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Centaur & which Sans serif?
Posted by EyeLoveDesign in
19 Sep 2009 — 9:13pm
19 Sep 2009 — 9:13pm
Hi
Im doing a book on art and museums, and I was thinking of using Centaur...can you please suggest a sans serif font that is a good combination with Centaur?
Also, would you recommend any other serif/sans serif font combinations which are historically relevant to art and museums?
Any feedback would be much appreciated.
...Thank you!
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20 Sep 2009 — 1:27pm
Centaur, in its digital incarnation, is a weak typeface. You could try Adobe Jenson, based on the same sources.
20 Sep 2009 — 2:24pm
Hi Neha,
you might like Legacy. Like Centaur, it is a revival of the work of Nicolas Jenson – and it has a sans companion!
Furthermore, I can imagine Today Sans to work quite well.
Related thread: Sans Companion for Bembo Book
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20 Sep 2009 — 3:50pm
http://typophile.com/node/62197
20 Sep 2009 — 6:04pm
@Manlio: digital Monotype Centaur is weak, but my accurate digital reconstruction, Museum, is much stronger. Unfortunately, quite incomplete, so, while it might be usable for some display work, it's nowhere near ready for being a text face for a book.
23 Sep 2009 — 12:35am
@raph: I was aware of it and I hope you will complete it soon.
3 Dec 2009 — 7:21pm
Maybe Syntax, or Today Sans.
hhp
3 Dec 2009 — 10:55pm
Shinntype's Figgins Sans has a small x-height and large contrast between cap and lower case stem widths.
You could use it with an oldstyle like Centaur or Bembo, or with Scotch Modern, which it was designed to partner.