Comments on: Kubrick’s Typeface

By: Giovanni

Giovanni — Thu, 27 Jan 2005 10:36:40 +0000

Trebuchet, while not too similar to Futura, is based on ideas of the same times. It’s available on most of the browser, it’s “almost” screen readable, it’s nice.

See “A List Apart” (alistapart.com) for an example of use.

I don’t know if Kubrick would have loved it, and I’m not sure about mixing Trebuchet text with Futura display…

By: Nico

Nico — Wed, 26 Jan 2005 19:45:08 +0000

But Futura is no “screen readable” font (as Verdana, Lucida Grande or Bitstream Vera). If used for article text, it would be hard to read…

By: Carthik

Carthik — Wed, 26 Jan 2005 18:31:14 +0000

Thanks Giovanni, that’s what I meant to write. I blame the gremlins

By: Giovanni

Giovanni — Wed, 26 Jan 2005 09:47:11 +0000

Futura, not Future.