What font does Joy Division use?

At first glance, most designers would identify the font as Trajan, a typeface designed by Carol Twombly for Adobe, based on the inscription at the base of Trajan’s Column. Careful inspection will show marked differences between Trajan and the face Saville used.

What is on the Joy Division cover of unknown pleasures?

In simple terms, the image is a “stacked plot” of the radio emissions given out by a pulsar, a “rotating neutron star”. Originally named CP 1919, the pulsar was discovered in November 1967 by student Jocelyn Bell Burnell and her supervisor Antony Hewish at Cambridge University.

Who designed the cover of unknown pleasures?

Peter Saville
Regarded as one of the most iconic album covers ever, Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures is one of the most identifiable pieces of graphic design art ever and a fine example of the groundbreaking designs from Factory Record’s album cover catalogue designed by British artist Peter Saville.

Who designed the Joy Division logo?

A few years ago, the cover was the subject of a four-minute documentary, Data Visualization Reinterpreted: The Story of Joy Division’s “Unknown Pleasures” Album Design, in which graphic designer Peter Saville ruminated on the cover and pulsars (a star that emits repeating series of radio waves similar to a lighthouse …

What fonts does Peter Saville use?

The insignia uses bespoke typeface Bodoni, which has been used by the company since 1901. Saville, who is cited for putting Manchester back on the map as a creative hotspot, explained the new logo represents the brand’s desire to transcend its heritage trench coat as a modern designer.

What genre is unknown pleasure?

Rock
Unknown Pleasures/Genres

How was unknown pleasures recorded?

Recording. Unknown Pleasures was recorded at Strawberry Studios in Stockport over three weekends between 1 and 17 April 1979, with Martin Hannett producing.

What Bass was used on Unknown Pleasures?

Hondo II
Hook’s melodic, almost strummed bass lines were played upon a Hondo II, a cheap Japanese copy of a Rickenbacker 4003 acquired from a Manchester music store for £99, proving that it doesn’t cost a fortune to change the shape of punk’s future.

What band did Joy Division become?

Division/New Order
Joy Division/New Order, British rock group who, as Joy Division, refined the external chaos of 1970s punk into a disquieting inner turmoil, ushering in the postpunk era, and later, as New Order, pioneered the successful fusion of rock and 1980s African American dance music styles.

What font did Factory Records use?

Brett Wickens of Saville Associates worked on the cover and chose to use Wim Crouwel’s New Alphabet typeface which was released in 1967. In Crouwel’s own words the typeface was “over-the-top and never meant to be used”. The Substance album cover actually reads ‘Subst1mce’ as a stylised and more legible version.

Who is the designer of Joy Division Unknown Pleasures?

Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures has one of the most iconic record sleeves of all time. Designed by Factory Records man Peter Saville, the black-and-white visualisation of pulsar data (radio waves emitted by a pulsar star), has since spawned a life of its own, endlessly re-created and re-produced by fans on t-shirts,…

What was the name of Joy Division’s first album?

Joy Division ’s classic debut Unknown Pleasures features a sleeve design that spawned hundreds of pieces of merchandise and many more parodies. But what about their second album, Closer? What’s that one all about?

How did I find out about Joy Division?

I had no intention of ever learning this much about Joy Division or pulsars, but because of my apt to be a law abiding citizen, I was forced to research the about the ubiquitous design made popular by the British band and artist Peter Saville for a t-shirt project I’m heading on SixPrizes.

Why did Joy Division make a T-shirt parody?

In order to make sure the t-shirt parody project would get off without a hitch, I needed to make sure that I could get around the copyrights that Joy Division or Peter Saville may have on the design. So I did the first thing anyone else would do…