So when we move on to Caslon, we are in a context of a lot more text. Bodoni is not a body font for any length of text for sure.
Here is a combination we can do a lot more body copy with. It seems like this would be a great combination to use in a poster for modern classical music concert. Century Gothic is commanding and friendly, but not to the point of being casual or warm. It’s got a strong sense of classic authority because of the nature of Bodoni, but it also has a modern friendliness to it. This combination looks like it would work best in a display context, like a poster or a flyer. If you are interested in what books we either make or might make for font combinations, the best thing to do is subscribe to the newsletter (either to the right or down below if you are on your mobile device).
So, let’s see what fonts work with Century Gothic, pulling from a list of classic typefaces we keep handy, and see what kind of look and feel we can get going.īut first, a quick poll on what you really need: Pick one answer, see the results, and then keep reading: If you compare Century Gothic and Futura in a variety of settings, you’ll see that to a large degree they can be used interchangeably.
The perpendicular cut of Futura seems to make it feel more “serious”, where Century Gothic feels a bit less formal. For instance, notice how the terminals of the letter “C” (and other letters) differ from each other in this illustration (which I reconstructed from an uncredited source on Pinterest): We just did a post on fonts that look great with Futura, and now we are continuing on to Century Gothic.Ĭentury Gothic is similar in some fundamental ways to Futura, but has some very unique differences that clearly set it apart. Mel Bay’s books are still in print and – in a different design – available from Mel Bay Publications.If you do a google search for “what fonts go with…”, you’ll see Futura, Century Gothic, Bebas, and a few other suggestions pop up in the auto-suggest tool. He claimed to have known every guitar teacher in America on a first-name basis. For years Bay traveled from town to town, talking to guitar teachers and players, and showing them his publications. After the success of Elvis Presley in the early 1950s, the guitar became more popular, helping to ensure the success of the company. His Modern Guitar Method was written shortly after in 1948. This book is still in print under the title Rhythm Guitar Chord System. In 1947, he formed Mel Bay Publications and wrote the first book, The Orchestral Chord System for Guitar. When he approached the three major music publishers in New York City, they turned him down, saying there was no future in the guitar. The subtitle is added in Venus Extended, and the publisher’s address in Futura Bold.Īfter the war, Bay was asked to write instructional material on the guitar for GIs wishing to learn music under the GI Bill. 11 (tenor banjo), Franklin Gothic Extra Condensed (mandolin), and Futura Condensed (baritone uke). Various bold sans serifs of narrow proportion were employed for the main title, including Condensed Title Gothic No. The publisher’s name is presented in Hans Bohn’s Orplid with its round-top forms for A and M.
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The series design shown here was introduced around 1961. Mel Bay’s series of music education books with “chords in photo-diagram form”, or “picture & diagram form”, was first published in the 1950s, see an issue dated 1959.
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