Type Style Finder

Each phase of the counterculture is marked by its own styles of type, but

all the faces that evoke the counterculture genre have one thing in common:

they’re anything but plain. For the most part, counterculture type styles

tend to be distressed, a reflection of social unrest that drives antiestablish-

ment style. Mod typefaces of the 1960s show quirky, unbalanced distor-

tions of more common faces, often extended sans serifs. The influence of

science fiction shows itself in geometric faces with graphic linear detailing,

hybrid upper- and lowercase character sets, futuristic, glyphic inclusions,

and so on. The mod street style is exuberant and sometimes comical,

reflected in typefaces in which the letters are canted at various angles

along the baseline or change in overall height or width from character to

character. Late 1960s and 1970s psychedelia introduces organic, rounded,

amorphous shapes in typefaces that carry Art Nouveau fluidity to an extreme

and often test the limits of legibility. 1970s and 1980s punk and new wave

are represented by jagged, dirty distortions from poor photocopying, cutting,

and pasting, usually performed on a sans-serif base, as well as highly

stylized fonts that sometimes refer back to the 1920s and 1930s—often

very condensed or very extended, with decorative geometric details or

inclusions. Rave culture of the 1990s finds expression in typefaces with

futuristic, experimental, almost techno digital structures and shifting,

rhythmic proportional changes among the characters.

From the mods of the 1960s and the flower children of the 1970s to

the punks and ravers of the 1980s and 1990s, the counterculture has

had a profound impact on the visual language of recent times. Subversive,

outrageous, young, and energetic—antiestablishment design for the

street drives popular design in type and color.

Event Poster top, and detail

Kenzo Izutani Office Corp.

Tokyo Japan

Counterculture

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F2F Poison Flowers

TM

Graphic Sans Serif | Bold

Weight | Erratic Contrast |

Linotype Library GmbH

www.linotype.com

[e-mail]

+49 (0) 6172 484.418

P22 Blanco Neg

Graphic | Medium Weight |

All Caps with Alternates |

P22 Type Foundry

www.p22.com

[e-mail]

800.P22.5080

Lazybones

TM

Graphic Serif | Bold Weight |

Reduced Contrast |

Swash Detail | Italic Posture |

Linotype Library GmbH

www.linotype.com

[e-mail]

+49 (0) 6172 484.418

Data Seventy

TM

Graphic | Medium Weight |

Squared Bowls and Shoulders

Linotype Library GmbH

www.linotype.com

[e-mail]

+49 (0) 6172 484.418

F2F MadZine

TM

Dirt

Graphic Serif | Medium Weight |

Textural Inclusions | Erratic

Posture | Slight Distortion

Linotype Library GmbH

www.linotype.com

[e-mail]

+49 (0) 6172 484.418

P22 Pop Art Comic

Stylized Sans Serif | Lighter

Medium Weight | Moderate

Italic Posture |

P22 Type Foundry

www.p22.com

[e-mail]

800.P22.5080

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Bollocks

Stylized Sans Serif | Bold Weight |

Pronounced Contrast |

Pronounced Lower Emphasis |

Garage Fonts Type Foundry

www.garagefonts.com

[e-mail]

800.681.9375

Novak Spring

Graphic | Black Weight |

Swash and Illustrative Details |

Device

www.devicefonts.co.uk

[e-mail]

44 (0) 7979.602.272

Reasonist Medium

Stylized Sans Serif |

Bold Weight | Pronounced

Upper Emphasis |

Device

www.devicefonts.co.uk

[e-mail]

44 (0) 7979.602.272

Cabourg Regular

Sans Serif | Medium Weight |

T.26 Digital Type Foundry

www.t26.com

[e-mail]

888.T26.FONT

P22 Gothic Gothic

Stylized Sans Serif |

Uniform Medium Weight |

Gothic Fraktur Detail |

P22 Type Foundry

www.p22.com

[e-mail]

800.P22.5080

Jacks BV

Stylized Sans Serif | Mixed Case|

Bolder Medium Weight |

The Chank Company

www.chank.com

[e-mail]

877.GO.CHANK

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ITC Black Tulip

TM

Sans Serif | Black Weight |

Compressed Counters |

Condensed |

Linotype Library GmbH

www.linotype.com

[e-mail]

+49 (0) 6172 484.418

Bottleneck

TM

Graphic Slab Serif | Black

Weight | Pronounced Lower

Horizontal Emphasis |

Linotype Library GmbH

www.linotype.com

[e-mail]

+49 (0) 6172 484.418

Dalcora

TM

Sans Serif | Bold Weight |

Erratic Contrast | Italic Posture

Linotype Library GmbH

www.linotype.com

[e-mail]

+49 (0) 6172 484.418

Dauphine

Stylized Sans Serif |

Uniform Light Weight |

Caps and Small Caps |

Device

www.devicefonts.co.uk

[e-mail]

44 (0) 7979.602.272

Zipper

TM

Sans Serif | Bold Weight |

Condensed |

Reversed Contrast |

Linotype Library GmbH

www.linotype.com

[e-mail]

+49 (0) 6172 484.418

Linotype Down Town

TM

Graphic | Erratic Weight and

Contrast | Erratic Baseline |

Linotype Library GmbH

www.linotype.com

[e-mail]

+49 (0) 6172 484.418

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P22 Pop Art Stencil

Serif | All Caps | Bold Weight |

Broken Joints |

P22 Type Foundry

www.p22.com

[e-mail]

800.P22.5080

Linotype Fehrle Display

TM

Sans Serif | Black Weight |

Compressed counters |

Uniform Strokes | Extended |

Linotype Library GmbH

www.linotype.com

[e-mail]

+49 (0) 6172 484.418

P22 Stanyan Eros

Stylized Serif | All Caps

with Illustrative Alternates |

Pronounced Contrast |

P22 Type Foundry

www.p22.com

[e-mail]

800.P22.5080

Reporter

TM

#2

Graphic | Bold Weight |

Brush Detail |

Linotype Library GmbH

www.linotype.com

[e-mail]

+49 (0) 6172 484.418

Woodstock

TM

Slab Serif | Bold Weight |

Rounded Terminals |

Linotype Library GmbH

www.linotype.com

[e-mail]

+49 (0) 6172 484.418

Perla

Stylized Serif | Pronounced

Contrast | Uniform Cap and

Lowercase Height |

T.26 Digital Type Foundry

www.t26.com

[e-mail]

888.T26.FONT

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