Gothic fonts are very near and dear to my heart. A childhood fascination with Olde English gradually developed into an out-and-out obsession with the dark and ornate typefaces. In fact, the only thing potentially better than a good Gothy font is the good Gothy font's name. There can only be one Olde English, of course, but plenty of other spin-offs exist and they need names, too. Enter the other playas: English Towne, Lucida Blackletter, Middle Saxony Text, Kingthings Spike, Xenippa, Blackwood Castle, Prince Valiant, Sketched Cassius Broken. Incidentally, I've always longed to use Lucida Blackletter as a nom de plume. With a parade of names like this, I can easily see entire operas being played out. But I do wish I could come up with the perfect name for this lovely Gothic hand-painted font where the number 8 resembles a Pokemon character.
This may not be perfect, but how about Pokemon Gothic Flourish?
ReplyDeleteLove it! I can see the trading cards now.
ReplyDeleteHmm - typographical trading cards. That would be kind of awesome.
Snorlax Rotunda!
ReplyDelete(OK, that sounds more like a medical condition, but I'm on to something....)
Snorlax Rotunda! But of course.
ReplyDeleteInspired by your idea, I went to look up a picture of Snorlax and ended up taking a "which Pokemon character are you?" quiz.
"You are most like Charizard, the fire dragon. You are mostly a loner, but you have one or two friends. You travel a lot, and like to use your Flamethrower. Your type is fire."
Hell yes.
Uh. Happy Friday, everyone.
This is a brain invader.
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