Wright Chat

Seeing the view of Eaglefeather brought to mind the fact that Wright at times nestled his buildings into a site's topography and at other times, he chose to heroically or defiantly extend forms out from the topography. Was it the site, ...

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HT: PrairieMod

A night-time rendering of a Usonian would be a rarity indeed. I believe we have a moonlit view of Eaglefeather, an unbuilt project of the period. And one of the Henderson residence from the Prairie period, with its marvelous hues, which I have always though was a night-time ...

... seems more like his usual practice. There are exceptions, of course, like Northome and Wingspread, where there were few options, but think of Eaglefeather, for instance: The grand façade of the proposed (unbuilt) structure was to face the downhill side, toward the ocean, while the approach ...

... of the estate Obler Eleanore's Retreat & GateHouse 4112. Ken Lockhart & briefly, John Geiger, supervised the building. Jim Charleton drew Eaglefeather.

You don't have to develop your own typeface--just expand beyond the one tired-trick pony that is "Eaglefeather." DRN has suggested several that would work well. Gotham is another: http://www.typography.com/fonts/gotham/inside/gotham Although Neutraface is starting ...

I can see a foxy typeface being used for a title, but style of typeface for text should always be subordinate to clarity, and Eaglefeather is inadequate in that respect. For anyone trying to get from here to there on public transportation, information is more important than decoration.

Eaglefeather" in not, in and of itself, a bad typeface...it's just been so lazily overused as a default FLLW font that it is now a cliche. Amen. Eaglefeather's use for publications related to later work (post-1932) is ...

I lack the resources to develop my own font, so Eaglefeather it is.

Well said, SDR, and right on the nose.

"Eaglefeather" in not, in and of itself, a bad typeface...it's just been so lazily overused as a default FLLW font that it is now a cliche.

It should be rested for awhile.

... characteristic of that period; see, for instance, the titles on drawings of the San Francisco Call tower, whose lettering is remarkably like "Eaglefeather" -- without, granted, the double-bar "H" and "A". The National Life Insurance drawings of 1924 have titles with ...

PrairieMod wrote:I wish to all that is holy that people would stop using "Eaglefeather" as the default typeface for every Wright-related project--it is nearing Comic Sans-level design awfulness

What would you suggest as a replacement?

I wish to all that is holy that people would stop using "Eaglefeather" as the default typeface for every Wright-related project--it is nearing Comic Sans-level design awfulness

... Bridge Cottage (Gerts) Broad Margin (Austin) Cloverleaf (Suntop Homes) Crimson Beech, The (Cass) Deertrack (A B Roberts) Double House (Gerts) Eaglefeather (Oboler) Fallingwater (Kaufmann) Fireproof House (Hunt; Stockman) Fir Tree, The (A Friedman) Fountainhead (Hughes) Glenlloyd (Bradley) ...

... At first glance, the D. Wieland seems to relate to the Schuck House Project ('56) perf but the right hand lower corner shape is idiosyncratic. The Eaglefeather perf design is right at home with the Hoffman (55) built perf. The "reclining triangle" shape is basic to many designs. The elevations ...