Typeface used by Perlon

ballyhoo · Post by **ballyhoo** » Sun Nov 09, 2008 9:55 am

I'm trying to figure what typeface Perlon uses on their more recent releases. Not the axonometric block text, but the text in all caps.

Can anyone help?

Thanks!

faunty · Post by **faunty** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 7:21 pm

looks to be either Akzidenz-Grotesk or Univers. Their almost identical.

ballyhoo · Post by **ballyhoo** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 7:56 pm

yeah, Akzidenz-Grotesk could be it!

I don't think the typeface is Univers though - Univers has more oblong letters, and its upper-case R has curved strokes, whereas the typeface Perlon uses is more circular and the strokes are straighter - the reason why I really admire it (maybe it has something to do with the medium the font is being printed on - a disc, so there's more of a harmony?).

boudo · Post by **boudo** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 3:16 am

faunty wrote:looks to be either Akzidenz-Grotesk or Univers. Their almost identical.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... ison08.svg

Pretty far from identical imho

faunty · Post by **faunty** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 10:25 pm

thanks for that comparison. Yes, definitely akzidenz . I know Univers is based off it, but considerable differences.

Interesting I think i would like to try mix and matching some of the characters to make a perfect typeface. For instance the J in univers but the R in akzidenz. Throw in some numerics from helvetica...

ballyhoo · Post by **ballyhoo** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 11:45 pm

boudo wrote:
faunty wrote:looks to be either Akzidenz-Grotesk or Univers. Their almost identical.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... ison08.svg

Pretty far from identical imho

its crazy how much helvetica pops out compared to its sister san serifs in that chart.