While searching around the Internet I came across a popular
place for type today that people do not notice as much. The Headstone. The modern headstone is usually a large
engraved name and set of dates fallowed by a quote on some sort of stone, most
commonly granite. When putting in an order for a headstone you are confronted
with several typographic and stylistic choices. First you choose which
typeface. Most commonly used today is Roman serif fonts, giving the headstones
a solemn serious feeling. There is however many other options that companies
give you including some questionable script fonts and some san serifs for
smaller text.
Some of the more common stylistic choices deal with how the
stone itself is treated. These options deal with both the text on the stone and
the stone behind the text. Some people prefer a frosted panel for the type to
sit on or a polished surface while others have the text cut straight into the
rough stone. How the letters are cut into the stone is another choice with the leading
styles being a V cut, skin cut or a polished or frosted outline. While this outlines the most standard rout to
take other people have come up with more creative ways to be remembered. Brooks
Wheeler for instance decided to make a unique headstone for his self where he
carved doodles and friends names into the stone saying it was a “fun stone”.
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