The Parts Of The World That Inspired Font Names
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Favourite font?
Alconica
COMIC SANS
Anything.
Gill Sans MT
Helvetica or times new Roman, I know it’s basic but they’re appealing
Helvetica...
the Swiss Army Knife of typefaces. No surprise there's a font named after Switzerland, Switzerland is the definition of high class
Isn't the font "Univers" named after the largest region?
Not really. It's a universally useful typeface.
@@HotelPapa100 but where did “universally” come from?
@@BinglesP Wiktionary: latin Universus From ūnus (“one”) + versus (“turned”), hence literally "turned into one".
Adjective: whole, entire, taken collectively
7:21
it's pronounced Suh-noor-in, comrade...I love Switzerland. That's where I fell in love with basketball
Dang Kim… I guess you are at Name Explain now…
So-NORE-uhn
Haas is a type foundry in Switzerland. That's where the Helvetica relation comes from. No fake branding involved.
Many world class type designers were Swiss. Prime example Adrian Frutiger, creator of such classics as Univers and Avenir. And, yes, Frutiger.
(2:20) That is an interesting point. In Swedish, there's no proper name for font and the closest name is "vikt" (weight), while typeface is "teckensnitt" (character-graph), "typsnitt" (type-graph), "stilsort" (style-kind). So we're kinda accidentally using the correct term?
Ιnterstingly the official name of Switzerland is "Confederatio Helvetica" -and it is seen in their carplate letters: "CH".
And the Swiss franc is shortened to CHF
Language isn't Stable; the "font" and "typeface" is a great example
Exactly. IS THIS A DIFFERENT FONT from this font? They’re two different ways the letters look that you can switch between.
I usually use Cambria. Named after the Latin for Wales, of course.
Sounds also like that Welsh name for Wales (Cymru, pronounced as "Kümrii"), though the name Wales itself means "Land of people that don't speak Germanic" which is no ironic as almost everyone speaks Germanic (English) there now.
Note that Wales has the same etymological origins as Cornwall, Wallonia, Walachia, Etc.
I wonder if that has any connection to Cumbria in England?
@@versal5108 cymru (wales) and cumbria both come from the same root wood. Absolutely related. The cumbrian language died out many centuries ago however
@@explorernate Thanks for the explanation. Why exactly did they name Wales after Cumbria?
@@versal5108 Wales' welsh name for itself wasn't named after Cumbria. They simply share the same brythonic root.
Casting characters was standard practice into the late 20th century - that’s what a Linotype machine did - cast lines of type from a typewriter keyboard.
6:15 It's "GROTESK", not "GROSTEK". You know the word "grotesk" - it's the German version of "grotesque". I feel you often make mistakes like that when you believe not to know a word and then give up instantly on trying to pronounce it correctly. Maybe I'm wrong. But just a piece of advice: Read unknown words *slowly* at first. It's no big deal if you butcher the pronunciation. But to pronounce a letter in the wrong place kind of is ... a little big of a deal. :)
i like the fact the the style of font that is most common nowadays was called "grotesque" when it was first conceived.
@@sofia.eris.bauhaus Didn't register that. You're right, it's kind of funny. It's also nice to see that you took something like this away from my comment.
At least he isn’t one of those RUclipsrs who constantly excuses themself for bad pronunciation so the comments don’t scold them
Least favorite: anything where I can't tell a lower-case L from a capital I.
Favorite: I think it's called Korinna. (I can't tell you for sure, because it's not in Word.) It's the font used for most of the clues on Jeopardy!
little point about helvetia/helvetica - the region is named helvetia, helvetica is not a noun - even though it's more often found with a c (e.g. onthe 5 Franc coin or the Bundeshaus), as the name of the country is not helvetia, but 'the helvetic republic' or confederatio helvetica - and the inscription on the Bundeshaus is curia confederationis helveticae (meaning assembly of the helvetic confederation)
Who else noticed that when Arial was being discussed, Helvetica was used?
Me
That cap R is a sure giveaway; so is cap G.
I’ve never thought about typeface names but now I’m intrigued.
I may have but now I'm also intrigued. What a cool topic!!
Generally, I write in Arial but I use Times New Roman, and Courier New for effects. And I never (prior to now) gave a first, never mind second, thought to the question of where the names came from.
Swiss graphic design was at the cutting edge when Helvetica was created too, which influenced the choice of name as well.
Helvetica was the name chosen because of Swiss design simplicity and clarity and Swiss neutrality. The key designers of the Helvetica series were Swiss and German. So you're right.
The official name of Switzerland is:
In German: Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft
In French: Confédération suisse
In Italian: Confederazione svizzera
Normally when we have to choose one we choose the neutral Latin: Confoederatio Helvetica, short CH.
Woah! I’m from Philly and I did not know that a bunch of fonts were named after our SEPTA stops!
In fact I’ve taken the train line that the fonts are named for!
As a typography nut, I got a bit excited at the title of this video.
I figured Helvetica was named after Switzerland because of Switzerland's legendary neutrality.
There exist a large group of typefaces, nown in English as Slab Serif. In other languages/tradtions they are known as Egyptienne. It is not "a fount" (English spelling), it is kind of a style (like Roman or Grotesque are styles).
The emphasis in "Sonoran" is on the second syllable in English. In Spanish the emphasis is on the last syllable in "sonora" but "Sonoran" doesn't exist in Spanish, and it'd be called "El desierto de sonora"
Well I've gotta correct ya there, in Spanish the emphasis IS in the second syllable, and the equivalent to sonoran in spanish is "sonorense"
I have only ever heard this pronounced as SOnoran
Either way, I think we can all agree that his pronunciation was not correct
this is prime example of why we all say english is very hard yet people are trying to make it seemed like it's easy
people say english doesn't have tones and stuff but then some person will quickly point out about all the actual tone needed in syllables
luckily it's not my video, otherwise I will just reply "I don't care with what the tone and emphasis are because english is just my third language and I never care about exact pronunciation as long as people can understand"
@@YayaVT Totally get that. I teach ESL classes and it’s confusing because ***technically*** English is not a tonal language because emphasis can be off and still get across the same meaning... USUALLY... but because there are SO MANY dialects and accents, so called “correct” pronunciation is often a big conversation. I think the subconscious desire is to keep our fracturing language as whole and singular as it can be, much like mideval Romance languages. That is just my opinion, though.
To me the hardest thing to teach is intonation for things like questions, anger, happiness, and (THE BIG ONE) sarcasm.
Tone does not change the meaning of a word in English, but it definitely can change the meaning of a sentence.
Mount Tahoma is waaaaay far from Seattle! There’s a whole city named after Mt Tahoma: Tacoma, WA, which is way closer to Tahoma and on the same county as the mountain. So the font is named after the mount and the city, NOT anything to do with Seattle.
Probably mostly the city, as many Typefaces conceived during the digital revolution follow that convention.
6:14 Is this a typo in the script or a misreading of the script?
Ngl Susan was a damn next level photgraph moder...
Gabriola named for an Island near Vancouver.
As someone from the Seattle area, Mt. Rainier is correctly pronounced as ray-neer, and not rain-er.
I was looking for this comment
„Patreon saint of places named after fonts“ I thought it was the other way around
English doesn’t use “„”
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Helvetica reminded me of Rome II Total War since that alpine province is known as such.
Wait, places named after fonts?
Is it "places named after fonts" or "fonts named after places"
I had the same question. Could you imagine how cool it would be, to be the only misnamed Name Explain Patron Saint
Arial comes from the Aral sea in central Asia
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His bias... I still remember that one time he mocked tradition, is there anything more leftist?
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And then, here comes Wingdings
"Bakersfield" would start all nice and end up as wingdings by around "R" as the meth kicks in.
I clicked on this as soon as I saw it! I’m a bit obsessed with typography!
Helvetica feels very neutral as well. Maybe that's why they picked that name.
I saw "Herculanum" in the list of font names. Is it derived from Herculaneum, near Pompeii?
It seems very deliberate, since it resembles the writing found in the area.
Yes. Interesting fact: it is the font used for Avatar the Last Airbender.
Do you do all the drawings?
*Font* Typeface
In order to illustrate two high school friends are from suburban Philadelphia you show a still from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. The still you chose comes from an episode where two of the normally urban characters actually moved to the suburbs. Your attention to detail is noted and appreciated. Bravo!
Hmmm many interesting things arrle asked and are answered when internet has arrived
Susan Kare looks like she was a real hoopy frood
Great idea for a video, origins of fonts never really crossed my mind
Times New Roman is popular..?.
No only with Microsoft and traditional printers... I (and many folk) hare it!
Times and Helvetica are still (maybe unfortunately) the most widely-used font-families. The general public loves Comic Sans. Never mind that there are many good or better choices out there.
Product sans
Google still uses the name helvetica
As a coin collector I know that switz coin still use the term helvetica on them
When none of the 4 national languages should be favoured in naming something Latin is used.
You can also see this in the top-level domain .ch , with ch standing for “Confoederatio Helvetica” or the Swiss Confederation in Latin.
Latin is even used to inscribe our parliament building. (Which reads: “Curia Confoederationis Helveticae” over the entrance)
@@Oliigu Thank you for the fun fact!
I always thought of Helvetica as somewhat Slavic sounding, but I’m not a language expert. Interesting to learn that it actually refers to Switzerland.
The formal name of the area known as Switzerland is Confederation Helvetica - hence the CH car tags and .ch Internet addresses.
Wait a font used to be named after my hometown?! Well, at least one of them?!
Was their not a school boy in the US who developed a font that they reckon if the government had adopted it would save millions.
I thought fonts were the stone water bowls where babies are baptised.
"Sonoran" *winces in Californian*
Inexcusable of Name Explain. I agree with another commentator-it’s a seizure-inducing pronunciation.
Still waiting for the Scunthorpe typeface to be released...
Gill Sans MT
Anyone remember “chiller” ;)
Font maker of comic sans was inspired by Undertales
Funny that you flashed Cochin for a second. That font seems to be named after a place as well, namely Indian Province Kerala's largest city, now named Kochi.
Why on Earth does everyone call India’s states as provinces?! They’re states! It’s like calling the state of New Jersey as the province of New Jersey.
@@Think_Inc I forgot they were called states. My mistake.
What is the font used your videos?
"The Sonoran desert... in Arizona"
*sad Sonora noises*
Uh, Mt. Rainier is pronounced ray-NEAR, not RAY-na.
Not the only mispronunciation from Name Explain in this video. 👎
Georgia or spectral
fonts and typefaces should swap definitions
an *arial* view
What are italics named after?
Italic, italics -- the name comes from "italica" and "italique," both meaning a style from Italy, Italian.
Roman (the regular upright, vertical, regular typestyles) is from Rome, Roman.
Back around the invention of the printing press, most of Europe was still using Blackletter / Fraktur / "Old English" style lettering, but in Italy and for publishing books for the old Latin and Greek classic texts, they tried using old classical Roman and Greek style lettering, with what was called chancery italic script style. The old Roman and Italic and Greek lettering became prestigious because it was a revival of Classical Latin and Greek ideas and art. The names stuck. That's why we call them Roman and Italic font styles today.
There is even a place called "Font"
Helvetica took 12 years to design.
Rail Alphabet - the greatest work of Calvert and Kinnear - but sadly not the name of a place! (Margret Calvert was quite good looking too!)
Is it just me or does Susan Kare look like Pete Davidson?
Ari-El means lion of God in Hebrew
I miss Bookman Old Style
so NOR in not SAW no ran. You put the emPHAsis on the wrong sylLABle. lol.
Is there any relation between the helveti tribe of switzerland and the word "helvete" meaning "underworld" or "hell" in norwegian?
Awesome video, but pronouncing the desert I call home like that actually gave me a stroke. Sonoran is pronounced Sa-nor-an.
Thank you! Name Explain should have known better! 👎
/soh-NOH-rah, son-NOH-rahn/ -- He just needs to sound it out, plus consult a dictionary; easy Spanish pronunciation; California's desert;
I think he gets in a hurry, plus he's British and not familiar with American place names.
Yes, just a nitpick, only mentioned it since I live here. With the all names he has to pronounce it’s only natural he gets them wrong once and a while. Btw, Arizona’s desert too :) Nevadans and Californians and have their Mohave
Montserrat is a classic neighborhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The designer pay homage to her home city when naming the font she created.
Greetings from BA! 🇦🇷
I use Comic sans for my comics. Maybe I'll try pacifico sometime.
Thank God for Steve Jobs cause Susan's Ideas were all dumb. 😒
"Please add the etymology of Arial in the comments" Ah yes, Name Explain, the RUclips channel with a comment section more educational than its video's (just kidding, love the viddies, mate).
Most good RUclips channels like their comment section, kind of reminds me of when Dr. Binocs, a children's channel, lost his comment section because of a new RUclips policy and then started adding his e-mail address in the videos so people could continue sending their comments there.
*insert bold comments here*
Well now I know why font names are so terrible. She didn't deserve to work there.
Does your font support čšžđć? No? Than dont bother.
Did you know that when you translate British, it became Times New Roman?
(JK)
In the TCG "Magic: the Gathering" the company "Wizards of the Coast" have established an own typeface named "Beleren". Beleren is the last name of one of the best known characters from that game: "Jace Beleren".
I bet Pacifica was named after the city of that name, just south of San Francisco.
Also, please try harder to say place names right: Sonora is accented on the next to last syllable as it's a Spanish word, and Mt. Rainier is pronounced "ray-NEAR"
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