06-13-2008, 11:36 AM
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The Calgary Font
Calgary now has it's own font to use. Wow do feel as special as I do? It makes me feel just as important as Geneva.
Here is a link to a story on it.
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In Veer's website slide show of font samples, Paul says "to me, it conveys the feel of the '50s as seen through the eyes of the '80s -- it's the Fonz of scripts, with a leather jacket and big hair."
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Here is a link to the font itself. It sells for $99. I guess it is not cheap just like the city.
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06-13-2008, 12:11 PM
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Scoring Winger
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Not surprising, given Veer is a Calgary-based company (or at least they have an office in Calgary). It would be big news if a company like Adobe made a Calgary font.
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06-13-2008, 12:14 PM
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Calgary...Alberta, Canada
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I like it! Not enough to buy it for $99, but it's a good-looking font.
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06-13-2008, 12:22 PM
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GOAT!
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Originally Posted by CubicleGeek
Not surprising, given Veer is a Calgary-based company (or at least they have an office in Calgary). It would be big news if a company like Adobe made a Calgary font.
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It wasn't created, designed or even enlisted by Veer. It was made entirely by Alejandro Paul (an internationally acclaimed typeface and graphic design artist). He lives and works in Argentina, and was here in 2007 to give a speech at the UofC.
He's stated on his website that he created this font as a way of honoring his visit to Calgary, and says that he was inspired to create it after seeing the Welcome to Calgary sign outside the airport.
Veer is just the company currently selling it. It will be interesting to see if it gets picked up like the Chicago font, etc.
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06-13-2008, 12:33 PM
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GOAT!
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Originally Posted by CubicleGeek
Ooh. That I did not know. I stand corrected.  |
It's all good.
Here's a quick sample I made using a test engine on his site. I had to SS it and then did some rough work to get rid of the ugly test colours.
I actually don't mind it.
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06-13-2008, 12:38 PM
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Acerbic Cyberbully
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: back in Chilliwack
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That's a GREAT font. But, I agree with others: it's not worth my $99 to install on my computer.
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06-13-2008, 01:02 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Calgary
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That font is perfect for places like Diner Deluxe.
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06-13-2008, 01:02 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: /dev/null
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It's nice, but it's no Helvetica.
/runs
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06-13-2008, 01:08 PM
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Random Title Change!
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by FanIn80
It's all good.
Here's a quick sample I made using a test engine on his site. I had to SS it and then did some rough work to get rid of the ugly test colours.
I actually don't mind it. |
Now that I can actually see it like that. It looks really nice. Either that, or Calgarypuck written with any font is gonna look nice.
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06-13-2008, 01:10 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Not Abu Dhabi
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Is that m the same m as in Mac's' logo? That'd be funny if that was his inspiration, given that a Macs can describe the various locations around downtown (hooker Macs, crack Macs, cabbie Macs, etc).
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06-13-2008, 01:50 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Vancouver
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I like the font. Looks pretty nice.
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06-13-2008, 05:08 PM
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Atomic Nerd
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Calgary
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Geez, it looks like the hand-painted price signs you used to find in Calgary discount stores years ago.
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06-13-2008, 05:13 PM
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Such a pretty girl!
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Calgary
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While nice, I don't immediately think Calgary when I see it.
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06-13-2008, 05:21 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by BlackArcher101
While nice, I don't immediately think Calgary when I see it.
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While I get what you're saying, when I read this, I don't think "Verdana"... If I think of what a Calgary font should look like, I think he's got it.
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