Comments on: Rock Thee Well http://desedo.com/blog/rock-thee-well/ a blog by desedo Sat, 06 Mar 2010 08:53:34 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Creating a Rockstar Brand, Logo & Styleguide in Illustrator | rapid-DEV.net http://desedo.com/blog/rock-thee-well/comment-page-1/#comment-7480 Creating a Rockstar Brand, Logo & Styleguide in Illustrator | rapid-DEV.net Sun, 14 Jun 2009 19:49:47 +0000 http://desedo.com/blog/rock-thee-well/#comment-7480 [...] bold typographic way - like we will be doing with Rockable Press. According to the Desedo Blog Rockwell is also experiencing a bit of a resurgence in popularity which might explain why I think it seems modern. Anyhow here’s an amusing video courtesy of [...] [...] bold typographic way – like we will be doing with Rockable Press. According to the Desedo Blog Rockwell is also experiencing a bit of a resurgence in popularity which might explain why I think it seems modern. Anyhow here’s an amusing video courtesy of [...]

]]> By: Mister Faded Glory » The Newsweek that was - a typography rant http://desedo.com/blog/rock-thee-well/comment-page-1/#comment-7446 Mister Faded Glory » The Newsweek that was - a typography rant Fri, 22 May 2009 03:12:00 +0000 http://desedo.com/blog/rock-thee-well/#comment-7446 [...] know it. The overstated Burger King font.  A hit member of a class of slab-serifs, it could not be more over-the-top, beating you over the head with brutish inelegance. It makes me [...] [...] know it. The overstated Burger King font.  A hit member of a class of slab-serifs, it could not be more over-the-top, beating you over the head with brutish inelegance. It makes me [...]

]]> By: Rockwell font :: freebies | Frozr.com | Ajmal Eylia http://desedo.com/blog/rock-thee-well/comment-page-1/#comment-7438 Rockwell font :: freebies | Frozr.com | Ajmal Eylia Tue, 12 May 2009 14:20:35 +0000 http://desedo.com/blog/rock-thee-well/#comment-7438 [...] More info : http://desedo.com/blog/rock-thee-well/ [...] [...] More info : http://desedo.com/blog/rock-thee-well/ [...]

]]> By: The Rockwell Font Is Everywhere | Web Design Blog | Rails, SEO, Photoshop, CSS :: 67ideas http://desedo.com/blog/rock-thee-well/comment-page-1/#comment-6320 The Rockwell Font Is Everywhere | Web Design Blog | Rails, SEO, Photoshop, CSS :: 67ideas Wed, 24 Dec 2008 00:18:25 +0000 http://desedo.com/blog/rock-thee-well/#comment-6320 [...] Here’s another article I found about Rockwell’s eventual world domination: Rock Thee Well [...] [...] Here’s another article I found about Rockwell’s eventual world domination: Rock Thee Well [...]

]]> By: raafi http://desedo.com/blog/rock-thee-well/comment-page-1/#comment-2454 raafi Thu, 20 Mar 2008 03:52:43 +0000 http://desedo.com/blog/rock-thee-well/#comment-2454 I think what you're hinting at in this case is the classic fork that has always existed between the Modern and the Classical. In any form: music, let's say, it is possible to be up-to-the-minute contemporary, or to harken backwards to classical forms and still be fresh. Ornaments such as serifs are inherently classical. Perhaps Rockwell and other slab fonts provide a take on that ornamentation that feels very modern given other trends in contemporary design. I think what you’re hinting at in this case is the classic fork that has always existed between the Modern and the Classical. In any form: music, let’s say, it is possible to be up-to-the-minute contemporary, or to harken backwards to classical forms and still be fresh. Ornaments such as serifs are inherently classical. Perhaps Rockwell and other slab fonts provide a take on that ornamentation that feels very modern given other trends in contemporary design.

]]> By: Christopher Fahey http://desedo.com/blog/rock-thee-well/comment-page-1/#comment-2453 Christopher Fahey Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:17:42 +0000 http://desedo.com/blog/rock-thee-well/#comment-2453 I suppose there are a certain number of design patterns and tropes (including fonts) that have, just as some people have, a kind of social mobility that most others cannot muster. Comic Sans is trapped in the lowest caste, while Rockwell apparently has full social fluidity. Class X. Similarly, Helvetica frustrates this simple stratified model. To modern design aesthetes, Helvetica is a rarified and intellectual escape from gaudy decorative typography. But ornament isn't exclusively the provenance of the sequin-bedazzled poor and the ostentatious nouveau riche. Some of our highest classes live comfortably surrounded by Victorian and Art Nouveau decor and aesthetics. And to their refined tastes, Helvetica is the boring, dull, and utterly soul-crushing font used in public bathrooms and goverment documents -- a far cry from the formal purism modernist design wonks think of it as. I suppose there are a certain number of design patterns and tropes (including fonts) that have, just as some people have, a kind of social mobility that most others cannot muster. Comic Sans is trapped in the lowest caste, while Rockwell apparently has full social fluidity. Class X.

Similarly, Helvetica frustrates this simple stratified model. To modern design aesthetes, Helvetica is a rarified and intellectual escape from gaudy decorative typography. But ornament isn’t exclusively the provenance of the sequin-bedazzled poor and the ostentatious nouveau riche. Some of our highest classes live comfortably surrounded by Victorian and Art Nouveau decor and aesthetics. And to their refined tastes, Helvetica is the boring, dull, and utterly soul-crushing font used in public bathrooms and goverment documents — a far cry from the formal purism modernist design wonks think of it as.

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