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Hi,
I'm working on an artist monograph, and I'm looking for a classic, elegant & geometric typeface such as Bodoni. Can be a bit more avantgarde.
I'd use Bodoni but somehow I feel it's been used and abused, so I'd be grateful for any suggestions of fonts that would create the same effect, but are bit "fresher" for the eye.
thanks,
.a
19 Sep 2011 — 12:42pm
Just checking: Is this for text?
19 Sep 2011 — 12:52pm
It's for the titles and quotations, the text is in Verlag Book, or whichever sans serif that "sits" nice next to Bodoni.
19 Sep 2011 — 1:14pm
Currently I can think of these Bodoni-like faces:
Khunrath's Justus (has a wee bit of Life BT in it).
Jos Buivenga's Geotica.
19 Sep 2011 — 2:04pm
http://lineto.com/1.0/content_2.html
19 Sep 2011 — 2:07pm
A couple of ideas from the 'avantgarde' corner:
http://optimo.ch/typefaces_Didot-Elder.html ? Maybe too Display.
http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/steve-mehallo/jeanne-moderno/
19 Sep 2011 — 2:15pm
Porchez’s Ambroise?
http://new.myfonts.com/search/%28Porchez+Ambroise%29/fonts/
20 Sep 2011 — 2:45am
Thanks all, there are some really good tips here!