I got really excited about this post, but I guess I just don’t get it? Is there any reason behind the dogs chosen to go with the specific typeface? I see that verdana is a bit pixelated, and I get the “Bold Extended” part on Eurostile, but I don’t so much get the rest. I want to though as I love dogs and typography.
This is a years old project by the three-man studio grafisches büro from Vienna, Austria. Still great though.
They’re reworking their portfolio at the moment. The book “postscript” about middle european type-design of the 90ies was designed by them too. http://www.g-b.at
ok I have a yorkie-poo and a shih-poo, so since there is poodle in both I would assume a serif typeface for both…hmmn but which one for yorkie and which for shih-tzu?
I don’t get Courier for a Dalmation. Courier is a ubiquitous font that everything defaults to. You see courier everywhere when fonts are missing, it defaults to it. Dalmations aren’t everywhere and ubiquitous.
Hmm been thinking about this and I reckon slightly improved if The Times was a St Bernard and Helvetica a Labrador. And then a Spaniel for our handwriting.
I got really excited about this post, but I guess I just don’t get it? Is there any reason behind the dogs chosen to go with the specific typeface? I see that verdana is a bit pixelated, and I get the “Bold Extended” part on Eurostile, but I don’t so much get the rest. I want to though as I love dogs and typography.
Mar 16th, 2010 / 9:29 am
Helvetica Neue Bold is a German Shepard?
Don’t tell the Bundesrat ;)
Mar 16th, 2010 / 9:41 am
I don’t know but I think some of these are off. The wiener dog one and courier are spot on.
Mar 16th, 2010 / 10:04 am
C’mon, the bulldog is obviously Cooper Black. And what, no greyhound?
Mar 16th, 2010 / 11:12 am
I would put the Weimaraner to Bodoni…
But hey, my dog is a Helvetica :)
Mar 16th, 2010 / 12:33 pm
i think they’re all spot on. bodoni–actually each on of them–makes sense to me.
Mar 16th, 2010 / 1:22 pm
cute! I have a mini daschund so I’m happy to see him on the list :)
Mar 16th, 2010 / 4:15 pm
Great fun! What’s my Sheltie??
Mar 16th, 2010 / 5:30 pm
Trackback!
http://www.psittalux.com/blog/?p=132
Mar 16th, 2010 / 9:41 pm
This is a years old project by the three-man studio grafisches büro from Vienna, Austria. Still great though.
They’re reworking their portfolio at the moment. The book “postscript” about middle european type-design of the 90ies was designed by them too. http://www.g-b.at
Mar 17th, 2010 / 2:14 am
Very cool! What about cats?
Mar 17th, 2010 / 11:17 am
What a fun, what about my bernese moutnain dog or as you know is Berner Sennenhund?
Mar 18th, 2010 / 5:29 am
C’mon. Fraktur is a doberman. I thought everybody knew that.
Mar 19th, 2010 / 11:24 am
ok I have a yorkie-poo and a shih-poo, so since there is poodle in both I would assume a serif typeface for both…hmmn but which one for yorkie and which for shih-tzu?
Mar 19th, 2010 / 11:13 pm
Haha, nice :)
Mar 20th, 2010 / 8:06 pm
fantastic – i love all the things you find!
Mar 23rd, 2010 / 11:23 pm
Italian Greyhound??
Mar 26th, 2010 / 8:47 pm
I don’t get Courier for a Dalmation. Courier is a ubiquitous font that everything defaults to. You see courier everywhere when fonts are missing, it defaults to it. Dalmations aren’t everywhere and ubiquitous.
Mar 31st, 2010 / 10:22 am
funny I was doing a logo for my english bulldog and eurostile bold was the exact font I used
Apr 3rd, 2010 / 4:56 am
Does this mean that a Labradoodle is Comic Sans?
Apr 8th, 2010 / 1:47 am
I really don’t get any of these except for Künstler.
and Fraktur is obviously a Shepard or a Rottweiler.
Apr 8th, 2010 / 11:24 am
Maybe they did Courier as a Dalmation, because Courier is like newspaper type, and a Dalmation looks like its printed.
Apr 8th, 2010 / 9:29 pm
No Boston Terrier?
Apr 9th, 2010 / 9:45 am
I did this same idea for my final year project in 2008.
Apr 9th, 2010 / 1:03 pm
Hmm been thinking about this and I reckon slightly improved if The Times was a St Bernard and Helvetica a Labrador. And then a Spaniel for our handwriting.
Apr 9th, 2010 / 1:36 pm
WHERE’S THE WESTIE?! ;(
Apr 12th, 2010 / 11:48 am
spudds mackenzie would be Comic Sans — he just wants to party
Don’t take him seriously, he’ll be offended dude.
Sep 27th, 2010 / 3:37 pm
fantastica composizione!
caratteri animaleschi…
e il lupo (del quale porto il cognome) con quale font lo possiamo rappresentare?!?
Nov 4th, 2010 / 8:40 am
Can I ask are these for sale anywhere? These make a great set in the studio with our office dogs!
Dec 8th, 2012 / 5:03 pm
Wondering where/if I can get this as a print.. Love it!
Feb 2nd, 2013 / 1:17 pm
Love this! Thanks for posting!
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Jun 30th, 2014 / 12:10 am
We need a way to vote on which dogs are which fonts. Some of these obvs aren’t resonating very well.
Interweb distracto democracy!!
Aug 18th, 2015 / 7:18 pm