Combining Fonts
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- jimzy0
comic sans + comic sans
- lvl_130
i like fruitiger and charter, but i think it looks weird that you have the first paragraph and the title in frutiger. i don't speak/read german so i really have no idea what it says and/if that makes sense.
- doesnotexist0
gotham and garamond
- baseline_shift0
i dig neo and officina
- they are all pretty solid thoughbaseline_shift
- +1 think so tooooo.akrokdesign
- Paralell0
anything a bit more actual about combining fonts?
thx in advance
- pascii0
yeah, they're like from the schoolbook... which is ok. i have to use the frutiger, so i probably make some comps with Adrian Frutiger Fonts: http://www.linotype.com/de/18617… but still, i can't let a Frutiger look cool, can i?
- Josev0
I like the Frutiger and Charter the most because they kindof work well together, Actually, you may want to explore more pairings. I also like the Neo and Officina but the shapes of the letterforms are very close to each other. Why not just use all Neo instead of mixing the two.
- jaylarson0
- I feel like this is leaving out a lot of text faces that are much better than the ones on the list.Countryman
- that's the very basics, these combos just workpascii
- also the fact that the text and display faces are exactly the same seems like a bad way to set up the matrix. I would add more display only faces in the display and text only faces in the text.Countryman
- this is pretty old too, from U&lcjaylarson
- jesus u&lc made this????Countryman
- '1992'.detritus
- gramme0
A couple of other nice meta-families:
Thesis by Luc DeGroot
http://www.fontshop.com/search/?…Galaxie (Polaris and Copernicus) by Klim & Chester Jenkins
http://www.vllg.com/Village/Gala…
http://www.vllg.com/Village/Gala…In addition to using super-families like these that have sans as well as serif components, you'll also have higher chances of compatibility when using different type families created by the same designer. Some of Klim's typefaces come to mind, such as National and Newzald which pair beautifully. Same with H&FJ—e.g., Gotham + Chronicle or Mercury.
- gramme0
—Then there's always the Meta meta-family:
http://www.fontshop.com/search/?…
- pascii0
afre there any good examples with 'modern' typefaces like neutra, or Akzidenz Grotesque. The NeoSans one is the only modern one i could find out
- pascii0
afre there any good examples with 'modern' typefaces like neutra, or Akzidenz Grotesque. The NeoSans one is the only modern one i could find out
- gramme0
Without knowing anything about your client or the tone of the piece, it's hard to say what's best. But from a purely aesthetic standpoint, Frutiger works with either Charter or Sabon. I wouldn't recommend using Mrs. Eaves for anything besides wedding invitations. And even then, I personally wouldn't use it when I've got a functioning version of Baskerville right here.
- johndiggity0
ag is not exactly modern. do you mean more modernist grotesque typefaces? or typefaces designed in the last 10 years or so?
- pascii0
i completely lost track in the last years, so i must put it this way:
i would love to see some old modernist bauhaus fonts in a new combination and some new lights on the horizon to enlighten my typo skills
- neue75_bold0
to keep it simple try using a face that has both a sans and serif, like Freight for example.. otherwise, you seem to be using some of my least favorite fonts together [except Sabon] so I can't really comment on what you have done...
- surely you can dig deeper, do better than Frutiger, ffs...neue75_bold
- frutiger, well - clients ci font... *sigh*pascii
- Countryman0
there aren't that many "bauhaus" fonts especially in the grotesque category. It sounds like your generalizing half a century of sans serif fonts into the "bauhaus" category. Most grotesque typefaces either came out long before the bauhaus or were designed in another part of the world all together
- fresnobob0
Eek, dude, ok... When you combine typefaces it is really important that they fit proportionally. For example, look at your first choice (Meta/Mrs Eaves): Like, dude, they don't even look like you used the same size because the proportions are so different. It would probably really help you out a lot to look at them side by side instead of stacked so you can see how the cap and x-heights line up.
- yes, didn't do that yet. still looking for a good pair
pascii
- yes, didn't do that yet. still looking for a good pair