Between the gargantuan Black Slabbath (only $39!) and the cheerful Archer—2008 seems to be shaping up as the year of the slab serif.
Between the gargantuan Black Slabbath (only $39!) and the cheerful Archer—2008 seems to be shaping up as the year of the slab serif.
by Ryan on January 29, 2008
Disappointed YWFT decided not to name the typeface Black Slabbath.
29 Jan 08 at 6:52pm
Oops, they did… It was your typo… YWFT +1
29 Jan 08 at 6:53pm
Renaud: HA! Whoops! Fixed now.
29 Jan 08 at 7:06pm
im rarely a hater but i'm really disappointed that anyone would sell black sabbath. it really is an ugly ugly very poorly designed font. the L is nice but some of those letters are complete jokes (M, N, A, E, R?!) let's get with it! archer however is very nice and professional, C rules.
29 Jan 08 at 7:55pm
Liam: To each his own. I still love it. Would I use it for anything other than display type? Probably not.
29 Jan 08 at 8:02pm
Loving this current trend! I've always been a huge fan of egyptian typefaces. While I like both fonts, I agree that Black Sabbath's usability scale is significantly smaller than Archer's… I want them!! Now where did I put my mum's credit card?…
30 Jan 08 at 5:07am
Liam — you may think it's ugly; that's a personal preference. But you can't say it's poorly designed. Every ligature, kerning setting, and letterform was well-thought through and designed. You can certainly hate it, just don't say it's poorly designed.
3 Feb 08 at 9:01am
It's a masterfully designed fugly typeface.
3 Mar 08 at 8:17pm
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Wow, I love Archer. Not to sure about Black Sabbath.
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