This is my version of Futura – Futura 1986, reinterpreted and processed with a mix of 80s pop culture, punk rock and low-budget printed matter. My affective memory, before I even knew the name or relevance of this typography classic, is of stickers, photocopies and comics, where it appeared in large sizes and sometimes accidentally distorted.
Based on ephemera references and containing some easter eggs in the form of alternate characters, it also includes a bonus set of 65 dingbats/stickers.
Released in 1932, Futura Display (Futura Schlagzeile) uses more angular strokes than the traditional design, resulting in rectangular letter forms. Designed by Paul Renner. Published by URW Type Foundry GmbHDownload Futura Display
Futura No. 2 is Letraset’s version of Futura from the 1980s, digitized by and at URW in opentype format. Futura. The very name brings to mind jet-age splendor of the highest order, and indeed the text on the commemorative plaque