Filmotype Gay
Mark Simonson · Mark Simonson · 2011
sans-serifcompact geometric sans, Filmotype revival
A revival of a 1950s Filmotype headline face, one of a compact-sans family with names starting with G, close in spirit to Futura Compressed.
About
Filmotype Gay belongs to a run of compact geometric sans faces Filmotype originally named with a G, sharing Futura's one-story a, round dots and simplified t and u. Simonson's revival keeps the whip-lash spine on the S and the subtly hand-lettered feel of the original 1950s design. It's owned by Font Diner and licensed under their terms.
Classification
A Futura-adjacent compact geometric sans with a one-story a and simplified t and u, so it sits in sans-serif rather than script or display.
Weights
Regular
Languages
Latin Extended
Tags
geometricretro1950scompactrevivaldisplay