Alternatives to Futura?
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I'm looking for a friendly clear font like Futura, but not Futura.
Any ideas?
- identity0
avenir comes to mind - geometric
- BRNK0
To state the obvious:
http://www.houseind.com/fonts/ne…
- Amicus0
Google comes up with about a million lists, including this one:
- gramme0
How close to Futura do you want to be? Avenir is one of the closest, but some other geometric sans are Gotham, Proxima Nova, and Verlag.
- Knuckleberry0
Century Gothic
Avenir
Neutra
- utopian0
Gill Sans
Akzidenz Grotesk
Avant Garde
Kabel
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I kinda dig this:
- I learned to read with a typeface that looked like that. I still find it exciting, is that weird ?mikotondria3
- letterhead0
- I've had my eye on that. It would be a great replacement for Gill SansJosev
- It's even more North London in the 30s than Gill Sans. "Come to Southend, by train only 4shillings"mikotondria3
- niceutopian
- sssh! keep it under your hat.
Beautiful font.detritus - Oh, this is a lovely one.Continuity
- I didn't like it at first, but it's growing on me. Seems there's been a glut of revival grots.gramme
- Josev0
FF Super Grotesk, It has a nice alternate lowercase a
http://www.fontshop.com/fonts/do…
Nobel
http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/fon…
Drescher Grotesk
http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/bit…
- utopian0
- This is nowhere nere futura.Bam
- *nearBam
- I'd say it's more of an FF Dax replacement.Continuity
- they're both geometricdoesnotexist
- Miesfan0
Twentieth Century
http://www.linotype.com/es/15974…
Century Gothic
http://www.itcfonts.com/fonts/De…
- twelveandahalf0
Verlag from Hoefler & Frére-Jones
http://www.typography.com/fonts/…OR
Neutraface from House Industries
http://www.houseind.com/fonts/ne…
- pressplay0
Proxima Nova
- doesnotexist0
you cannot replace futura.
- manonthestreet0
The futura will not be televised


