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Text companion for PMN Caecilia
Posted by Hieronymus in
20 Oct 2008 — 12:01pm
20 Oct 2008 — 12:01pm
Have a client who signed off on a logotype set in PMN Caecilia. Now need to find a suitable companion typeface for text and taglines, and a web equivalent.
The client runs a large executive placement firm and like things 'clean & modern'.
Any thoughts?
Thanks!
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20 Oct 2008 — 12:12pm
The most logical sans serif companion for Caecilia is TheSans. Comes from the same school of thought.
20 Oct 2008 — 1:02pm
I think that putting a member of the Thesis family and PMN Ceacilia in ‘one bed’ could be a bit indelicate. The designers came from the same school and the same influences, but PMN Caecilia is more coherent than TheSerif (formerly known as Thesis Serif).
For what it’s worth: I have used Caecilia extensively for headlines as well as text (which I preferred slightly compressed, say to 92 or 94%), and have combined it with for instance Metro Sans (Bold) for captions and such, or with Avenir (that has some of that Neo-Humanist quality that Caecilia has too.
PMS Caecilia is one of my all time favorites, as you might guess : )
Web equivalent? Not amongst the usual suspects, I am afraid.
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Bert Vanderveen BNO
20 Oct 2008 — 4:22pm
Bert,
"PMS Caecilia is one of my all time favorites..."
Is PMS Caecilia some sort of color version of PMN Caecilia? (Smile.)
-- Clint
20 Oct 2008 — 7:39pm
PMN = Peter Mathias Noordzij
21 Oct 2008 — 7:17am
Thanks folks - this has been helpful!
++ Hieronymus
++ www.gabardinestudios.com
22 Oct 2008 — 4:07am
Come on guys, I am a designer, not a typist ; )
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Bert Vanderveen BNO
22 Oct 2008 — 8:20am
Have you played with a Kindle yet? Apparently there are those who believe Caecilia itself is perfectly suitable for book-length body text!
23 Oct 2008 — 12:28am
Bert,
I didn't mean to upset you with my comment. I do understand that one's typos and inadvertent errors do not normally need to be pointed out, but in this case, the error seemed somewhat humorous, and I thought you and others might enjoy noting it. (I did try to convey my light-hearted intent with the use of the "Smile" word -- guess that didn't work, sorry.)
-- Clint
23 Oct 2008 — 4:21am
The PMS reference may just be too hard to get if your first language isn't English ... it's not something you learn in English class.
Which reminds me of a sign I once saw in England: "These premises are protected by PMS 24/7" ;)
23 Oct 2008 — 9:07am
Clint,
that is what I tried to do with
; )
Probably too old-fashioned...
BTW PMS = also Post Menstrual Syndrome, Pantone Matching System, …
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Bert Vanderveen BNO
24 Oct 2008 — 3:28am
I've used Legacy Sans a number of times with PMN Caecilia. A lot of stuff in the humanist sans world could probably be made to accompany it well, too.