What would you consider a "Traditional Font"?

[showcase 66]

I have a client I just got of the phone with that wants a sign for their furniture store that says "Southwest, Traditional, & Contemporary Furniture Styles". and wants it in a "Traditional" font. Not sure exactly what she means by that.

I am tempted to send her it in Arial or Brush Script. Around where her place is, That is what is "Traditionally" used on people's signs.

I would then have to load brush script.

Any Ideas.

Thanks
BJ

 

[J Hill Designs]

http://www.letterheadfonts.com/styles/traditionalroman.shtml

 

[Kyle Blue]

Times new roman comes to mind. Century is another one.

 

[SignosaurusRex]

I'd sat that if it's secondary copy, GARAMOND REGULAR or ITALIC is about as traditional as you can get if want a serif roman letter, otherwise HELVETICA or ARIAL. OPTIMA may also be a consideration.

 

[Fred Weiss]

I would browse through any of the following font families which are what are defined as transitional serif styles (after old style and before modern):

• Baskerville
• Palatino
• Garamond
• Joanna
• Cheltenham
• Goudy Modern
• Cochin

 

[SignosaurusRex]

I would browse through any of the following font families which are what are defined as transitional serif styles (after old style and before modern):

• Baskerville
• Palatino
• Garamond
• Joanna
• Cheltenham
• Goudy Modern
• Cochin

Choices...Choices....Choices...... :ROFLMAO:

 

[showcase 66]

I just got a fuzzy phone pic of her sign. I have never paid attention to the business before. Actually I never realized there was a business there before she called me last week originally. Like I said before, her area is filled with Brush Script and her sign is no exception.

Think I might give her an option I think looks better and have a plain Arial bold to see if she doesnt like my take on it.

 

[Jillbeans]

My favorite traditional font is LHF Chesham Sans by Arthur Vanson
but would probably not be perfect for that.
What about LHF American Sans?
It's a ballsy 70s looking font but very sleek looking.
Love.....Jill

 

[Gino]

Hey Fred....... that last one sounds like a disease a 'Ho' might get.

 

[Fred Weiss]

Hey Fred....... that last one sounds like a disease a 'Ho' might get.

More like yours truly when I light up my first smoke of the day.

 

[housemusikid]

Why hasn't anyone said Papyrus? :ROFLMAO:

Most people think that is traditional even if they are incorrect. :ROFLMAO:

 

[signmeup]

I've carved a lot of letters in Baskerville because it's so traditional.

 

[Service Sign Co]

Copperplate

 

[bob]

Copperplate

Copperplate at anything much larger than 12 point is a sign of an amateur working at full capacity. That particular typeface was designed to imitate hand engraving, the tiny serifs are supposed to represent chisel finials. It only works when it's small.

Every time I see it inches tall with those ghastly little square serifs I cringe.

My all time favorite workaday type face is LHF Stevens Percepta. It's one of the few around that looks hand lettered but not ala a grocery store window banner. I did alter the '1's in all of the weights, I didn't like the droopy pointy tip they came with. I always thought that was sort of discordant with the rest of the type face.

 

[Service Sign Co]

Interesting Bob,What do you think of Bank Gothic

 

[Gino]

If I'm not mistaken bob, wasn't that a style that the late Mike Stevens used quite a bit ??

 

[JR's]

I think you have to get her definition of whats a ("Traditional" font) is first. then you could give her what she is looking for.

JR

 

[bob]

Interesting Bob,What do you think of Bank Gothic

Not much.

It reeks of something that you might see at the 'Typeface of the Future' exhibit at the 1936 world's fair. The only way I would ever use it and/or its vicious cousin Copperplate would be if I were engaged to reproduce an existing work. No original work of mine would ever feature either of those two faces.

 

[Jillbeans]

I'm with bob.
His suggestion of Stevens Percepta is a good one.
It comes in many weights, and the modified version of it could even have a Southwestern feel if you use it right.
http://www.letterheadfonts.com/fonts/stevenspercepta.php
(but I like the 1s)

 

[Dave Drane]

The font must reflect the design and give feeling to the finished effect, but I must say that one font I use a lot is "Snapper" by A&S.