October 20, 2010

Potential Website Fonts

As we're starting to think about our website's design elements, we've decided to post any ideas about fonts to use on the website. Here are my 3 suggestions:

Jack Input
I chose this font because it relates to our idea of a bar code in that the edges are geometric and square and the letters have a fixed width. Additionally, unlike quite a few fixed width fonts, it is still easy to read.

City Burn


I think a 'destroyed' font such raises some connotations of aggression and anarchy which are both associated with the rock music genre. The reason I chose this particular 'destroyed' font is because it has a lower case alphabet and it's not destroyed to the point of it being illegible.

Bodoni XT
Partially inspired by Nirvana's band logo, I think a formal serif font would do a good job of subverting the genre conventions of aggression, etc. that I mentioned above. This should help brand our band as an alternative to the typical. Furthermore, it ties in with our idea of styling the band's costumes in a formal fashion. Bodoni XT does a good job of being more formal than most serif fonts and it looks good in most sizes.