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Looking for a font similar to Gulliver (as used in USA Today)
Posted by lorenk in
16 Nov 2006 — 8:35am
16 Nov 2006 — 8:35am
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!
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16 Nov 2006 — 8:41am
Do you have Swift? Bitstream Amerigo, also by Gerard Unger, shares some DNA also.
16 Nov 2006 — 9:22am
There's a recent font (also used in a newspaper)
by some small* Danish foundry that's close.
* Redundant? :-)
hhp
16 Nov 2006 — 9:32am
What is the name of this font?
16 Nov 2006 — 9:39am
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
16 Nov 2006 — 1:04pm
Even Baker Signet might work.
- Lex
16 Nov 2006 — 1:06pm
Or ITC Slimbach?
16 Nov 2006 — 2:23pm
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
16 Nov 2006 — 11:20pm
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.
17 Nov 2006 — 12:38am
Fair enough, but Utopia hardly looks like Gulliver, no? ;^)
17 Nov 2006 — 6:10am
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
29 Mar 2008 — 2:37am
I need it too... any one can help? pls...
29 Mar 2008 — 7:40am
Do you have any of the fonts that were mentioned? What features of Gulliver are you trying to match?
- Mike Yanega
29 Mar 2008 — 5:04pm
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.