Typeface Review: "Crescendo"

What It Looks Like:

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Its History: "Designed by Patrick Griffin and Nancy Harris Rouemy in 2011 and published by Canada Type." (Source #1)

"Canada Type is an independent font development studio based in Toronto. The studio was founded in 2004 by Rebecca Alaccari and Patrick Griffin, as a means to perform professional type solutions to creative indviduals and departments all over the world." (Source #2)

What Type of Font It Is: Ornamental - "the form of the letter itself is determined by some decorative or figurative intention. The Ornamental form may thus be composed of foliage, rustic woodwork, the human form, or abstract elements. The majority of Ornamental faces from the 19th century are capital only, and necessarily designed for use at larger sizes." (Source #3)

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How You Can Design With It: Meant mainly to be used as a display text. Best used in logos, posters, book covers, large containers, etc. "Decorative and Ornamental letters are, by definition, display faces and seldom, if ever, suited to the setting of any more than a small number of words." (Source #3)

Where You Can Get It: Available for purchase here: http://www.fontshop.com/search/?q=Crescendo.

Descriptive Terms For It: 1920s, art deco, art nouveau, book covers, decorative, display, flapper, poster, poster design, posters, logo, logo design, logos, and ornamental.

Sources:
-#1 - http://www.fontshop.com/fonts/downloads/canada_type/crescendo_ot/
-#2 - http://www.fontshop.com/fonts/foundry/canada_type/
-#3 - "The Complete Typographer: A Manual for Designing with Type" by Will Hill, 2nd Edition, p. 160

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Typeface Review: "Hangbord DSG"

What It Looks Like:

Its History: Created by DotSpot Graphics about 2007 or earlier. "This font was created using Font Creator 5.0 from High-Logic.com". (Sources below.)

What Type of Font It Is: Ornamental: "the form of the letter itself is determined by some decorative or figurative intention. The Ornamental form may thus be composed of foliage, rustic woodwork, the human form, or abstract elements. The majority of Ornamental faces from the 19th century are capital only, and necessarily designed for use at larger sizes." (Source below.)

How You Can Design With It: It's lower case letters are the same size as it's uppercase letters so it is clearly meant mainly for display in large blocks of text as a way of grabbing someone's attention; logos, posters, book covers, large containers, etc.

Where You Can Get It: Available for free download at all of these places, just to name a few: http://www.fonts2u.com/hangbord-dsg.font, http://www.azfonts.net/load_font/hangbord_dsg.html, and http://www.abstractfonts.com/font/11208.

Descriptive Terms For It: 3D, grunge, large blocks of text, display, modern, ornamental, all-caps, Capitol Only, poster.

Sources: http://www.abstractfonts.com/designer/309/Dotspot+Graphics, http://www.mediafont.com/font-9887-hangbord_dsg.html and "The Complete Typographer: A Manual for Designing with Type" by Will Hill, 2nd Edition, p. 160.

Examples:

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Typeface Review: "Beast Wars"

What It Looks Like: 

Its History: Created by Neale Davidson (source below), "Beast Wars" is best used on posters and other mediums where large print is acceptable.

What Type of Font Is It: Ornamental: "the form of the letter itself is determined by some decorative or figurative intention. The Ornamental form may thus be composed of foliage, rustic woodwork, the human form, or abstract elements. The majority of Ornamental faces from the 19th century are capital only, and necessarily designed for use at larger sizes." (Source below.)

How Can You Design With It: Best used on posters, in this particular case for anything that is fun, thrilling, or excitable, such as thrill rides at an amusement park, horror movies, or a rock band.

Where You Can Get It: It's a free download at

http://www.urbanfonts.com/fonts/Beast_Wars.htm or 

http://www.fontshark.com/font/Beast-Wars-233.html.

Descriptive Terms For It: ornamental, thrilling, all-caps, exciting, horror, poster, fun, Capital Only, loud, in your face.

Sources: http://www.fontshark.com/font/Beast-Wars-233.html and "The Complete Typographer: A Manual for Designing with Type" by Will Hill, 2nd Edition, p. 160.

Examples:

A very similar font in use, ironically, for the name of the typeface itself.
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