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Typeco second font of 2004—Gothic Gothic.
Gothic Gothic (Fig. 1)
This is a fusion of old and new that is both Gothic and Gothic. In typography Gothic can refer to German Blackletter or Old English styles. Gothic can also mean block or sans serif style lettering. By combining and balancing the elements from both of these ideas we have created a contemporary extended block letter typeface.The Gothic Gothic family contains 2 companion fonts
Gothic Gothic Text (Fig. 2)
This is a more minimal variation that has a more roman looking style while still retaining some Blackletter feel.
Gothic Gothic Black (Fig. 3)
This is a bolder version designed to tend more toward the Blackletter style of Gothic with more contrast of stroke and a few of the more unusual Blackletter forms thrown in for flavor.Gothic Gothic has been honored with an award of Excellence in Type Design from Association Typographique International (ATypI) in 2001. Typeco updated this font and rereleased it as an expanded family.
Gothic Gothic (Fig. 4)
This is a crepuscular family of 3 fonts—Regular, Text and Black.
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Yes, but it's nothing new. 'Virus' made Bastard in his early days, before even making his own foundry, which had a similar approach but steered clear of block because block was associated so much with computer (pixel/bitmap) typography. The round, modern look of the font is very distinguishing - yet it maintains the Blackletter feel. I'd post an image if I had one, I only have it in a book called 21st Century Type Remix.
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Well it is like any other font ive seen nothing new. Reminds me of alien contact a font i already have. But i do like figure 1 and 3 alot.
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Great font! Have you heard of the font Comic Sans? It's a revoution in type! I haven't seen it used a lot, so you'll have to keep your eyes open.
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