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ohhh, BACKSPACER is named after a font!!!

dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
edited July 2009 in The Porch
http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/emigre/backspacer/

* Designers: Nancy Mazzei, Brian Kelly
* Design date: 1993
* Design owner: Emigre
* Publisher: Emigre
* MyFonts debut: Dec 9, 2002
oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
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    KloddzKloddz Posts: 2,573
    Nice find!
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    i shit and i stinki shit and i stink Posts: 1,122
    looks like the font for 'the fixer' single - no coincidence, I guess!
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    starmap3333starmap3333 Posts: 3,908
    Maybe it means something about erasing your mistakes... I would find it hard to believe they named an album after a font.
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    dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam NINUNINOPRO Posts: 139,151
    nice..
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    Rossum20Rossum20 Posts: 910
    well it sure looks like it was named after a font lol...but obviously it has dual meanings....wonder how much they had to pay these guys to use their font?
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    benjsbenjs Toronto, ON Posts: 8,937
    To me, I think it's supposed to represent a typewriter as someone earlier had suggested - look closely at the single for "The Fixer" up on the Goods section, and you'll notice the circles the letters are in look exactly like the keys of an old typewriter. "Back Spacer" also, I believe, used to be the backspace key on a typewriter.
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    rawpixelsrawpixels Posts: 912
    They were considering calling the album Adobe Garamond, but then decided to go with Backspacer.
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    benjsbenjs Toronto, ON Posts: 8,937
    I think sums it up - 1407316889_eefe3f77a0.jpg
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    dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    starmap3333 wrote:
    Maybe it means something about erasing your mistakes... I would find it hard to believe they named an album after a font.


    why? the font is the exact same font used on the cover of that single shown on The Tonight Show. Perhaps they got shown a series of fonts for their artwork and upon asking "what is that one called?" someone said "Backspacer".... ohhh cool name... says Stone... "lets call the album that."


    hardly outlandish
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
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    dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    Rossum20 wrote:
    well it sure looks like it was named after a font lol...but obviously it has dual meanings....wonder how much they had to pay these guys to use their font?

    $50 or whatever it costs to buy the font... once you purchase a font you can then use it for any publication/artwork/media/etc.
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
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    HeavyHandsHeavyHands Posts: 2,130
    rawpixels wrote:
    They were considering calling the album Adobe Garamond, but then decided to go with Backspacer.

    This is true.

    Zapf Dingbats and Microsoft Sans Serif were also in the running.

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    JonnyPistachioJonnyPistachio Florida Posts: 10,217
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCpQbQ3SYEg

    I dont know if this was after they named the album or not, but it's also the name of Stones leatherback turtle, Backspacer, who is racing in the atlantic.
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    dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    JonnyPistachio wrote:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCpQbQ3SYEg

    I dont know if this was after they named the album or not, but it's also the name of Stones leatherback turtle, Backspacer, who is racing in the atlantic.


    backspacer was his turtles name because of the new album name surely... otherwise it would be the biggest co-icidence of all time...



    Ed: so, uhm, i've seen this font and its also the name of the delete key on an old typewriter.. its called backspacer... cool name for the new album huh?

    Stone: wow, my fucking turtle in that race was called that!!

    Ed: you had a turtle called backspacer? now thats a co-incidence.
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
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    tcaporaletcaporale Posts: 1,577
    Well, they originally were going to call the album Times New Roman...
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    dreamweaverdreamweaver New York Posts: 705
    It not named after a font... hahaha how dumb.
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    dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    tcaporale wrote:
    Well, they originally were going to call the album Times New Roman...

    you didnt read the thread before making that joke did you? :lol::lol:
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
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    Gern BlanstenGern Blansten Your Mom's Posts: 17,949
    JonnyPistachio wrote:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCpQbQ3SYEg

    I dont know if this was after they named the album or not, but it's also the name of Stones leatherback turtle, Backspacer, who is racing in the atlantic.

    my guess would be that they named the turtle after they came up with the album name
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    ajedigeckoajedigecko \m/deplorable af \m/ Posts: 2,430
    they should have called it "hand written".........no body does that shit anymore.
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    tcaporaletcaporale Posts: 1,577
    dunkman wrote:
    tcaporale wrote:
    Well, they originally were going to call the album Times New Roman...

    you didnt read the thread before making that joke did you? :lol::lol:
    Hah, nope. :D
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    Bathgate66Bathgate66 Posts: 15,813
    fascinating.

    great find , nonetheless .

    thanks for sharing , all the images also .
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    skurrieskurrie Posts: 22
    I am positive that benjs has the right idea.
    The very old typewriters had the key called "backspacer".
    Maybe the music will have a vintage sound? . . .

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    eMMIeMMI Posts: 6,262
    Maybe they'd decided on Backspacer because of the typewriter key thing.

    And after that found out that there's also a font called Backspacer.

    Hmm.
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    NOyieldingCODENOyieldingCODE Posts: 129
    dunkman wrote:
    starmap3333 wrote:
    Maybe it means something about erasing your mistakes... I would find it hard to believe they named an album after a font.


    why? the font is the exact same font used on the cover of that single shown on The Tonight Show. Perhaps they got shown a series of fonts for their artwork and upon asking "what is that one called?" someone said "Backspacer".... ohhh cool name... says Stone... "lets call the album that."


    hardly outlandish
    so where does the turtle named backspacer fit in? i have never seen a turtle shaped like a typewriter, but who am i to say
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    Get_RightGet_Right Posts: 12,479
    you mean its not named after the turtle?
    Wait, maybe they named the turtle after the album

    oh damn, which came first the chicken or the egg? :lol::lol::lol:
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    A satellite forever orbitingA satellite forever orbiting Posts: 1,888
    yeah, well, my first thought was the desire to backspace the last 8 years or so...but i'm sure there are lots of layers to it.
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    tcaporaletcaporale Posts: 1,577
    A satellite forever orbiting wrote:
    yeah, well, my first thought was the desire to backspace the last 8 years or so...but i'm sure there are lots of layers to it.
    Why would they want to backspace the last 8 years? That's crazy talk.
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    A satellite forever orbitingA satellite forever orbiting Posts: 1,888
    tcaporale wrote:
    A satellite forever orbiting wrote:
    yeah, well, my first thought was the desire to backspace the last 8 years or so...but i'm sure there are lots of layers to it.
    Why would they want to backspace the last 8 years? That's crazy talk.

    :lol:
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    blondieblue227blondieblue227 Va, USA Posts: 4,505
    JonnyPistachio wrote:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCpQbQ3SYEg

    I dont know if this was after they named the album or not, but it's also the name of Stones leatherback turtle, Backspacer, who is racing in the atlantic.

    yeah, don't for about the turtle! :)

    dreamweaver wrote:
    It not named after a font... hahaha how dumb.

    Ha! well it sure beats Wingdings.
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    dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam NINUNINOPRO Posts: 139,151
    :lol::lol:
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    dwhiskeyddwhiskeyd Posts: 25
    tcaporale wrote:
    Well, they originally were going to call the album Times New Roman...

    That was awesome. Best album name I have heard yet.
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