I did some experimentation with some 3.5 inch floppy disks lying around at home. Got some letters of the alphabet – it’s a lot harder than it looks. From a design point of view, it’s like trying to produce a product from what has been given to you.
Have you noticed that sans-serif fonts are used to ‘market’ charities and benefit concerts? Compared to serif fonts, sans-serif is minimalist and easy to read. It is a font for the people. They’re also usually quite bold and block-ish to reflect unity and strength.
Rhett Dashwood has been all around the world (on Google Maps) in search for naturally occurring typography. You can even look at them yourselves within Google Maps by clicking on the letters on his site. Cool stuff.
