Typophile - Looking for a font similar to Gulliver (as used in USA Today) - Comments

What exactly do you mean

Bald Condensed — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 17:04:02 -0700

What exactly do you mean with “I need it too...”? You can purchase a license for Gulliver here (although I fear it’s price is out of range of most mere mortals.

Do you have any of the fonts

bowfinpw — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 07:40:57 -0700

Do you have any of the fonts that were mentioned? What features of Gulliver are you trying to match?

- Mike Yanega

I need it too... any one can

heikhal — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 02:37:14 -0700

I need it too... any one can help? pls...

Loren, you said you wanted

bowfinpw — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 06:10:04 -0800

Loren, you said you wanted to find something in your own collection that was similar to Gulliver. Can you post a list of serif fonts you have, or tell us what libraries you are using? It seems pointless for us to try to name ’similar’ fonts, if we have no idea what you might have.

For example, I would say that DSType’s ’Aquila’ and ’Cultura’ have basic letterforms that are similar to Gulliver; and ’Collis’ from TEFF is also rather similar in weight and letter shapes; or ’Fedra Serif B’ is visually similar looking on a page and has a wide range of weights.

Do you have any of those?

- Mike Yanega

Fair enough, but Utopia

Bald Condensed — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 00:38:36 -0800

Fair enough, but Utopia hardly looks like Gulliver, no? ;^)

Slimbach always flopped when

mondoB — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 23:20:30 -0800

Slimbach always flopped when I tried it; just too weak. That endstroke atop the l/c a just fades in smaller sizes. Try Utopia, very strong for this usage.

To me this sort of question

bowfinpw — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 14:23:07 -0800

To me this sort of question needs more information, such as what are the aspects of Gulliver that appeal to you? Are there specific letters you like? Is it the darkness or color of the type on the page? The x-height?

What would define ’similar’ in your view? (It’s a very subjective quality, I find.)

- Mike Yanega

Or ITC Slimbach?

Bald Condensed — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 13:06:22 -0800

Or ITC Slimbach?

Even Baker Signet might

Lex Kominek — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 13:04:20 -0800

Even Baker Signet might work.

- Lex

I’ll have to do some

hrant — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 09:39:33 -0800

I’ll have to do some digging...
I do remember asking somebody who was going to interview Unger
(for TypeRadio) to ask him what he thought of it, but nothing happened.

hhp

What is the name of this

Miss Tiffany — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 09:32:49 -0800

What is the name of this font?

There’s a recent font

hrant — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 09:22:19 -0800

There’s a recent font (also used in a newspaper)
by some small* Danish foundry that’s close.

* Redundant? :-)

hhp

Do you have Swift? Bitstream

Miss Tiffany — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 08:41:40 -0800

Do you have Swift? Bitstream Amerigo, also by Gerard Unger, shares some DNA also.

Looking for a font similar to Gulliver (as used in USA Today)

lorenk — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 08:35:12 -0800

can someone please help me find a font that is very similar to the USA TODAY body copy typeface? I know it is Gulliver, but I would like to use a font that I already have that is as close to this as possible.

Thanks!