http://fontstruct.fontshop.com/gallery/all/rating/descending/1/any_category/any_license/with_options/1930s en-us Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:48:58 -0800 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:48:58 -0800 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss CakePHP <img src="http://fontstruct.fontshop.com/fontstructions/get_preview/14740/1" alt="" /><br />The Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) was the largest agency of FDR's "New Deal", employing millions of people. Over 2,000 posters were produced by the W.P.A. to raise awareness and support the arts. I have a lot of admiration for these posters and a style of sign painters' lettering that was common in the U.S. during the 1930s-'40s. WPA Gothic gets much of its inspiration from this poster in particular. This FontStruction stays true to the sample’s simple letterforms, but the FontStruct grid does present a few limitations. For more refined typefaces of this style check out Futura Display, Tourist Gothic, FF Moderne Gothics, Refrigerator, and MVB Solano Gothic by some of my favorite type designers, two of which (Van Bronkhorst and Parkinson) are East Bay natives. WPA Gothic has a few alternate glyphs hanging out in the Extended Latin slots with more to come. To get a look at the typeface outside the confines of the FontStruct sampler, here's a sample poster. May 25, 2008: Released a variation with low-waisted "deco" caps. http://fontstruct.fontshop.com/fontstructions/show/14740 <img src="http://fontstruct.fontshop.com/fontstructions/get_preview/14740/1" alt="" /><br />The Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) was the largest agency of FDR's "New Deal", employing millions of people. Over 2,000 posters were produced by the W.P.A. to raise awareness and support the arts. I have a lot of admiration for these posters and a style of sign painters' lettering that was common in the U.S. during the 1930s-'40s. WPA Gothic gets much of its inspiration from this poster in particular. This FontStruction stays true to the sample’s simple letterforms, but the FontStruct grid does present a few limitations. For more refined typefaces of this style check out Futura Display, Tourist Gothic, FF Moderne Gothics, Refrigerator, and MVB Solano Gothic by some of my favorite type designers, two of which (Van Bronkhorst and Parkinson) are East Bay natives. WPA Gothic has a few alternate glyphs hanging out in the Extended Latin slots with more to come. To get a look at the typeface outside the confines of the FontStruct sampler, here's a sample poster. May 25, 2008: Released a variation with low-waisted "deco" caps. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 02:19:03 -0800 http://fontstruct.fontshop.com/fontstructions/show/14740 <img src="http://fontstruct.fontshop.com/fontstructions/get_preview/53157/1" alt="" /><br />Caps from WPA Gothic in a low-waisted "deco" style. http://fontstruct.fontshop.com/fontstructions/show/53157 <img src="http://fontstruct.fontshop.com/fontstructions/get_preview/53157/1" alt="" /><br />Caps from WPA Gothic in a low-waisted "deco" style. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 02:18:49 -0800 http://fontstruct.fontshop.com/fontstructions/show/53157 <img src="http://fontstruct.fontshop.com/fontstructions/get_preview/103810/1" alt="" /><br />Based on and adapted from Georg Trumps classic from 1930, with quite a few tweaked letterforms (because of FontStruct limitations ;)Contains a large latin-based multilingual characterset - like all the fonts I rework at CheapProFonts ;)A cleaned up, scaled, properly spaced and kerned, professional OpenType version can be downloaded for free HERE! http://fontstruct.fontshop.com/fontstructions/show/103810 <img src="http://fontstruct.fontshop.com/fontstructions/get_preview/103810/1" alt="" /><br />Based on and adapted from Georg Trumps classic from 1930, with quite a few tweaked letterforms (because of FontStruct limitations ;)Contains a large latin-based multilingual characterset - like all the fonts I rework at CheapProFonts ;)A cleaned up, scaled, properly spaced and kerned, professional OpenType version can be downloaded for free HERE! Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:20:10 -0700 http://fontstruct.fontshop.com/fontstructions/show/103810