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Help on a Scala Alternative
Hi All,
I'm after some advice on a job we're doing at the moment -
Our client is opening a venue with a modern-deco feel and we are trying to find a suitable typeface as their corporate font.
We love Scala Sans - however for several reasons we are unable to use that exact face - can anyone suggest an alternate face? I particularly love the crossed 'W' and anything that gives a sophisticated feel would be great.
Many Thanks,
Paul.
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6 Jun 2006 — 12:49am
What about Neutra
6 Jun 2006 — 1:25am
Can you be more specific about your reasons?
Martin Majoor released a follow up to FF Scala last year called FF Nexus.
6 Jun 2006 — 11:22am
Other sans serifs with crossing 'W's:
FF Seria Sans
Adderville
Claude Sans
Kabel
ITC Stone Humanist
6 Jun 2006 — 1:42pm
These are more deco than contemporary, but they stand the test of time:
Bernhard Modern (especially nice set all-caps)
Stellar (great caps, excellent for architectural graphics)
6 Jun 2006 — 5:13pm
Hi,
Thanks for the replies - much appreciated.
We've already looked at Neutra - but the low x height isn't quite as subtle as we'd like.
Stephen - reasoning for not using Scala is that our client came to us with a sample menu from another venue which uses Scala as their corporate face - (although they no longer exist we don't simply want to imitate what had been done prior - especially that they are in the same field)
7 Jun 2006 — 6:54am
http://www.typography.net/type/bliss.htm
Nice cap W on Bliss
Tim
7 Jun 2006 — 11:55am
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7 Jun 2006 — 12:10pm
Nobel
Gotham
both slightly Deco but no crossed W's.
I think Nexus and Seria Sans will probably be too similar to Scala (in fact I don't really get why he released Nexus at all) if you're trying to distinguish yourself from the earlier design.
7 Jun 2006 — 12:14pm
You could also have a look at Parisine/Parisine Plus, very lovely.
Jigsaw is beautiful as well.
7 Jun 2006 — 1:41pm
Patty - I was a little perplexed by the FF Nexus release as well, but it slowly became clear. The family was developed together from the ground up, resulting in a much more compatible set of fonts. I am still a huge FF Scala fan, but FF Nexus serves well if congruous slab, sans, serif, and mono variants are all needed.
More here: http://www.fontshop.com/virtual/newsletters/ff35/