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Chasm of sar by *Sam-Wells:iconSam-Wells:

Categories Digital Art > Text Art > Misc. Text

©2007-2009 *Sam-Wells
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I thought i would make a typographic poster. When thinking about which font to use, Helvetica came to mind.

Helvetica is a great font, and when used correctly can make just about anything look good.

It is many graphic designers favourite typeface, but not mine. My favourite (for the moment) is Century Gothic: based on 'Monotype Twentieth Century', a really pleasant looking geometric font.

As a little graphic 'in-joke' I decided to comment on Comic-Sans.

No such thing as a bad font, just bad usage of. (So I read somewhere).

**N.B as this has gained a mild amount of attention recently, i have reworked the original, clearing up some hideous tracking and kerning issues.**

Set in Century Gothic bold, 100pt. Manual alignment.

Thanks for looking.
Sam

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~ftpaddict Jul 31, 2007, 7:55:03 AM
Haha, that's hilarious. :lol:

Helvetica gets my vote! dA should use it everywhere.

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Mood: Thanks *Sam-Wells Jul 31, 2007, 8:54:14 AM
Haha thanks, and thanks for the favourite- im getting the feeling someone might not understand and think im being serious!
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*Sam-Wells Jul 31, 2007, 9:05:07 AM
not you by the way, just in the future!
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~ftpaddict Jul 31, 2007, 9:53:59 AM
It happens a lot if you have American watchers. (I wish I was making this up... some people take an emote called :beatingadeadhorse: literally.)

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You know you love my gallery. You've never even seen it. :unimpressed:

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*Sam-Wells Jul 31, 2007, 11:01:22 AM
Hahaha, damn. Hopefully i dont get too many on this account then!
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~seven7seven Sep 14, 2007, 3:01:54 AM
:lol:
Yay for Comic!

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"This whole world's wild at heart and weird on top."
Laura Dern, Wild at Heart :heart:
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~SaMaeL696 Apr 19, 2008, 12:01:01 PM
this is really good. i used century gothic a lot before, but i must say that i am a helvetica man too. i used franklin gothic a lot too.

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Alberto Orsini
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Mood: Pleased *Sam-Wells Apr 19, 2008, 2:34:37 PM
Thanks!

I sometimes feel that Century Gothic, and similar fonts that I believe have ';pleasing aesthetics' are overlooked because of how easy Helvetica has made things for us.

I feel alot better about the poster now i've spent the time fixing the tracking. The other fonts i'm quite keen on are Baskerville, and Century Schoolbook both of which don't appear to be on my new computer!
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