DIN Next
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- Mau0
- Rand0
I almost feel like in cleaning it up too much, the industrial charm may be lost
- Mau0
- do you have DIN next? How does it compare to FF?Rand
- hmmmmmMau
- not sure..Mau
- I don´t have it... I wrote DIN Next with FF Din, ;)Mau
- heheheheRand
- although you don't have it, which do you think you prefer?Rand
- is this a rhetorical question?Mau
- not rhetorical--from comparing them online, I meanRand
- FF DIN.. beautiful alternates.. and also the numbers are lovelyMau
- Mau0
- typist0
FF din is the best version so far...
- ukit0
Do you guys have an opinion on best version of Din? They are all pretty different.
- Mau0
I am not a huge fan either but I don´t think you can compare it with other usual sans serif faces....its to arbitrary.
It works well for clinics, electric- energy- chemical- medical- etc companies, or for german freeways ;)
- typist0
it's the lowercase "l" and "a" that make me fall in love with din
- ukit0
I don't think it's necessarily interchangeable with those other faces though. Din has its own personality which is different from those....although if there is a better drawn face out there in the same vein I'd love to see.
- Scotch_Roman0
I personally find DIN to be heavy-handed, clunky, and poorly kerned. The lowercase is particularly ungainly. I think just about any of the common sans families are drawn and constructed in better ways—be it Univers, Gotham, Helvetica, Franklin, Benton, etc. etc...
- All true, yes...Kiggen
- the appeal of DIN for me was always the awkward, utilitarian, industrial qualityRand
- The "clunkiness" in part of the aesthetic, although I agree that some of the versions could be better constructed.ukit
- If I want industrial, I'd go for something like Klavika...Scotch_Roman
- Klavika is more "conscious" looking, whereas DIN seems like the byproduct of some alternate agendaRand
- which lends a certain authentic charm, IMORand
- CphGD0
I don't understand why some of you always rate the quality of a font on how much it is being used. A good font is a good font no matter how used or old it is!
- CphGD0
DIN is still amazing. Who cares if it's old...
- ukit0
What - you don't want to pony up $700 for a slightly different version of a font you already own., you cheapskate!:)
- utopian0
Who has a copy?
- digitalN0
I ALWAYS thought most of the DIN family is way kewler then Helvetica. Even Frutiger kicks Helvetica's ass anyday.
- ukit0
Din and Gotham, the new Helvetica?
- TheBlueOne0
I know I'll get hate heaped upon me, but I always liked Aaux Pro as a more contemporary DIN alternative. Yeah, it's kinda funky and not drawn well, but maybe because of that it's not as cold as DIN, and I love the lower case "g"...