tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001049583660092725.post1950541234478703709..comments2023-08-21T18:06:32.631-07:00Comments on Band Logos - Brand Upon The Brain: Logo #21: AC/DCDavid Cotnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472819815499072942noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001049583660092725.post-54705311790874852992012-04-18T11:50:21.713-07:002012-04-18T11:50:21.713-07:00I appreciate your exceptionally well-thought-out r...I appreciate your exceptionally well-thought-out response - always glad to get input from professional designers, especially those who use italics as well as you have.<br /><br />And you say you're no native speaker!David Cotnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06472819815499072942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001049583660092725.post-32527290827689203512012-04-18T00:39:57.860-07:002012-04-18T00:39:57.860-07:00Actually Gutenberg's Bible was using a "g...Actually Gutenberg's Bible <i><b>was</b></i> using a "gothic" font. <br /><br />There's a common mismatch regarding that denomination: well-known fonts like <i>Arial</i> or <i>Helvetica</i> are referred to in English as "gothic" fonts (i.e. <i>Century Gothic</i> and so on). I never understood why English-speaking typographers called them "gothic" in the first place.<br /><br />On the other hand, the "gothic" calligraphy (what you'd call <i>Fraktur</i>, <i>Black Letter</i> or even <i>Old English[!]</i>) was invented in Caen (France) while <i>Guillaume le Conquérant</i> was, well, conquering (he plagued Great Britain if I remember well). Anyways, that French calligraphy called <i>Gothique Textura</i> resembled Gothic architecture (lots of French cathedrals were gothic). <br /><br />Later on the gothic calligraphy was abandoned in France, Italy and Spain to be replaced by humanistic calligraphy (that looks a lot more like a <i>Times</i> font). But Textura Gothic calligraphy did survive in Germany until the early Renaissance, which explains why the first Occidental typographic font ever created was a re-creation of handwritten gothic Textura.<br /><br />So yes, Gutenberg <i><b>did</b></i> use gothic lettering (this sentence would make perfect sense in French). The thing is (in my opinion) the <i>"gothic"</i> term is misused in English.<br /><br />But hey, I'm no native speaker so you'll please excuse any mistake I've made ^^'<br /><br />--<br />www.shrallseb.beShrallSebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03574668383243666352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001049583660092725.post-75954934576923723772008-02-27T05:48:00.000-08:002008-02-27T05:48:00.000-08:00Thanks for this David, very thorough! Do you have ...Thanks for this David, very thorough! Do you have any leads on AC/DC's <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_Deeds_Done_Dirt_Cheap_(international_album)" REL="nofollow">Dirty Deeds</A> album design? It's a totally different feel to the other logos they used on albums. I've had a crack at it <A HREF="http://www.bonscottblog.com/2008/02/14/dirt-cheap/" REL="nofollow">here </A> in a rather convoluted post, but its entirely speculative. So it'd be good to get the voice of a logo expert...lucazoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02473974730719212790noreply@blogger.com