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Font to compliment Chalet (1970) - to be used for body text
Posted by buda in
10 Apr 2012 — 5:58am
10 Apr 2012 — 5:58am
Looking for a typeface to compliment Chalet 1970 (which is being used for the headers). The font will be used for body text in promotional material, and on the website (if it is a Google web font). Any recommendations?
Bit of background to the project is that it is for a fitness brand, which has lower case Chalet 1970 in it's logo.
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10 Apr 2012 — 6:46am
If you want something with high readability that renders superbly as a webfont:
http://ernestinefont.com/
hhp
10 Apr 2012 — 11:22am
Thanks for the reply. Is a lovely font, however I was looking for a san serif font. Should have put that in my first post! I am definitely looking for something with high readability though.
I feel that a typeface where there isn't a top hook (sorry for the lack of correct terminology!) on the letter a. I believe that would go well with the circular and geometric feel of Chalet.
10 Apr 2012 — 12:13pm
We call that the "monocular", "single-story" or "infant" form (I prefer the first). The problem is fonts with such an "a" are rarely suitable for long text.
What about going in another direction in terms of geometry?
https://www.fontfont.com/fonts/cube
Or there's this:
http://www.fontshop.com/fonts/downloads/sweet/sweet_sans_package_1_ot/
Although I don't know about its webfont performance.
hhp