Interesting theme; I had never considered fonts when collecting stamps.
What have I discovered this week?
At the risk of boring you again I must mention that the 2016 Pets USA stamps that I linked to last week had fonts in 'serifa' - I never knew that before.
The Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer Christmas stamps from 2014 had
What have I discovered this week?
At the risk of boring you again I must mention that the 2016 Pets USA stamps that I linked to last week had fonts in 'serifa' - I never knew that before.
The Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer Christmas stamps from 2014 had
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a font called 'Verlag'. This was initially designed for the Guggenheim Museum, but was expanded and released to the public in 2006.
I thought that stamps identified by the name Helvetia ought to use the font 'Helvetica' like this one from Great Britain.
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| Great Britain 1969 |
However when it comes to fonts, perhaps Switzerland 'wins' after all.
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| Switzerland - 1969 |
For more fonts or even christenings(?) visit Sunday-Stamps-II-129.
6 comments:
I would never have thought about the Rudolph stamps, and I have to say I think you win today with the Swiss font.
I spent hours (seriously, way to many hours!) trying to find the names of some fonts on possible stamp choices for this week - kudos to you for finding the "verlag"
And yes, Switzerland seems to use many fonts that are not Helvetica!!
Clever Swiss inclusion. I like the bold Giro one, our old main post office (no longer a working post office) still has the brass plate of National Giro on the outside.
Hi Bob - fonts are interesting aren't they ... I'd have not paid much attention probably - except I'm blogging - but learnt from the London Underground fonts and spacings etc (don't understand typography either!) ...
The one obvious mistake recently that stood out like a sore thumb was one of the Tories lectern frontages, which was most disconcerting, the typefaces didn't match, nor did the spacing -
Cheers Hilary
I think that typography is something that most people, even collectors, don't consider. But of course it is very important in the design of the stamps. I like your choice, and the fact that you found the name of the font, too.
One more subject that I know very little about.
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