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Fonts that look as close to these but free to download
Am a student and can't afford the fonts listed below.
However I need fonts that look as alike as the listed fonts below for an important design project.
Berthold Akzidenz Grotesk Medium Condensed
Berthold Akzidenz Grotesk Medium
Berthold Akzidenz Grotesk Super
Minion Pro Display
Galliard Display Roman
AG Book Pro Regular
Would be very happy if someone please could help me out with some free alternatives.
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7 Dec 2011 — 2:29pm
Akzidenz Grotesk & AG Book = closest free option is probably Arial or Helvetica (free as in likely pre-installed on your computer)
Minion Pro = if you have a Mac, perhaps Palatino would suffice (again, pre-installed). Also note that, I think--at least at one time--Minion was installed for you if you purchased an Adobe product such as Illustrator or Photoshop.
Galliard = I'm not much help there. Maybe Georgia is close enough to the ballpark for you. But that's probably a long shot.
7 Dec 2011 — 3:34pm
I also think that nearly any Garamond would look fairly close to Minion.
- Mike Yanega
7 Dec 2011 — 6:13pm
Instead of Minion you can use Crimson Text: http://www.aldusleaf.org
10 Dec 2011 — 7:44am
Instead of Galliard Display you can use Pona Display Demo: http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/tipografies/pona-display/
When it comes to Akzidenz Grotesk, go for a geometric sans. Helvetica, Arial if you have, if not get one of their sisters:
Tex Gyre Heros: http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/TeX-Gyre-Heros
or Nimbus Sans, which is part of the URW font package: http://www.artifex.com/downloads/
Another geometric sans is:
Eau: http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/Eau
11 Dec 2011 — 10:36am
You might find my new release of Contax Sans as a possibility.
Has 2 free fonts... Roman & Italic
http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/typeinnovations/contax-sans/