Talk:Futura (typeface)

Random examples?
Futura is used in a rather lot of designs. Is it really sensible to add some random examples to this article?

-- I agree, the entire last paragraph is questionable. While interesting, we don't need pop-culture trivia to describe a font.

Dates
The date created in the article conflicts with the infobox - the former is 1928, the latter is 1927. 199.44.82.81 18:41, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Link to Metro
"Metro" previously linked to Metro which is obviously wrong. The Metro Disambiguation page does not carry a link to a page on the Metro typeface, and I can not find any other reference to it on Wikipedia. I have removed the link, but presumably we need a page for the Metro typeface ? Sadly I am not qualified to write it. GeraldH 15:38, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Mistake in Image: "Erinnerrung"?
I'm referring to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:FuturaSP.png

I assume the example "Erinnerrung" is the german word "Erinnerung" or is the mistake intentionally? 87.234.84.80 01:05, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

In making specimens I use word culturaly related to the place and time the typeface> The word originates on a promotional piece that Renner designed for Futura. I may have included a typo. I will check my source when I get to my office, and fix the specimen. CApitol3 12:19, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Oh? So much work and thought went into this? Then, if I may suggest another word: Aufschwung. Because, from what I gather, remembering what happened the years before was the last thing people wanted in the 50s and it was all about the Wirtschaftswunder. Plus, it is called Futura after all and not Praeterita. On the other hand Erinnerung is a serious political statement under these circumstances. Just a thought. (also, i put a line between your answer and my first post) 87.234.84.80 03:43, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

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Usage
The "usage" section was getting out of hand. If a typeface is relatively uncommon and/or uniquely associated with a particular brand (i.e., Exocet with Tazo Tea), then it makes sense to list one or two common usages... but there must be millions of books/magazines/catalogs/logos etc. using Futura. Listing them is a fool's errand. If somebody wants to argue for a particular usage being significant, do it here first. Of all the examples we had, I think only the moon plaque is worth listing (and that wasn't even in the text, just in that photo caption).&mdash; Chowbok  ☠  17:55, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

I think Wes Anderson's use of the font may be worth noting, in that he uses it as a stylistic signature or trademark in his films. Like Woody Allen's use of Windsor, Anderson's use of Futura is such that you can practically identify the filmmaker by the opening credit - he makes it his own. Thoughts?--66.65.3.123 (talk) 19:18, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

P.S. Ditto Stanley Kubrick. --66.65.3.123 (talk) 19:21, 12 October 2009 (UTC)


 * I don't see what's so special about Anderson or Kubrick's usage of the font that distinguishes it from the millions of other uses.&mdash; Chowbok  ☠  19:14, 25 October 2009 (UTC)


 * It is an extremely culturally significant example of its usage; regardless, there is no logical reason to EXCLUDE examples of its usage on the basis that "listing them is a fool's errand". Such information is still TRUE and HELPFUL to someone looking into information about this font.  Why fight this so much?   nhakimi   ☠  20:29, 7 December 2009 (UTC)


 * I'm with Chowbok on this. The problem with "Futura was also used by X in the video for Y / Futura was used in an episode of Futurama with the robot / it appears on Neil Peart's drums on the cover of X" is that such lists quickly become huge, unmaintainable, and uninformative. It's interesting to know that the font was used in a lot of science fiction films - including 2001, Space: 1999 etc - as visual shorthand for modernism, but eventually we reach a point where the interesting and significant uses are absolutely buried by trivial appearances in the background of whatever is popular on US cable television. There's a subculture of Wikipedia editors who sit in front of their televisions just waiting to spot something that they can add to their favourite waste of time, and that subculture needs to be politely moved away from Wikipedia towards TV Tropes, where it has finally found happiness. -Ashley Pomeroy (talk) 21:54, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

It was the official font of the apollo space project according to http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/08/entertainment_knowledge_of_all_fonts/html/2.stm Alex-thong (talk) 18:37, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

How about this one? Futura is used by the Afro-pop/Indie band Vampire Weekend on all their album covers. It was also references in their song "Holiday" ("She'd never seen the word bombs/blown up to 96-point Futura"). Just a thought. Torma616 (talk) 05:45, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

Animax Asia is also currently using the Futura —Preceding unsigned comment added by 112.203.139.49 (talk) 14:57, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

I think this section is a little bit messy right now. I disagree that a list will be unmaintainable because it can easily be logically reorganized. Removing words like "Futura was used..." would lighten the reading load, and make it easier to scan. Anyway, I just wanted to provide another use of the font: Toronto subway stations - specifically to denote the name of the station, in tile, on the walls of the platforms. 24.212.181.43 (talk) 19:30, 6 April 2014 (UTC)

A comment told me to bring this up first, so:
According to an article by Jon Ronson in the Guardian, based on his access to Stanley Kubrick's estate and close collaborators, Futura Extra Bold was Kubrick's favorite typeface. He used it in the title sequences for 2001 and Eyes Wide Shut. I would have just put that in under "usage" but somebody apparently was worried about the section ballooning with trivia. I think it's suitable. 69.159.87.132 (talk) 22:15, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

Usage
So the font is used on both vampire weekend albums and you should list it under usage. Vampire Weekend (album), Contra (album) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.75.54.249 (talk) 02:03, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

How about mentioning Pratt Institute, which uses the ultra-bold version of the typeface in cadmium yellow as its official logo? Peace. —MuzikJunky (talk) 04:43, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

This Font is the Offical Font Type Used by New Zealand Customs Service. see their logo sports the classic geometric font but all their brocures and media products are produced using the font type Futura. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.198.207.59 (talk) 00:43, 27 July 2014 (UTC)

BBC1 Ident
Instantly recognisable to anybody in the UK: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:BBC1_1970%27s.png I think this merits being included in the Usage section, given how familiar it is, and belonging to a state boradcaster's main channel identity. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.145.92.119 (talk) 05:39, 28 August 2012 (UTC)

Adding more usages
Futura is seeing very widespread use in recent films/games, I thought it wise to add the most popular examples to the article.

Samcooke343 (talk) 12:47, 18 November 2014 (UTC)

I'm bringing it up here due to the note on the main article:

Futura is used on a lot of classic lab equipment. I ran across it when trying to find out what fonts showed up in the bottle and equipment labels in old educational science films.

One notable use is by Moog synthesizers. They were the first real synthesizers and still a very popular US-based brand. Moog synths use Futura, Futura Bold, and Futura Condensed on their front panels. Examples include the Minimoog Voyager. Much like classic lab equipment labels, Moog tends to use only capital letters in the panel labels. 71.127.157.90 (talk) 03:28, 28 October 2015 (UTC)

Futura is used in 2016 film Captain America: Civil War Location cards. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Atulvi (talk • contribs) 05:39, 30 September 2016 (UTC)

Futura & A-ha 2009 band logo
Was this font used in the 2009 A-ha band logo, or was a different font used? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dude00007 (talk • contribs) 19:47, 8 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Oops, forgot to sign. Dude00007, Ph. D. (talk) 04:03, 11 December 2014 (UTC)

Samples needed
...for all the alternative versions: Black, Display, Condensed, Steile, ND, ParaType, Bukra. -- Beland (talk) 21:47, 12 April 2015 (UTC) Beland

Google's new logo
I hate Googles new logo it uses Futura and it doesn't look playful--Buggi — Preceding unsigned comment added by BuggyIsBack (talk • contribs) 04:19, 7 September 2015 (UTC)

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