Typophile - Serif typeface with personality needed - Comments

I used Eplica for a project

chrisfig — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:57:15 -0800

I used Eplica for a project a little while back and really liked it.

4tm, you are right about

TypoPT — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:05:33 -0800

4tm, you are right about DSType, Dino dos Santos is a portuguese typographer, so i know quite well his work! He has lot a sucess here at PT.
Your “manual” exercise is almost there ... see again the “n”, i think you must “condense it” a little more! But its just my eyes! :))

You might use a lot of

Dan Weaver — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 21:11:44 -0800

You might use a lot of “g’s” but “z’s”. look at the big picture the characters you will most use.

Almost forgot Perla.

jupiterboy — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:35:53 -0800

Almost forgot Perla.

@ TypoPT: I take Didot Elder

4tm — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 06:03:33 -0800

@ TypoPT: I take Didot Elder because his “strange” glyphs, and I was searching for something that could be original in the same way, but not devilish. Plain version of Didot is interesting but not so original...

Andrade Pro is awesome. I think all of DSTYPE are awesome.

By the way, I manually edited a font to create some original serif, and you can see it now :

What about that

Jui — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 09:58:09 -0800

What about that one:

http://www.dstype.com/andradepro.html

Andrade Pro from DSType

Eidetic Neo has deliciously

Bald Condensed — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:11:45 -0800

Eidetic Neo has deliciously quirky details and a remarkable italic.

4tm, due to your first Didot

TypoPT — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:49:18 -0800

4tm, due to your first Didot Typeface preference, I´ve tried Didot from H&FJ ... What do you think?

Regards,

TypoPT

What about Trajan?

jayyy — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 08:39:49 -0800

What about Trajan?

Thank you to everyone, so

4tm — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 05:55:49 -0800

Thank you to everyone, so far.
I’m currently working to preview of my work.
Feedback expected :)

Odile http://vllg.com/Kontour

pattyfab — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 15:02:29 -0800

Odile

http://vllg.com/Kontour/Odile/mudTyper+Weights/

Oneleigh

http://www.fontshop.com/fonts/downloads/fontfont/ff_oneleigh/

Incognito

http://www.fountain.nu/catalogue/incognito.asp

Leitura Display and Freight

Quincunx — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 15:54:04 -0800

Leitura Display and Freight Big and/or Display are pretty good (understatement).

I feel exactly the same as

Stephen Coles — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 11:56:06 -0800

I feel exactly the same as you do about Didot Elder. I knew the arrow serifs would prevent it from being widely used. Ambroise is really your best alternative.

I’m actually trying to

4tm — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 08:35:51 -0800

I’m actually trying to manually edit curves from an existing font. I think my meaning of original is hard to describe. When finished done i’ll post some screenshot.
So far, thank you to anyone.

Have a look at Hercules. The

jupiterboy — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 07:18:42 -0800

Have a look at Hercules. The reg. is nice and thin but the text version has a good heavy feel and no quirky details. Very short descenders. Maybe not enough personality for you.

Serif typeface with personality needed

4tm — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 03:29:46 -0800

As the title says...
Let me explain what I mean: I need the elegance of a serif font that will be used for titling on very large formats. So I want to have some innovative elements, to add more personality.
Take a look at the attached image. Is the Didot Elder by Optimo. I was tempted to use this one, just because the small “g” and some caps are very interesting, but some serifs are a litte “diabolic” (look at the “s” and “z”).
Maybe can you suggest me another serif typeface with cool personality?