(Pre-)releasing a typeface on Future Fonts today. It's called Racquet: https://www.futurefonts.com/benjamin-tuttle/racquet
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Benjamin Tuttle
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mastodon 4.6.9I want to be a type designer when I grow up.
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@w__h_ Yeah, this is a Fell revival I started awhile back. Specifically based on Double Pica Roman, which is attributed to Peter de Walpergen. Working title is "Old Feller."
Anybody have a copy of this? Or even better yet, a digitization? If not, anybody in Melbourne wanna do us all a favor? https://www.acmi.net.au/works/98620--the-liberated-letter/
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Mostly taking the piss in regards to humanism, [sacred] geometry, magick, capitalism, esotericism, etc.
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@onpaperwings @w__h_ Working on a potential follow-up to the film series I did at Spectacle in 2023, so the theater might have some budget to cover the digitization. I'll reach out to the museum and see if they'll take pity and cut our little not-for-profit a deal.
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I worked on a suite of custom typeface revivals (some strict, some loose) to give the film a unique typography. For the main display type, I created a face inspired by Bauer’s Corvinus. For supporting and smaller text, I attempted a rather faithful digital revival of another Bauer face, Venus. A typeface that has gotten a bit of love over the last few years (decades?), but I never liked how far other interpretations went in “fixing” it. I wanted to keep its eccentricities intact for the film.
Just found out that the whole quote is actually "Find something you love, and you'll never work a day in your life because we trained the AI to do that job and don't need a human labor force. Now do something you hate."
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Beyond my contributions, and therefore my bias, it's a truly fantastic film, and I am beyond lucky to have been able to be involved. If you're in NY or LA, I would highly recommend checking it out. Hopefully it will make it to the rest of the US and parts of Europe in the next month or so.
Don't just take my word for it, it's been getting some shine in the press as well: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/09/23/a-different-man-movie-review-the-substance
Just making sure everyone has seen the font section of last week's Guy Mont Spelling Bee (starts at 24:28) https://youtu.be/L2Fa10vu4bw?si=R22fCV7awRRHDSym&t=1468