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  On 12/12/2011 at 2:57 AM, jules said:

I thought quaristice was either helvetica neue or univers.

i was sure that someone on here figured out that it was a slight custom job. slight differences here and there.

i'm not searching through the threads though, fuck that.

edit: i've just looked at reference images of Helvetica Neue and Univers - definitely different, the lower case a's are different. was sure there was something different about the uppercase Q, and the lower case e's also.

There's a large typography forum called "what the font?" I discovered while trying to find the font used on the Silence of the Lambs poster for my design project (turns out it's a custom job), they might know which font was used on the BoC albums...

Eurostyle is used on BoC Maxima's J-Card...

what the font is an amazing resource. you can upload photos and it will tell you the font. it is a secret weapon of mine here at the office.

http://new.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/

The font list.

Catalog 3: Possibly Impact (found this out by myself)

Play by numbers: Possibly normal Arial (found this out by myself)

Hi Scores: Courier or Courier new (found this out by myself)

Boc maxima: Eurostyle (thanks Joyrex)

MHTRTC: Bauhaus (found out on wiki)

Geogaddi: VAG Rounded Bold ( thanks ZoeB

TCHP: BoC font: Strasua. ( found out on the wiki) Title font: ???

Tomorrow's harvest: Arial Black (found this out by myself)

lets find the rest!

Tomorrow's Harvest font is not Arial Black.

lol

  On 12/12/2011 at 3:00 AM, oscillik said:

 

  On 12/12/2011 at 2:57 AM, 'jules' said:

I thought quaristice was either helvetica neue or univers.

i was sure that someone on here figured out that it was a slight custom job. slight differences here and there.

 

i'm not searching through the threads though, fuck that.

 

edit: i've just looked at reference images of Helvetica Neue and Univers - definitely different, the lower case a's are different. was sure there was something different about the uppercase Q, and the lower case e's also.

 

The Quaristice font is Akzidenz Grotesk Bold Condensed Italic.

  On 5/15/2013 at 3:09 AM, oscillik said:

Tomorrow's Harvest font is not Arial Black.

Well it looks a lot like it to me

no self respecting designer in the world would ever ever use arial on a printed piece.

what about dunharvestskreech?

Who joins my petition to standarize an aphex twin font?

better than comic sans tbh

  On 5/15/2013 at 12:10 PM, Jamesqdot said:

 

  On 12/12/2011 at 3:00 AM, oscillik said:

 

  On 12/12/2011 at 2:57 AM, 'jules' said:

I thought quaristice was either helvetica neue or univers.

i was sure that someone on here figured out that it was a slight custom job. slight differences here and there.

 

i'm not searching through the threads though, fuck that.

 

edit: i've just looked at reference images of Helvetica Neue and Univers - definitely different, the lower case a's are different. was sure there was something different about the uppercase Q, and the lower case e's also.

 

 

The Quaristice font is Akzidenz Grotesk Bold Condensed Italic.

 

That's the one!

  On 5/15/2013 at 2:08 PM, Gyroscopic said:

 

  On 5/15/2013 at 3:09 AM, oscillik said:

Tomorrow's Harvest font is not Arial Black.

Well it looks a lot like it to me

 

as jules has already said, if you're a designer and you use any form of Arial, someone needs to be shot.

boc use times new roman

  On 5/15/2013 at 12:10 PM, Jamesqdot said:

 

  On 12/12/2011 at 3:00 AM, oscillik said:

 

  On 12/12/2011 at 2:57 AM, 'jules' said:

I thought quaristice was either helvetica neue or univers.

i was sure that someone on here figured out that it was a slight custom job. slight differences here and there.

 

i'm not searching through the threads though, fuck that.

 

edit: i've just looked at reference images of Helvetica Neue and Univers - definitely different, the lower case a's are different. was sure there was something different about the uppercase Q, and the lower case e's also.

 

 

The Quaristice font is Akzidenz Grotesk Bold Condensed Italic.

 

+1

So... whats the Trans Canada Highway verdict then?

Harry Obese with a few mods to it or what?

i can't figure it out, it does look like its an actual font with no mods, the 'B' is too good

BOC can't afford mods ffs

  On 5/15/2013 at 3:55 PM, zupiclone said:

 

  On 5/15/2013 at 12:10 PM, Jamesqdot said:

 

  On 12/12/2011 at 3:00 AM, oscillik said:

 

  On 12/12/2011 at 2:57 AM, 'jules' said:

I thought quaristice was either helvetica neue or univers.

i was sure that someone on here figured out that it was a slight custom job. slight differences here and there.

 

i'm not searching through the threads though, fuck that.

 

edit: i've just looked at reference images of Helvetica Neue and Univers - definitely different, the lower case a's are different. was sure there was something different about the uppercase Q, and the lower case e's also.

 

 

The Quaristice font is Akzidenz Grotesk Bold Condensed Italic.

 

 

+1

 

So... whats the Trans Canada Highway verdict then?

 

Harry Obese with a few mods to it or what?

i can't figure it out, it does look like its an actual font with no mods, the 'B' is too good

BOC can't afford mods ffs

 

Trans Canada Highway is most likely a custom job, considering the cover is modeled after a Ford 500 instruction manual:

credit: BocPages

Hmm... now in looking at it, I wonder what font it is... it's obviously not off the manual's fonts.

And don't underestimate BoC's design skills... they have a whole host of creatives and remember, these guys were doing their own DIY covers and J-cards for their pre-label releases...

and they certainly weren't using Arial...

Nah I herd dey use Arial Pink fontZ

  On 5/15/2013 at 4:49 PM, Joyrex said:

Hmm... now in looking at it, I wonder what font it is... it's obviously not off the manual's fonts.

 

And don't underestimate BoC's design skills... they have a whole host of creatives and remember, these guys were doing their own DIY covers and J-cards for their pre-label releases...

 

it seems to be based on Harry Obese http://www.identifont.com/show?7NW which is based on another from VGC circa 70s, that another is another puzzle. it just seemed unlikely to me that they or the designer went out of their own way to modify it, they never done it before for a commerical release, plus well... its just an ep. i still think theres a font for it somewhere, perhaps that VGC one that doesnt seem to be released, could have been taken from an old spec book of theirs, scanned and re-drawn but that doesnt mean 'modified'.

i reckon the original is in this

http://warymeyers.bigcartel.com/product/visual-graphics-corporation-alphabet-library-7th-edition-1979

page 205 apparently.

  On 5/15/2013 at 6:23 PM, zupiclone said:

 

  On 5/15/2013 at 4:49 PM, Joyrex said:

Hmm... now in looking at it, I wonder what font it is... it's obviously not off the manual's fonts.

 

And don't underestimate BoC's design skills... they have a whole host of creatives and remember, these guys were doing their own DIY covers and J-cards for their pre-label releases...

 

 

it seems to be based on Harry Obese http://www.identifont.com/show?7NW which is based on another from VGC circa 70s, that another is another puzzle. it just seemed unlikely to me that they or the designer went out of their own way to modify it, they never done it before for a commerical release, plus well... its just an ep. i still think theres a font for it somewhere, perhaps that VGC one that doesnt seem to be released, could have been taken from an old spec book of theirs, scanned and re-drawn but that doesnt mean 'modified'.

 

I have the vinyl right in front of me... the "B" is weird... if they did modify it, they just did the "B" to look like the "R" in the sense none of the letters "connect" except for the "A"... I reckon too they wouldn't have gone through the effort as it's a very subtle modification.

  On 5/15/2013 at 7:14 PM, zupiclone said:

i reckon the original is in this

http://warymeyers.bigcartel.com/product/visual-graphics-corporation-alphabet-library-7th-edition-1979

page 205 apparently.

How do you see page 205? I see tiny thumbnails.

Oh, I see - no, I don't think it's Modula either... the "B" is wrong.

  On 5/15/2013 at 11:56 PM, Joyrex said:

How do you see page 205? I see tiny thumbnails.

 

Oh, I see - no, I don't think it's Modula either... the "B" is wrong.

 

ah sorry, this guy was referring to Phil's Homage To The Alphabet catalog p 205 where theres a sample of it, not sure if he's referring to a sample of the original VGC 70s font (might have been called Blotto Black) or the Harry Obese from 1997.

http://typophile.com/node/36375

http://typophile.com/node/37009

http://www.identifont.com/show?7NW

the original design may have that same 'B' and 'S' as TCH, its possible as it says there that Harry Obese is 'based on'

its such a rare book albeit several editions so can't check

ah i see now on the typophile page, the Phil's Homage To The Alphabet shows the same 90s one, Harry Obese.

So yes its the old VGC Alphabet Library book i first linked that may show it.

  On 5/15/2013 at 3:23 PM, RichieBees said:

boc use end times new roman

fixed

the font on tomorrow's harvest (avant garde) is also on in a in a beautiful place...

all caps and heavy/bold on th, all lower case and tracked in on iabpoitc