPERIMENTAL SANS — The...
I AM SO TIRED OF YOUR EXPERIMENTAL SANS — The title pretty much says it. It’s a tumblr devoted to all those “expiramental” typefaces that seem to blend together after a while. 
Seeing a few of them next to each other, you can’t help but see a trend running through these kinds of typefaces; most are monoline, often monospace, with strokes crossing strokes all over the place. Kudos to the curator for including Paul Renner’s original designs for Futura in the mix for context.

I AM SO TIRED OF YOUR EXPERIMENTAL SANS — The title pretty much says it. It’s a tumblr devoted to all those “expiramental” typefaces that seem to blend together after a while. 

Seeing a few of them next to each other, you can’t help but see a trend running through these kinds of typefaces; most are monoline, often monospace, with strokes crossing strokes all over the place. Kudos to the curator for including Paul Renner’s original designs for Futura in the mix for context.

  1. experimentalsans reblogged this from colinmford and added:
    Curator lol.
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    LOL! I should send to Joel, art director at...for the print side of things. But he...
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    I AM SO TIRED OF YOUR EXPERIMENTAL SANS — The title pretty much says it. It’s a tumblr devoted to all those...
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    heh.
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    Come on, Urban Outfitters has to find their ‘kooky’ typefaces somewhere!
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    Yessssss
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