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Offline Wirelizard

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Pulp-era Fonts & Graphics
« on: January 02, 2009, 09:23:20 AM »
New to me: Some nice fonts inspired by the American WPA posters and other graphic design of the 1930s & 1920s:

http://zapatopi.net/fonts/

Offline TredHed

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Re: Pulp-era Fonts & Graphics
« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2009, 10:37:32 PM »
Very nice!  Thanks!

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Re: Pulp-era Fonts & Graphics
« Reply #2 on: January 05, 2009, 11:06:45 AM »
Looks interesting  :)
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Offline Kinokawa

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Re: Pulp-era Fonts & Graphics
« Reply #3 on: January 05, 2009, 06:36:56 PM »
The link is not working for me  :'(

Offline Wirelizard

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Re: Pulp-era Fonts & Graphics
« Reply #4 on: January 05, 2009, 11:50:30 PM »
The link is not working for me  :'(

Odd, it's still working perfectly from here - give it another shot.

Another related link - Pulp Sunday

Graphics inspired by B movies and the original pulp style, and sometimes links to the old radio plays themselves, many of which are in the Internet Archives and elsewhere!

For those looking for more fonts & inspiration for their own work, Dafont.com is one of the best free font sources out there. There's no specific "pulp" category, but check out their "Retro", Russian-look, and Typewriter sections for a bit of inspiration. Lots of cool dingbat/graphics fonts, too - I especially like Sound FX, which is just fun.

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« Last Edit: August 25, 2010, 07:28:01 AM by Wirelizard »

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Re: Pulp-era Fonts & Graphics
« Reply #5 on: January 06, 2009, 02:21:56 AM »
Thanks a million for posting this!  I was just looking for a new "Rocketeer-ish" font the other day, and there it is!

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Offline Stu

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Re: Pulp-era Fonts & Graphics
« Reply #6 on: January 06, 2009, 04:06:40 AM »
Wirelizard, thanks for the link to Dafont- my printer hates you!

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Re: Pulp-era Fonts & Graphics
« Reply #7 on: January 06, 2009, 04:29:56 AM »
The H.P.Lovecraft Historical Society also has some free period fonts available on their site, as well as several free props, useful for Pulp or COC.  Lots of neat stuff there.  They've already 'forced' me to buy a few items, with others continuing a whisper campaign.   ;)

http://www.cthulhulives.org/toybox/PROPDOCS/PropFonts.html
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Offline Wirelizard

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Re: Pulp-era Fonts & Graphics
« Reply #8 on: January 06, 2009, 11:07:31 AM »
Ah, the HPLHS - forgot to put a link to them up! Great fonts and props, as archangel1 said!

Their font-pack is tempting me to spend actual money on fonts and such - the free stuff is so tempting and such good quality.

Offline Kinokawa

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Re: Pulp-era Fonts & Graphics
« Reply #9 on: January 06, 2009, 11:36:49 AM »
Thanks for the links! Such a great source!

Especially Dafont.com is wonderful  :-*

I like the Chinese-Jpn and Medieval fonts.

Offline Wirelizard

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Re: Pulp-era Fonts & Graphics
« Reply #10 on: January 08, 2009, 04:31:42 AM »
So what did cutting-edge thought look like in the pulp era, anyway? AdventureLounge has images from US patent applications, many from the 1920s & 1930s. I'm especially fond of the Aircraft Design Library - lots of potential Super-Science Flying Wings and such there!

Also, more 1930s graphic goodness - the WPA poster are all available thru the Library of Congress website, but also via Vintagraphics, who want you to buy a poster reproduction but also have decent-sized online versions for viewing.
« Last Edit: August 25, 2010, 07:29:01 AM by Wirelizard »

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Re: Pulp-era Fonts & Graphics
« Reply #11 on: January 09, 2009, 10:39:58 PM »
That's a great site. I've tried several times to be added to their player list, but I think their forms are broken. Too bad. Looks like they  have a lot of fun.

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Offline Wirelizard

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Re: Pulp-era Fonts & Graphics
« Reply #12 on: August 25, 2010, 07:25:42 AM »
Purest threadcromancy, but it's my thread and on the same topic, so what the heck.

The League of Movable Type, in addition to having a decidedly pulpish name, have a number of Free, good quality fonts suitable for our era - League Gothic, Sorts Mill Goudy and Goudy Bookletter 1911 especially.

 

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