Exocet
Exocet is a decorative serif typeface designed by the British typographer Jonathan Barnbrook for the Emigre foundry in 1991. It was originally designed for the European annual series Illustration Now. • Illustration — Qoppa, inspiration for the font's Q The font is inspired by ancient incised Greek and Roman letter carvings, with geometric shapes used for the main construction. For example, its stylized Q is based on qoppa, an ancient form of Q. The O with a cross (• Illustration — A symbol of a cross within a circle) is an early form of theta.
Exocet
- Name
- Exocet
- Period
- 1991.
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Exocet is a decorative serif typeface designed by the British typographer Jonathan Barnbrook for the Emigre foundry in 1991. It was originally designed for the European annual series Illustration Now. • Illustration — Qoppa, inspiration for the font's Q The font is inspired by ancient incised Greek and Roman letter carvings, with geometric shapes used for the main construction. For example, its stylized Q is based on qoppa, an ancient form of Q. The O with a cross (• Illustration — A symbol of a cross within a circle) is an early form of theta.
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Overview
Overview
It is an all-capital font, but with different capital glyphs for both lowercase and capital letters. However, the only letter that has visually distinct forms is T, with the lowercase t being a cross.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Exocet • Style — Display • Creationdate — 1991 • Creator — Jonathan Barnbrook • Foundry — Emigre • Sample — * Illustration — Exocet sample text in a pangram
Variants
Variants
It is available in "light" and "heavy" varieties. There is no italic. A sans version of the font from the same designer, called Patriot, was released in 1997.
Notable uses
Notable uses
• Illustration — A welcome sign in Norway using the Exocet font It was used extensively for product designs in the 1990s, most notably for the American tea company Tazo. It was also used on the album cover of Donald Fagen's 1993 album Kamakiriad. It can be seen in the 1993 movie Demolition Man where it is used extensively in the museum scene. It was also used in the film Dogma, the film The Big Lebowski, the film Star Trek Nemesis, the Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting Planescape, the English translation of the Korean manhwa Priest, the Diablo computer game series, the Double Switch full motion video game, and the Sony PlayStation scrolling shooter game Einhänder.
Chronology
Dated record
Chronology
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1991
Exocet first recorded.
1991
Exocet is recorded from 1991.
Primary material
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 10311631-X, Exocet.
General reference · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q5420512: Exocet
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 10311631-X, Exocet.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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