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[idyllic]

Where can I find authentic fonts made in the late 60's/early 70's? Myfont.com has a lot of gimmicky, supposed-to-be-retro-but-actually-made-in-2002 fonts, but I want fonts that were actually used and made during that time, if possible. Please name names if you know any. I'm going for something that looks similar to this, but it's okay if it's not

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[duckumu]

http://www.houseind.com/

[clutter]

I'm not an expert on this, but "fonts" as we know them didn't exist until the Macintosh came around, so anything that you're downloading off the internet was made sometime after the 60s and 70s. Just because it was made in 2002 doesn't mean it isn't an accurate copy of a legit typeface.

But like I said, I'm not an expert.

-Clutter

[nshgrl]

I was going to say the same thing. they were all hand done.

[idyllic]

I think I'm being misunderstood.

If you go to myfonts.com, it shows when each font was designed. I assume that means when it was designed by hand (obviously, because not all fonts were first designed on computers). Many of the fonts they have listed as 60's fonts were designed much later than the 60's and 70's. It's true that they could be based on a logo or a hand-drawn emblem of some sort, but I'm finding a lot of them a little too gimmicky.

[dani_namaste]

absolutely. Most of the retro fonts were based on hand-drawn or metal-set fonts from posters, ads, etc. of that era.

For the most part, House Industries is a good foundry to check for those types of fonts, as is p22 and Veer.

[thingsyoukeep]

this is sad.

please tell me you didn't really think people were using computers in the 60's.

history lesson: hand-set type, letterpress, metal type, typesetting machines. people were developing and using typefaces but they weren't coming out of computers.

[idyllic]

Um, I don't think I said that at all. I'm not an idiot. I just don't want a font with a description that says "first seen in 2003."

[idyllic]

Or I should say first designed in 2003.

[dani_namaste]

Many of the older fonts were first set to computerized in the very early 90's/late 80's. See if you can find inspiration notes on the font descriptions - just because something was first "designed" in 2003, it's possible that it was actually inspired by authentic type from the era. A friend of mine actually does that when he's designing - he's all about retro, and 90% of his work is actually hand-lettered from old posters.

[kakaze]

If you find a font that has a 60s feel to it, even if it was designed in 2003, does it make it any less valid to use for a modern 60s retro project?

As other people have said, a lot of the type representative of that era was done by hand. The only type that wouldn't have been done by hand would've been text; stuff in traditional type faces.

If you find a font that fits the profile of what you're looking for, use it. Or, if you really want to be authentic, draw your own.