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History of Harbour

Harbour is a combination of Germanic and Latin styles, drawing strongly from calligraphic design details from both genres. Its wide-open round characters give it an approachable nature yet the diagonal stress and sharp geometric serifs and angles warn you not to get too close, like some kind of deadly, exotic plant.
Harbour was designed by Gareth Hague and released through Alias in 1998. Gareth Hague designed many custom typefaces and corporate identities for prestigious clientele such as Prada and Vera Wang. In 1990, he met designer David James when they began working together to design record sleeves for some notable musicians such as Neneh Cherry and Boy George. As they continued collaborating on more and more projects and branching out into more fields, they found themselves increasingly making use of art-directed photos and custom type design.
Together, they co-founded Alias in 1996 in order to design and promote their own fonts and make custom typefaces and logotype designs on commission.

Designers would describe Harbour as: Designers would describe Harbour as geometric with anchored serifs, the weight of the strokes vary, there is a vertical stress throughout but most prominently on the 'O.' It is an imitation of calligraphy pen handwriting; 'foux old.'

Non-designers would describe Harbour as: Wild, giving off 80's metal band vibes, medieval, pirate/vampire, renfaire like vibes, 'hollywood old.'

Harbour in real life...

https://bpando.org/2017/07/07/don-alonso-de-suquia/ Don Alonso de Suquía by Bermudez, Porta & Casasus

Drunkendog Taphouse

GOTHIC VIOLENCE by Mike Ma

Harbour & the 5 senses:

Harbour smells like a strong musk, like an old man or a very clean gentleman

Harbour feels like a sharp edge or point, like a shark tooth...

Harbour tastes savory and strong like sourdough bread or a sharp cheese...

Harbour sounds like: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor - Chorales Preludes.

Who is Harbour?

Harbour is spooky like Nosferatu and strong like THE Russian cheese man.. Harbour is bold, clean and consistent..

When to use Harbour:

You should use Harbour when you want a spooky, bold theme in your writing. you should use Harbour when you want to get someone's attention... Harbour is good for titles and signs.

When to NOT use Harbour:

You should not use Harbour when typing paragraphs or in a large section of text. Harbour is not easy to read in small sizes or cramped together.