Comments on: My favorite typeface: Chalet 1980 http://scrollmagazine.com/number-1/my-favorite-typeface Founded by long time web industry figures Maxine Sherrin and John Allsopp in 2008, Scroll is a print, PDF and online magazine for web professionals. Tue, 16 Aug 2011 19:10:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Guy Leech http://scrollmagazine.com/number-1/my-favorite-typeface/comment-page-1#comment-380 Guy Leech Fri, 23 Jan 2009 06:57:12 +0000 http://scrollmagazine.com/?p=134#comment-380 Theo: That's the image Veerle supplied us for the typeface, so I assume it's correct; maybe she just overlooked the 't' height. And personally, I would never use Chalet as anything but a display type (with the possible exception of the New York branch). As you say, it has far too much flair for it to be comfortable reading in extended blocks of text. Theo: That’s the image Veerle supplied us for the typeface, so I assume it’s correct; maybe she just overlooked the ‘t’ height.

And personally, I would never use Chalet as anything but a display type (with the possible exception of the New York branch). As you say, it has far too much flair for it to be comfortable reading in extended blocks of text.

]]> By: Theo http://scrollmagazine.com/number-1/my-favorite-typeface/comment-page-1#comment-377 Theo Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:35:17 +0000 http://scrollmagazine.com/?p=134#comment-377 The lowercase 't' does not share a cap height with 'd', 'h' or 'l' .. if your example graphic is correctly representing the face. Personally, I think deliberately trying to be 'retro' does not make something look contemporary. I've seen very few instances where this has actually worked. The exaggerated hoops of the 'f' and 'r' are disconcerting to my eye and interrupt the flow of text purely for the sake of asserting the face's personality, which is something I don't like in a non-display face. The lowercase ‘t’ does not share a cap height with ‘d’, ‘h’ or ‘l’ .. if your example graphic is correctly representing the face.

Personally, I think deliberately trying to be ‘retro’ does not make something look contemporary. I’ve seen very few instances where this has actually worked. The exaggerated hoops of the ‘f’ and ‘r’ are disconcerting to my eye and interrupt the flow of text purely for the sake of asserting the face’s personality, which is something I don’t like in a non-display face.

]]> By: Keith Bell http://scrollmagazine.com/number-1/my-favorite-typeface/comment-page-1#comment-355 Keith Bell Sat, 17 Jan 2009 17:14:57 +0000 http://scrollmagazine.com/?p=134#comment-355 "The creator did a splendid job. To me it is the perfect typeface." Not to mention the fact that it must be the only typeface series designed by someone who never actually existed, M. René Albert Chalet! For anyone who hasn't seen it: http://www.underconsideration.com/speakup/archives/002170.html “The creator did a splendid job. To me it is the perfect typeface.”

Not to mention the fact that it must be the only typeface series designed by someone who never actually existed, M. René Albert Chalet!

For anyone who hasn’t seen it: http://www.underconsideration.com/speakup/archives/002170.html

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