Versatile Typeface
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- patnoodle
Looking for a typeface family with varying widths and weights (similar to Hoefler's Knockout series http://www.typography.com/catalo… )
Anyone got any ideas?
- rabattski0
akzidenz, helvetica, sauna, gill sans, folio, etc. etc. etc.
- patnoodle0
Not enough variations in weight - I'm looking for something similar to a multiple master in terms of versatility. Knockout has plenty but it's not the style I'm looking for.
- rabattski0
well in that case i have no clue. or have no understanding of what you mean. which is very possible. since my head is out of order today. what today? scratch that. make that the entire month already. yeah!
- MLVR0
similiar in style or just because it has alot of weights? This won't probably be of much help but, one of my favourites at the moment even though Wallpaper* uses it: http://www.orangeitalic.com/font… also take a look at their other fonts. Good Luck.
- patnoodle0
Just like that yeah. Perfect example of what I mean here: http://www.pentagram.com/portfol…
Anyone know the typeface used there?
- afriend0
Many widely used typefaces have tons of weights, like Universe for example has these:
Univers 55 Roman
Univers 55 Oblique
Univers 65 Bold
Univers 65 Bold Oblique
Univers 66 Bold Italic
Univers 75 Black
Univers 76 Black Oblique
Univers 85 Extra Black
Univers 85 Extra Black Oblique
Univers 45 Light
Univers 45 Light Oblique
Univers 53 Extended
Univers 53 Extended Oblique
Univers 63 Bold Extended
Univers 63 Bold Extended Oblique
Univers 73 Black Extended
Univers 73 Black Extended Oblique
Univers 93 Extra Black Extended
Univers 93 Extra Black Extended Oblique
Univers 57 Condensed
Univers 57 Condensed Oblique
Univers 67 Condensed Bold
Univers 67 Condensed Bold Oblique
Univers 47 Condensed Light
Univers 47 Condensed Light Oblique
Univers 59 Ultra Condensed
Univers 39 Thin Ultra Condensed
Univers 49 Light Ultra Condensed
- Baskerville0
jeremy tankard's font 'Bliss' has a lot of weights and variations
- 5lblunker0
Looks like Paula is using Knockout there. Also possible she is using 2 or 3 faces that play well together. It's ussually not the type but how the type is used that counts.
- ********0
Looks a lot like Interstate:
- winter0
Franklin Gothic ?
- ********0
good call Franklin might work or maybe Meta FF.
- Bunkum0
Franklin Gothic is one of the only fonts I know that can hold up under horizontal and /or vertical scaling.
- ********0
public theater uses champion gothic, which is basically knockout with less weights
- spaniard0
You could try Thesis:
www.fontfabrik.com/fofafon2.html…
We use it for a corporate client, I don't like it personally but there are 144 variants...