Can type be sexy? Erotic art has existed since prehistoric man started painting on cave walls. The first
erotic alphabets appeared soon after the invention of printing in the mid-15th century, yet these were illustrations rather than type, with copulating human bodies creating the letter forms.
However, for one decade – from the early 1970s to the early-to-mid 1980s – erotic art and commercial art converged during the Golden Age of Porn. Recurring typefaces on adult film posters of the porno chic period were characterised by soft and voluptuous letter forms, curvacious shapes with swirling swashes and ligatures, big ball terminals and liquid loops.
The fonts below feature the classic sexy faces from the 70s.
CASLON GRAPHIQUE
The extreme contrast and generous forms in Caslon Graphique make its character shapes particularly voluptuous, with enticing pear-shaped terminals.
DIDONI
Not only are the ball terminals in this extra bold modern face exceptionally big, Didoni also sports one of the sexiest ampersands.
TANGO
Colin Brignall designed the Tango typeface in 1974. A groovy swirl of a font, Tango looks like disco party ready to lift off. Tango is one of many fonts that have come to symbolize the party music of the 1970s, familiar forms can be found on countless album covers from that era. Tango is a child of it's times - flashy, lively, and fun!
COOPER BT
When looking from up close the reader can imagine the shape of the female body in the rounded serifs and sensuous curves of Oswald Cooper’s eponymous display face.
EF STILLA
If you are in need of sensual curves and big balls you need not look any further than this high-contrast French buxom beauty.
LAZYBONES
The neo-script Lazybones entices the reader with bulging reverse-contrast curves and thick, meaty swashes on its soft slab serif capitals.
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