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Structural sans-serif with swash?
Posted by smrvl in
21 Apr 2010 — 6:30am
21 Apr 2010 — 6:30am
This may be a common question, but I was wondering if anyone knew of a structural sans-serif (like Gotham or Proxima Nova) that had an alternate character set with colorful swashes, like Caslon or Garamond do.
I frequently find myself wanting to set headlines in a strong, simple face and then dress up one or two letters; if I had such a font in my back pocket, I think it could happen. I'd appreciate any leads!
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21 Apr 2010 — 7:19am
The rather static nature of sans typefaces makes it tricky … but it’s an interesting idea. Do you think of alternate capitals or lowercase? Just alternate glyph shapes or elaborate swashy tails on it –?
21 Apr 2010 — 7:24am
Does Aspect qualify?
21 Apr 2010 — 7:28am
JFP's Parisine Plus, as a counterpart to Parisine.
http://www.typofonderie.com/alphabets/view/ParisinePlusPTF
http://www.typofonderie.com/alphabets/view/ParisinePTF
Also see: http://typophile.com/node/69639
21 Apr 2010 — 7:39am
Thank you, Andreas, J, and nina! I guess what I'm really looking for is something akin to a digitized Helvetica Flair.
I don't love working in Helvetica except for certain kinds of projects (and as far as I know, Helvetica Flair is both undigitized and somewhat unholy), so I just wondered if anyone had seen fit to make a good solid constructed sans-serif with confident, over-the-top swashes like those.
21 Apr 2010 — 9:02am
I could help with something like this:
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(rough scetch!)
21 Apr 2010 — 9:04am
Now that's what I'm talking about.
21 Apr 2010 — 9:24am
;-)
But it’s not ready yet.
21 Apr 2010 — 9:36am
In the meantime, though, you could try Estilo Script.
21 Apr 2010 — 10:03am
That looks promising! :)
Also, Brownstone might be interesting: http://www.sudtipos.com/fonts/133
21 Apr 2010 — 2:14pm
If you could settle for just lowercase*, Fox TRF offers some interesting shapes:
http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/tipografiaramis/fox-trf/
* Uppercase is plain.
27 Apr 2010 — 6:06am
Thank you all very much! Sorry for letting this thread sit for a few days. I appreciate all the suggestions. It's great to know what's out there.
27 Apr 2010 — 6:44am
23 Feb 2012 — 1:02pm
agostina
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikecina/3881800187/
12 Apr 2012 — 8:19pm
It has some slabs, but Monroe:
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/sudtipos/monroe/