Eurostile is a san-serif typeface, a seemingly contemporary typeface. The Eurostile's curvature on most of it's letterforms give it a very new-wave, scientific vibe. I can see Eurostile gleaming on the front of an obscure party compound full of drug lust and debauchery. The apparent perfectness of the typeface is shown with the geometric styling of all letterforms, seemingly all derived from the letter O. Eurotile's O makes me think of peering through a window of an early NASA orbiter- as the most of the letterforms formulate from the O, it appears that one might be caught in dead space while beaming down on Eurostile. Eurostile would delightfully tag along on Back To The Future's DeLorean DMC-12 while blasting some euphoric electronic music on the ride through time. Eurostile's presentation definitely projects a sense of science fiction and the pristine. Controlled yet state-of-the-art.
The slab-serif typeface Courier is one that is familiar to most, as it has been embodied in a lot of interactive media. Courier is an interesting typeface, as it can be judged as an 'older' font, as its appearance is not unlike a 'typewriter'- it also can be familiarized with early computing, as some may recognize it from PC command prompting or in old videogame on-screen text. It's informative persona is very effective, as the stark serif's provide stability for each letter form, displaying a typeface not to be messed with. I can see Courier all over a briefing letter sitting on a low-lighted detective's office desk. In a different senario- I imagine it flying wildy across a desktop monitor as a computer programmer codes an eccentric calculation application. Courier would look great on the road with an old American made pick up truck, as it grips the concrete with it's heavy load. It could be placed on the cover of a synthesizer heavy industrial record, but also could composed onto a punk record with enough distress onto the typeface itself. Courier seems to be quite versatile.
- Kevin McCaughey
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