grotesque sans serifs

thierry blancpain
11.Apr.2006 8.26am

hello

im looking for a "helveticaesque" grotesque (no, not helvetica!). no frutiger, no myriad, rather along the lines of akkurat or akzidenz grotesk. any further ideas?

it doesnt have to look very modern. monotype grotesque would be an option too, for example. it will be used in an art project about definitions, but its for a school application so i dont want to use helvetica (they could think that i havent thought about font-choice). oh, and it doesnt need to be perfect for setting long texts.. will mostly be used between 10-20pt on small pages anyway.

thanks!

jupiterboy
11.Apr.2006 8.30am

How about:

http://www.stormtype.com/typefaces-fonts-shop/index.php

geraintf
11.Apr.2006 8.34am

galaxie polaris

http://vllg.com/Village/GalaxiePolaris/

Miss Tiffany
11.Apr.2006 8.46am

FF Bau or Freight Sans

thierry blancpain
11.Apr.2006 9.44am

thanks already. i also found http://www.fontbureau.com/fonts/BureauGrotesque , which seems interesting.

jupiterboy: you linked the index-page of storms shop.. which one did you want to link?

Geoff Riding
11.Apr.2006 9.54am

If you're after something 'helveticesque', go for a neo-grotesque (usually monocular g)* as opposed to a 'benton-franklinesque(?!?)' old grotesque (usually binocular 'g')*. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.

thierry blancpain
11.Apr.2006 10.10am

oh, it doesnt have to be too near to helvetica, i just dont want something too "humanistic" (right term?) like frutiger, rather something impersonal (but not constructed/geometric!), like helvetica.

franklin gothic is on my list, too.

Geoff Riding
11.Apr.2006 10.19am

Then I think old grotesques are right up your alley, FF Bau and Benton Sans are nice.

gerald
11.Apr.2006 10.20am

interstate?

Chris Keegan
11.Apr.2006 10.56am

Maple is cool.
http://www.processtypefoundry.com/typefaces/maple/index.html

Miss Tiffany
11.Apr.2006 10.59am

Maple. Nice!

paul d hunt
11.Apr.2006 11.05am

or miss tiff's other favorite: dyna grotesk

gerald
11.Apr.2006 11.16am

ooooh i've never seen maple. that is some hottttt fontage

jupiterboy
11.Apr.2006 12.55pm

jupiterboy: you linked the index-page of storms shop.. which one did you want to link?

Ooops.

Zeppelin 31-33

kris
11.Apr.2006 3.37pm

Oh yes, Maple is sweet. I have used in four jobs already in the last month, from display to body copy!

seventy7
13.Apr.2006 2.14pm

DynaGrotesk is quite loveable.

thierry blancpain
13.Apr.2006 3.26pm

thanks alot for all your help. i still havent decided about the style, its a personal project so investing in type (with my low budget at the moment) is quite a step.

Geoff Riding
13.Apr.2006 7.11pm

No worries. :^)

If it's personal and you're spending your hard-earned cash, I think you should just go with the one you actually LOVE rather than one that's appropriate to a certain project.

I personally love FF Bau, DynaGrotesk and Maple! I'd have a hell of a hard time deciding between these four. :^D

gordon
14.Apr.2006 9.00am