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A companion for Expletus Sans
Posted by giulianovelli in
19 Nov 2012 — 6:38am
19 Nov 2012 — 6:38am
Hi,
I am designing an e-commerce for contemporary interior design products and I have chosen [http://www.google.com/webfonts/specimen/Expletus+Sans|Expletus Sans] ad a display face. I am now looking for a serif companion for body text. I have tried [http://www.google.com/webfonts/specimen/Droid+Serif|Droid Serif] but I am not really sure. What do you think about this pair? Have you got some other font in mind that I could try?
Thanks in advance.
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19 Nov 2012 — 6:46am
Does it have to be free?
hhp
19 Nov 2012 — 7:52am
Yes it has to be free, the type of product I will use it on requires that.
19 Nov 2012 — 8:15am
Can you elaborate? Does the client forbid you from spending money on a commercial webfont?
hhp
19 Nov 2012 — 8:59am
Hi,
nope, the design is for a wordpress theme and I need to use freely avalaible fonts.
19 Nov 2012 — 9:31am
I'm sorry I still don't understand (I'm not a web developer, so there's probably something I'm missing). Does WordPress not allow you to use something like this?
https://typekit.com/fonts/ff-tisa-web-pro
hhp
20 Nov 2012 — 1:57am
The theme we'll be sold as a product and not like a website for a single client.
20 Nov 2012 — 2:46am
Try Copse
20 Nov 2012 — 7:22am
Can't a non-free webfont subscription be part of the product?
BTW there's a difference between free and "libre".
Copse: Seems pretty dorky to me.
hhp
22 Nov 2012 — 7:54am
Thanks for the suggestions.
I ended up using Droid Sans bold as headline with Droid Serif for body with Expletus only used for identity and banners text.
22 Nov 2012 — 8:01am
Sounds like a cheap solution.
hhp
4 Jan 2013 — 12:01pm
Hi, I designed Expletus Sans. Too bad I didn't see this thread earlier. Could you send you send me a link with the end result? jasper [at] designtown [dot] nl
Cheers! jasper