Friendly Serif
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- ian00
What's the friendliest serif font you know of.
Friendly = Large x-height, short ascender and descenders?
Preferably one that has several weights.
I guess Utopia would be a good example of what I am looking for.
Thank you PVN. Thank you.
- NegativeSpace0
http://www.typotheque.com/site/f…
Fedra Serif A is nice, designed with exactly the properties you are looking for.
- donal0
i always thought goudy could be quite chummy
- ian000
nice choices!
anyone else?
- F_180
Rockwell:
- TheTick0
Rockwell, which I love, is more of a slab than a riednly serif..I like Mercury from Hoefler...
- F_180
let's call it a friendly slab.
- _salisae_0
sauna is fairly fucking friendly
- johndiggity0
cooper black / goudy heavyface.
- johndiggity0
any of the ozwald cooper namesakes are friendly for that matter:
http://www.fontshop.com/index.cf…
- Rand0
modern extended?
- scarabin0
cooper black
- NegativeSpace0
Good choices with the underware type for sure.
- Typographica0
I don't know that I'd call Utopia "friendly". But if short 'scenders is what you're looking for, here are a few:
Fedra would be my first choice. Nice suggestion.
Plantin (or Plantin News - Peter Saville's favorite face)
http://www.fontshop.com/showfont…http://www.fontshop.com/showfont…
Imprint
http://www.fontshop.com/showfont…Emona (Utopia alt)
http://www.fontshop.com/showfont…
- Typographica0
Nearly forgot Plantin Schoolbook. The single-storey 'g' and 'a' make it very friendly.
http://www.fontshop.com/showfont…
- TheTick0
Hey, what the F*#k is a friendly face anyway? Is it gonna take me to the pub and buy me a drink?
- F_180
it buys you shots of jager.
- TheTick0
THAT'S not a friend..that's a friendly enemy...