Combining Fonts
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- Fontsmith0
frutiger and sabon, are my two favs of all time. (apart from my own work of course) Are you looking for Sans in headline, and Serif in text? serifs are the way forward... good luck
- 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
- gramme0
—Then there's always the Meta meta-family:
http://www.fontshop.com/search/?…
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- jimzy0
comic sans + comic sans
- utopian0
Didot & Trade Gothic
- utopian0
Knockout & Goudy
- Paralell0
anything a bit more actual about combining fonts?
thx in advance
- Paralell0
interesting thread!
- rkrd0
Don't mix Neo and Officina Sans. Echt jetzt.
If you want something bauhausy, you can try Chalet by House.
- 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
- 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
- johndiggity0
ag is not exactly modern. do you mean more modernist grotesque typefaces? or typefaces designed in the last 10 years or so?
- 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