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>very accomodating In our

William Berkson — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 20:55:39 -0700

>very accomodating

In our local Whole Foods, the signs are large, burnished metal Scala Sans letters. And things being what they are, I would suspect that this is true in many, many of their shops. They look great.

it isn’t sufficiently

Nick Shinn — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 20:49:43 -0700

it isn’t sufficiently reticent to use for lots of things.

I’ve found it very accomodating.

But Scala Sans is so much

George Horton — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 19:09:05 -0700

But Scala Sans is so much less geometrically efficient than Gill Sans: it isn’t sufficiently reticent to use for lots of things.

I”m definatley going to

Hildebrant — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 15:11:14 -0700

I”m definatley going to second the Scala Sans suggestion.

I’ve grown fond of

moyogo — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 11:53:04 -0700

I’ve grown fond of Parisine last time I was in Paris.
I don’t know if that is too much forward but it has an a with a tail and a double storey g.

I am also in LOVE with Nobel

pattyfab — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 07:23:31 -0700

I am also in LOVE with Nobel from Font Bureau but it’ll have to wait until I win the lottery.

http://www.fontbureau.com/fonts/Nobel

Having extensively used both

Nick Shinn — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 09:36:05 -0700

Having extensively used both the Gill Sans family and the Scala Sans family, in a complex editorial environment, I would say that Scala Sans is the logical next step for a humanist sans, especially given its large typographic range, including condensed, small caps, figure alternatives, and hands!

I’m not sure whether you’d consider this a small or large step from Gill Sans. Obviously faces like Bliss, Agenda, and English Grotesque are closer.

Jackson, Thank you. Tim

timd — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 09:29:45 -0700

Jackson,
Thank you.
Tim

John Sans is great, but I

Miss Tiffany — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 08:48:31 -0700

John Sans is great, but I think Dyna Grotesk is gorgeous! Both at Stormtype.com

I’d hafta place my votes

paul d hunt — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 08:27:46 -0700

I’d hafta place my votes on John Sans, Sebastian & Proxima Nova

jackson — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 08:17:08 -0700

http://www.monotypefonts.com/PDFs/OTPGill.pdf
There is an alternate 1
but the lowercase d is still inconsistent and the osf are wack

Scala Sans would be near the

NiceTry — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 08:05:29 -0700

Scala Sans would be near the top of my list as an essential humanist sans:

http://www.fontshop.com/?fuseaction=catalog.fontpackage&searchby=manufac...

The same designer’s more recent Nexus Sans has a little more of the stone-cut look of Gill Sans. It might be a better design:

http://www.fontshop.com/?fuseaction=catalog.fontpackage&searchby=manufac...

Stormtype’s John Sans is also a really good font. It has a lovely shape, and is still English at its root, so it is sort of related to Gill in a roundabout way. I would recommend this one to everyone:

http://www.stormtype.com/typefaces-fonts-shop/typeface.php?id=187

There are a few Foundry fonts that come to mind, like Sterling:
http://www.foundrytypes.co.uk/

Does Gill Sans Pro have an

timd — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 02:04:15 -0700

Does Gill Sans Pro have an alternative 1 (apart from the osf)? I couldn’t see one on the graphic and it is one of the most annoying numerals to use.
Tim

Gill Sans is said to be

James Arboghast — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 16:52:12 -0700

Gill Sans is said to be humanist design, so a more recent humanist sans may be the go, How ’bout Thesis? The “basic” version even has a binocular g.

j a m e s

10%: Johnston

geraintf — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 15:38:54 -0700

10%:
Johnston http://www.identifont.com/show?6T8/
Tschichold http://www.identifont.com/show?5SK/
eric sans http://www.fountain.nu/catalogue/ericsans.asp
caspari http://www.dutchtypelibrary.nl/CaspariRegular.html

Gill Sans - Moving Forward from

Christian Teniswood — Sun, 9 Apr 2006 23:32:19 -0700

What are some typefaces you guys would recommend looking at if you wanted to move from using Gill Sans, forward in a more contemporary direction, say 10% forward (perhaps another more recently designed humanist sans) and maybe some directions that move more radically in a different direction but hint at the origins?

Not sure I put it very eloquently, so I hope I’ve got my point across.

Basically, suggestions for a small move forward from Gill Sans, and also suggestions for a large leap forward as well.

Eg, off the top of my head a small move might be myriad, scala, meta or frutiger, a large move perhaps legato, DIN, helvetica?

Anyway, any suggestions appreciated.

Cheers,

Christian