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What is a better alternative tihs this?
Posted by •Prakash Nair in
6 Feb 2007 — 7:53am
6 Feb 2007 — 7:53am
I'm desperately looking for an alternative to this (f)ugly face. The idea was something that could work with Meta (body copy), yet in a completely human, quirky, silly way. I dont want it to be overdone to the point where it starts conflicting with other elements on the page. Please help anyone. Thanks in advance
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6 Feb 2007 — 8:12am
What's the context?
6 Feb 2007 — 8:30am
Oops sorry. Its for a corporate identity. But the "quirky" face is only going to be used for powerpoint presentations (to explain to clients in a softer, looser tone). And also used very minimally as callouts or quotes perhaps 2-3 sentences etc.
6 Feb 2007 — 9:23am
Maybe something from FF Hands.
6 Feb 2007 — 9:32am
How about http://www.1001fonts.com/font_details.html?font_id=2178 ?
(insert self-promotion disclaimer here)
6 Feb 2007 — 9:40am
Felt tip?
6 Feb 2007 — 10:59am
I forgot Calliope, my favorite legible-but-natural handwritten script.
6 Feb 2007 — 11:41am
I should probably stop beating the House Industries drum, but they've got a ton of gorgeous quirky fonts, one of them has to be perfect for this sort of thing.
6 Feb 2007 — 12:14pm
Never stop beating that drum. House rocks.
6 Feb 2007 — 12:51pm
You might check out Lindsey Pro from Ascender. It is opentype and includes some alternates.
6 Feb 2007 — 1:50pm
Also check out Mark Simonson's several felt-tip faces ... All are quite good and have enough alternates to work in this type of use.
Mark van Bronkhorst's are very good too - he has several others besides Calliope.
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7 Feb 2007 — 2:42am
FF Hands- too funky.
I second Linotype Feltip. Its neutral but it has personality. Ropsen is also close.
Lindsay Pro is well done however it may be too high contrast. It's probably hinted though.
Marydale, Bradley Hand, Lucida Casual, and even Chalkboard.
There are zillons of casual scripts out there... the tough part is finding the right one.
Mikey :-)
18 Oct 2007 — 9:01pm
Calliope (now in OpenType format) is now only 9.86 each weight and MVB introduced a new semi bold weight to the family as well.
Cheap and chic is trés magnifique!
Mikey
PS:
Coles> I'm sure you already bought these? Favorite script on the fontshop.com site is Calliope- must be your handy work. :-)
19 Oct 2007 — 9:49am
'tis. We'll have the OpenType's and Semibold soon.