Sans to pair with Mercury
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- Scotch_Roman
I'm tired of using Gotham for my own stuff. I still love it, but every other designer in the world uses it for their own I.D.
I'm looking for a new sans to pair with Mercury. I'm considering flipping the typical sans/serif paradigm and using Mercury Display for heads and subheads, but then using a sans for text.
I want a sans that has text (old style) figures, so that rules out some obvious choices like Benton or Franklin Gothic.
I'm think Avenir Next, but not sure if it really works:
- Scotch_Roman0
*this is in part b/c Avenir Next has text figures and small caps. The problem with Mercury is that it lacks text figures, that's the main impetus for the change.
- 5timuli0
Proxima Nova?
- Hmm... I like, but the lowercase a bothers me. Its counter is too round for my taste.Scotch_Roman
- I prefer more of a teardrop-shaped a.Scotch_Roman
- Scotch_Roman0
What about National? I don't own it yet, but am thinking it might be worth the purchase...
- also quite nice7point34
- Yeah and it's got italic small caps, a rare feature...Scotch_Roman
- duckofrubber0
Bliss Sans (the Caps version is OSF)
- Scotch_Roman0
I'm torn. I like Avenir because it's strong geometry could work well with Mercury, which has more geometry to it than most serifs; but I also like the workman-like warmth of a grotesque like National. One of the problems with Gotham is that it looks so round next to Mercury, especially the lowercase.
- TheBlueOne0
My personal fav sans I use for personal stuff, even if some people hate them:
Trade Gothic
Vllg Galaxie Polaris
Aaux Pro
LineTo Replica
- Scotch_Roman0
Or Whitney could work... again though, I'd have to buy it. I like it more than Avenir, seems a bit easier on the eye for long paragraphs... but I already own Avenir Next.
