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Serif replacement for Impact
Posted by blueorange in
9 Jul 2012 — 8:09pm
9 Jul 2012 — 8:09pm
I am working on a label and the name of the product is set in Impact 20pt, 80% horizontal, 100% vertical. This is visually perfect, of source I wish I could use a narrow font instead of the 80% scaling but my main problem is that the label would be even better if the product name was set in a serif font.
So I am looking for suggestion for a serif font that has similar weight, proportions and visual impact as Impact. Any ideas?
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10 Jul 2012 — 9:04am
For a slab, Soho.
Didone: Bodoni Black Condensed.
10 Jul 2012 — 2:48pm
Onyx?
11 Jul 2012 — 2:51am
Maybe Aachen?
11 Jul 2012 — 6:28am
At ATypI last year Roger Black gave a talk on a set of web fonts built on Impact's metrics. Might be worth tracking down.
Cheers, Si
11 Jul 2012 — 10:40am
FB is working on these for Webtype under the banner “HE fonts.” I think Cyrus Highsmith is spearheading the development. Nick Sherman would know the status. They’re conceived as a short-term solution for what is hopefully a temporary problem. (Don’t know if they’d survive being additionally scaled to 80%; they barely survive the adaptation to Impact’s metrics.)
23 Jul 2012 — 9:16am
Thank you everyone very much! In the end Aachen worked out best.