itc kabel type specimen book
DESCRIPTION
The type specimen book is one of my school project. My font was ITC kabel which was designed in the 20th century when sans serif was boomed. But the designer wanted to preserve elements of roman alphabets, he illustrated in balance between traditional and modern forms. Kabel is geometric and humanistic sans. For example, most of stroke are cut diagonally, have different angles. These features made me imagine a scene that someone is cutting letters with scissors. So the concept of the Kabel book is retro theme with the concept cutting dot lines, scissors and its letters.TRANSCRIPT
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02 Contents
04 Type Specimen
06 Type Texture
08 History & Designer
10 Classification & Anatomy
12 Function & Usage
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the quickBROWN foxJUMPS OVERTHE LAZY DOG
ITC Kabel Book
the quick 44pt
BROWN fox 34pt
JUMPS OVER 31pt
THE LAZY DOG 25pt
ITC Kabel Medium
the quickBROWN foxJUMPS OVERTHE LAZY DOGITC Kabel Demi
ITC Kabel Bold
the quick 44pt
BROWN fox 34pt
JUMPS OVER 31pt
THE LAZY DOG 25pt
ITC Kabel Ultra
the quickBROWN foxJUMPS OVERTHE LAZY DOG
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ITC Kabel BookBegun by Rudolf Koch in 1925 for the Klingspor foundry. The typeface family was expanded and changed over the decades by D. Stempel AG and Linotype. The face was named to honor the newly completed trans-Atlantic telephone cable. Today the typeface is licensed by the Elsner+Flake GbR foundry. Kabel is a geometric sans serif, similar to Futura, Erbar, and Nobel. It is best characterized by its angular stroke endings, its Venetian e, and its distinctive g(9/12)
Begun by Rudolf Koch in 1925 for the Klingspor
foundry. The typeface family was expanded and
changed over the decades by D. Stempel AG and
Linotype. The face was named to honor the newly
completed trans-Atlantic telephone cable. Today the
typeface is licensed by the Elsner+Flake GbR foundry.
Kabel is a geometric sans serif, similar to Futura, Erbar,
and Nobel. It is best characterized by its angular
stroke endings, its Venetian e, and its distinctive g
(9/13)
Begun by Rudolf Koch in 1925 for the Klingspor
foundry. The typeface family was expanded and
changed over the decades by D. Stempel AG and
Linotype. The face was named to honor the newly
completed trans-Atlantic telephone cable. Today the
typeface is licensed by the Elsner+Flake GbR foundry.
Kabel is a geometric sans serif, similar to Futura, Erbar,
and Nobel. It is best characterized by its angular
stroke endings, its Venetian e, and its distinctive g.
(9/14)
Begun by Rudolf Koch in 1925 for the Klingspor
foundry. The typeface family was expanded and
changed over the decades by D. Stempel AG and
Linotype. The face was named to honor the newly
completed trans-Atlantic telephone cable. Today the
typeface is licensed by the Elsner+Flake GbR foundry.
Kabel is a geometric sans serif, similar to Futura, Erbar,
and Nobel. It is best characterized by its angular
stroke endings, its Venetian e, and its distinctive g
(9/15)
Begun by Rudolf Koch in 1925 for the Klingspor foundry. The typeface family was expanded and changed over the decades by D. Stempel AG and Linotype. The face was named to honor the newly completed trans-Atlantic telephone cable. Today the typeface is licensed by the Elsner+Flake GbR foundry. Kabel is a geometric sans serif, similar to Futura, Erbar, and Nobel. It is best characterized by its angular stroke endings, its Venetian e, and its distinctive g(10/13)
Begun by Rudolf Koch in 1925 for the Klingspor foundry. The typeface family was expanded and changed over the decades by D. Stempel AG and Linotype. The face was named to honor the newly completed trans-Atlantic telephone cable. Today the typeface is licensed by the Elsner+Flake GbR foundry. Kabel is a geometric sans serif, similar to Futura, Erbar, and Nobel. It is best characterized by its angular stroke endings, its Venetian e, and its distinctive g(10/14)
Begun by Rudolf Koch in 1925 for the Klingspor
foundry. The typeface family was expanded and
changed over the decades by D. Stempel AG and
Linotype. The face was named to honor the newly
completed trans-Atlantic telephone cable. Today the
typeface is licensed by the Elsner+Flake GbR foundry.
Kabel is a geometric sans serif, similar to Futura, Erbar,
and Nobel. It is best characterized by its angular
stroke endings, its Venetian e, and its distinctive g.
(10/15)
Begun by Rudolf Koch in 1925 for the Klingspor
foundry. The typeface family was expanded and
changed over the decades by D. Stempel AG and
Linotype. The face was named to honor the newly
completed trans-Atlantic telephone cable. Today the
typeface is licensed by the Elsner+Flake GbR foundry.
Kabel is a geometric sans serif, similar to Futura, Erbar,
and Nobel. It is best characterized by its angular
stroke endings, its Venetian e, and its distinctive g
(10/16)
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ITC Kabel MediumBegun by Rudolf Koch in 1925 for the Klingspor foundry. The typeface family was expanded and changed over the decades by D. Stempel AG and Linotype. The face was named to honor the newly completed trans-Atlantic telephone cable. Today the typeface is licensed by the Elsner+Flake GbR foundry. Kabel is a geometric sans serif, similar to Futura, Erbar, and Nobel. It is best characterized by its angular stroke endings, its Venetian e, and its distinctive g(9/12)
Begun by Rudolf Koch in 1925 for the Klingspor foundry. The typeface family was expanded and changed over the decades by D. Stempel AG and Linotype. The face was named to honor the newly completed trans-Atlantic telephone cable. Today the typeface is licensed by the Elsner+Flake GbR foundry. Kabel is a geometric sans serif, similar to Futura, Erbar, and Nobel. It is best characterized by its angular
stroke endings, its Venetian e, and its distinctive g
(9/13)
Begun by Rudolf Koch in 1925 for the Klingspor
foundry. The typeface family was expanded and
changed over the decades by D. Stempel AG and
Linotype. The face was named to honor the newly
completed trans-Atlantic telephone cable. Today the
typeface is licensed by the Elsner+Flake GbR foundry.
Kabel is a geometric sans serif, similar to Futura, Erbar,
and Nobel. It is best characterized by its angular
stroke endings, its Venetian e, and its distinctive g.
(9/14)
Begun by Rudolf Koch in 1925 for the Klingspor
foundry. The typeface family was expanded and
changed over the decades by D. Stempel AG and
Linotype. The face was named to honor the newly
completed trans-Atlantic telephone cable. Today the
typeface is licensed by the Elsner+Flake GbR foundry.
Kabel is a geometric sans serif, similar to Futura, Erbar,
and Nobel. It is best characterized by its angular
stroke endings, its Venetian e, and its distinctive g
(9/15)
Begun by Rudolf Koch in 1925 for the Klingspor foundry. The typeface family was expanded and changed over the decades by D. Stempel AG and Linotype. The face was named to honor the newly completed trans-Atlantic telephone cable. Today the typeface is licensed by the Elsner+Flake GbR foundry. Kabel is a geometric sans serif, similar to Futura, Erbar, and Nobel. It is best characterized by its angular stroke endings, its Venetian e, and its distinctive g(10/13)
Begun by Rudolf Koch in 1925 for the Klingspor foundry. The typeface family was expanded and changed over the decades by D. Stempel AG and Linotype. The face was named to honor the newly completed trans-Atlantic telephone cable. Today the typeface is licensed by the Elsner+Flake GbR foundry. Kabel is a geometric sans serif, similar to Futura, Erbar, and Nobel. It is best characterized by its angular stroke endings, its Venetian e, and its distinctive g(10/14)
Begun by Rudolf Koch in 1925 for the Klingspor
foundry. The typeface family was expanded and
changed over the decades by D. Stempel AG and
Linotype. The face was named to honor the newly
completed trans-Atlantic telephone cable. Today the
typeface is licensed by the Elsner+Flake GbR foundry.
Kabel is a geometric sans serif, similar to Futura, Erbar,
and Nobel. It is best characterized by its angular
stroke endings, its Venetian e, and its distinctive g.
(10/15)
Begun by Rudolf Koch in 1925 for the Klingspor
foundry. The typeface family was expanded and
changed over the decades by D. Stempel AG and
Linotype. The face was named to honor the newly
completed trans-Atlantic telephone cable. Today the
typeface is licensed by the Elsner+Flake GbR foundry.
Kabel is a geometric sans serif, similar to Futura, Erbar,
and Nobel. It is best characterized by its angular
stroke endings, its Venetian e, and its distinctive g
(10/16)
Type texture
Kabel font has been designed in 1927. Koch was concerned with the new type industry and tried to preserve history of typogra-
phy in his typefaces. He illustrat-ed in balance between tradi-
tional and modern forms. As the result, Kabel has elements of
roman alphabets and number of letters which apart from geo-metric sans serif at that time.
In twenty century, new font design was booming which called sans serif. It has exist-ed in the beginning of 19th century but it re-ceived more attentions after all . Late 1920, German foundries leaded type industry with the sans serif which is based on geometric shape. Futura is one of representative font of it. It was created based on .
DesignerKabel font has been designed in 1927. Koch was concerned with the new type industry and tried to preserve history of typography in his typefaces. He illustrated in balance between traditional and modern forms. As the result, Kabel has elements of roman alphabets and number of letters which apart from geometric sans serif at that time. Rudolf Koch was born
in 1876 in Germany. He was a calligrapher, type designer and teacher. In 1906 he joined the Klingspor type foundry as a type designer. He designed at least 30 typefaces for Klingspor, Kabel is one of the best known typeface.
History
t isn’t only non addi-tional weight and sim-plifying sans serif face but also rejecting old, fancy style of typefac-es influenced gro-tesque typefaces. It is aesthetic was quite new and remarkable at that time. Kabel font has been created in this flow.
Kabel
Rudolf Koch1876-1934
Late 1920 ITC
In the twenty century, new font design ‘Sans
Serif’ was booming in Germany. It has existed
since the beginning of 19th century but received
more attention after. Late 1920, German foundries
lead type design industry with the sans serif which
is based on geometrical shape. Futura is one of
the representative font. It was created based on
an ideology of Bauhaus. The ideolgy was not
only simplifying alphabet but also rejecting old,
fancy style of typefaces influenced by grotesque
typefaces. It was aesthetically new and remarkable
at that time. Kabel was also created during this time.
History
Designer
Rudolf Koch was born in 1876 in Germany. He was a calligrapher, type designer and
teacher. In 1906 he joined the Klingspor type foundry as a type designer. He designed
at least 30 typefaces for Klingspor, Kabel is one of his best known typeface.
Kabel was designed in 1927. Koch was concerned with the new type industry and
tried to preserve history of typography in his typefaces. He illustrated in balance
between traditional and modern forms. As the result, Kabel has elements of roman
alphabets and number of letters which set apart them from geometric sans serif at that
time. It was redesigned and named ITC Kabel later on. Victor Caruso updated few
attributes such as greater x-height, consistent stroke weight, diamond shaped tittles,
etc. It is more widely used than the original label in these days.
Histo
ry & D
esigner
Kabel font has been designed in 1927. Koch was concerned with the new type industry and tried to preserve history of typogra-
phy in his typefaces. He illustrat-ed in balance between tradi-
tional and modern forms. As the result, Kabel has elements of
roman alphabets and number of letters which apart from geo-metric sans serif at that time.
In twenty century, new font design was booming which called sans serif. It has exist-ed in the beginning of 19th century but it re-ceived more attentions after all . Late 1920, German foundries leaded type industry with the sans serif which is based on geometric shape. Futura is one of representative font of it. It was created based on .
DesignerKabel font has been designed in 1927. Koch was concerned with the new type industry and tried to preserve history of typography in his typefaces. He illustrated in balance between traditional and modern forms. As the result, Kabel has elements of roman alphabets and number of letters which apart from geometric sans serif at that time. Rudolf Koch was born
in 1876 in Germany. He was a calligrapher, type designer and teacher. In 1906 he joined the Klingspor type foundry as a type designer. He designed at least 30 typefaces for Klingspor, Kabel is one of the best known typeface.
History
t isn’t only non addi-tional weight and sim-plifying sans serif face but also rejecting old, fancy style of typefac-es influenced gro-tesque typefaces. It is aesthetic was quite new and remarkable at that time. Kabel font has been created in this flow.
Kabel
Rudolf Koch1876-1934
Late 1920 ITC
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GeometricSans Kabel is geometric sans serif and
humanistic sans which had been
influenced from roman alphabets.
It has minimal contrast and vertical
stress. Few letters of kabel are
calligraphic. ITC Kabel has shorter
descender and larger x-height than
original kabel.
Minimal contrast
Vertical stress
‘M’ has sharp apex. VS
‘W’ has flat and diagonal
stroke top.
Every single stroke of
the alphabets ends in
different shapes.
‘g’ has connected ear to
bowl, opened loop. It
does not have link.
Letter ‘a’ has small
aperture.
‘e’ has slanted eye.
Also it is calligraphic.
Letter ‘i’ and ‘j’ have
diamond dots.
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Kabel in use
Kabel is best used for logo, title and
signage. It had positive reaction when it
was released. Modern companies have
used it for their display face because of the
uniqueness of its glyphs. NBC employed
heavy weight of Kabel for onscreen sports
graphics. MTV used it for music video
credit font until 2011. Leggs’ pantyhose
modified it for their brand logo. PiggyWiggy
American supermarket used its lowercase
form. Also, Kabel has been used in many
TV shows, albums and films such as Disney
cartoon series, my bloody valentine’s album
‘Loveless’, film ‘Searching for Sugar Man’,
etc. The most well known usages of Kabel
are logo for Toronto Maple leafs, Monoploy
board game and ‘the Sims 3’.
Function &
Usage
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“The making of letters in every form is for me the purest and the greatest
pleasure, and at many stages of my life it was to me what a song is to the singer,
a picture to the painter, a shout to the elated, or a sign to the oppressed. It was
and is for me the most happy and perfect expression of my life.”
- Rudolph Koch
I T C
K A B E La type specimen
Edit & Design
Jung KwonVancouver Community College
Digital Graphic Design
Typography
2014
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