Hotspot era design

[le petit corbusier]

It’s part of the DIN typeface. Can’t remember if it was a standard on my Mac or if I picked up my version from work, but shouldn’t be too difficult to find a version online. I’ll double-check the weight of the font tomorrow.

DIN Medium is the specific font. BY MY RECKONING the album cover text is set at 8.75pt with 9.5pt leading, optical kerning at 0 and the tracking set to -30 but this is probably a bit TMI tbh.

Ever hopeful for the comic sans album ....

Indeed. The Comic Sans album, please.

[carstenklein]

DIN Medium is the specific font. BY MY RECKONING the album cover text is set at 8.75pt with 9.5pt leading, optical kerning at 0 and the tracking set to -30 but this is probably a bit TMI tbh.

Ever hopeful for the comic sans album ....

Indeed. The Comic Sans album, please.

Not so sure about a Comic Sans album

But you are right — it is the DIN (Deutsche Industrie Norm) typeface. I found out whilst making up a few posters to announce an event over here, in Amsterdam, celebrating the release of you-know-which-album. I will be DJ-ing that evening, which I’m looking forward to, of course.

Feels a bit shameless to open a separate threat for this, but should any of you guys be in Amsterdam that weekend, feel free to come! Here is the link to the event:

https://www.facebook.com/events/7419985 ... 965700274/

The banner also has a little audio teaser, more to follow in the coming 2 weeks Attaching those posters I designed here, too.

[Nicholas]

The back of the Hotspot CD is now viewable at https://www.discogs.com/Pet-Shop-Boys-H ... e/14688287 for those impatient people who are into that sort of thing (such as me).

[Nicholas]

I mean, it looks EXACTLY as you would have expected based on the single sleeves but it’s still thrilling.

[Pod]

Nice new photo being used by HMV - not seen this one yet but apologies if it’s been posted already!

This same picture is in the musik express magazine.

[Native]

Not quite Hotspot era design, but they were spotted walking through London yesterday by somebody on Twitter. This picture would actually make a good sleeve! https://twitter.com/damnfinelad/status/ ... 19169?s=21

[Lleonard Pler]

I think this might be the most uninteresting design era of their career... It must be intentional but none of these cover artworks evokes anything to me.