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- Etype0
If anyone wants to send my knockout? or british rail... that would be great
- Etype0
there was some new faont i saw awhile back Nue something
- Josev0
My next sans purchases are going to be one of these two:
FFBau
Breuer Text: http://www.typetrust.com/font/br…
- vaxorcist0
like any true designer, you've got to find a pricey, tightly liscensed font that looks ALMOST like a totally "normal" font, that way when your client attemtps to fix typos on their own, it will look strange and you can enjoy the freaking out and make some money....
- gramme0
Well, it was mentioned before, but when I think of a friendlier grotesque, I go to National. Just started using it this year, and it's gorgeous. The thing you have to get used to is that the letters are small, i.e. short. Not a short x-height mind you, but I'm finding I have to set it .5 to a full point larger than I usually would for a sans of average construction. Beyond that though, it's space-efficient and very well kerned. The various figures and small caps are a nice touch. In fact, to me it's like a much more evenly-colored Akzidenz. Personally, I hate Akzidenz for text; the unevenness of weight between the capitals and the lowercase is distracting and even under great conditions, it looks like poor inking.
See recent issues of Eye Magazine for great use of National. I think they also use Newzald there, another good one from Klim.
- quamb0
new rail wins.
wish the set wasn't £1k. would kill for it. soo nice.
- TheAnthonyWallace0
ive been using berthold akzidenz grotesk and gotham the past couple years for my bold sans text. really great fonts.
gotham seems to be the latest winner.