font for a Keith Richards quote

April 26, 2023 5:45 PM

I'm interested in having cards made with this quote: “The rock's easy, but the roll is another thing...” ― Keith Richards If you are feeling creative, could you suggest a font? How about a vendor for this sort of thing? Thank you

I think I made a photo card on Shutterfly once, but other than that I'm not very familiar with what's out there. On the off chance that you have not heard of Keith Richards, he is the Rolling Stones guitarist who worked with Mick Jagger.

I like the quote not because I am a fan, but because I am hip deep in eldercare lately, and I think it sums up a lot about growing old - much better than "growing old is not for sissies" which is true enough, but not the aspect I am looking to highlight.

Thank you

posted by egk to Grab Bag (3 answers total)

The 'Some Girls' jukebox card font is approximated by a number of brushscript typefaces.

I used to know what font Voodoo Lounge used (also used on Steel Wheels, and a lot of the tour stuff from the era, I think), but can no longer recall. To my mind, that's what Keith's solo stuff looks like -- but maybe that's just because that's about when that weird Xpensive Winos project happened.

If there's a particular album cover you want to evoke, I'd probably just put that request up on a gig work site, and ask for the work back in whatever format your printer requires. Why limit it to a font?
posted by snuffleupagus at 5:58 PM on April 26, 2023 [1 favorite]

And if you do this, the Let it Bleed birthday cake would make sense.
posted by snuffleupagus at 6:09 PM on April 26, 2023

according to this, Futura Display or Deko Display would give the debut R Stones album font and there is a mixed case font that looks ok.
posted by vunder at 8:58 PM on April 26, 2023 [1 favorite]