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What with Mrs Eaves?
Hallo,
I have to make some display signs and map ('you are here' kind) layouts for a school, and I'd like to use Mrs Eaves (white on black) for main titles, plus something else (grey on white) for details. What do you suggest? Something not eye-catching and sans-serif yet sleek.
thank you very much
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19 Sep 2004 — 10:53pm
So I'm confused do you want a sans or not? (the wording was a bit ambiguous)
If you do want a sans, i'd recommend Storm's John Sans as both Mrs. Eaves and John Sans are based on the Baskerville face.
20 Sep 2004 — 11:49pm
Mrs Eaves is not something I would suggest for 'way finding' signage.
21 Sep 2004 — 1:00am
LOL, at BYU they used Mrs. Eaves for everything )(I think it musta been some type of "official" university face or sumfin). I don't see why you should discount signage!
But seriously I agree with Kyle. A good, sturdy sans seems a more likely candidate for this type of thing than Mrs. Eaves.
21 Sep 2004 — 9:23am
:^D i was only joking, miss tiff. i just made that remark because mrs. eaves is overused on that campus.
21 Sep 2004 — 9:37am
What is BYU?
21 Sep 2004 — 9:44am
I agree that Mrs Eaves shouldn't be used for "way finding"; but he said the signage was for "you are here", not "this way".
If the wording of your final sentence, Massimo, meant that you wanted a sans-serif, I am enamoured with Slimbach's Myriad (Bold or Semibold may be appropriate); but I am unsure how well a fit that makes with Mrs Eaves.
21 Sep 2004 — 9:55am
BYU = Brigham Young University, my alma mater
21 Sep 2004 — 10:05am
Yes, Micah, that's exactly what I was thinking about. I thougt of Helvetica neue compressed also, or Metron from Storm.
21 Sep 2004 — 11:59am
i'm in love with storm recently. someday when i'm rich im gonna buy their whole library. i'd definately choose metron over helvetica.
21 Sep 2004 — 9:11am
paul. actually byu's official typeface is ... i believe ... hoefler text. the design department however does tend to use mrs. eaves a lot. or they did when i was teaching there.
21 Sep 2004 — 12:08pm
Metron is great, but I think Dyna Grotesk is better. I think it would work very well with Mrs. Eaves. John Sans is a great suggestion tho. Preface from Nick (Shinntype) could be more interesting tho, a little unexpected.