Gawd it looks just like every other squarish sans out there right now.

I own Klavika which suffices for my square sans needs.

However, it looks like a fairly complete family.

This is much more subtle than Klavika (which I like too), which is one of the reasons I think I like it so much. I think I may get more mileage out of Camingo. Has anyone used it yet? For kicks here is a comparison of some recent square sans designs (off the top of my head)...

Don’t forget Apex Sans, Neo Sans.

I hate that ’a’ in Vista, ruins the font for me. Why does Emigre always do that?

Gee you forgot Zwo, Unit, Meta, Info, Fago, Zine, and Cachet.

Good ones Patty. I have Neo. There are a lot of Emigre faces that have a single character that I can’t stand. Ruins it for me as well.

I agree that Unit, Fago and Zine are similar. Cachet isn’t feasible for me, since it has only 3 weights, no italics, etc. Which reminds me of Zemestro - another one. Are there any thoughts in regards to the craftsmanship of this typeface?

If nothing else, this thread will serve as a good reference the next time someone needs a square sans ID’d.

> I hate that ‘a’ in Vista, ruins the font for me. Why does Emigre always do that?

to create something that doesn’t look absolutely like everything else?

Camingo has a lot of nasty little attention getters that bug me. For example:
- There’s too much flourish in the descender of f. I love f with a pretty descender–I make my handwritten f descenders so crazy that my notes are often illegible. But it doesn’t fit with the rest of the letters.
- The A is gross–the internal and external apexes are too close–it’s annoying. It’s worse on the bold weights, where it looks like a little white triangle fighting for freedom.
- Why are the outer vertical strokes of the M diagonals? It’s like the M from Lithos snuck in when nobody was watching.

I could stay up all night nitpicking at the letterforms in this one. I’ll just keep using Unit instead.

I really like Foundry Form.

http://www.foundrytypes.co.uk/foundry_form_sans/formSansMedium.html

I wish Freda would improve her website, it desperately needs better type samples, and perhaps a test drive thing.

JPAD, thanks for your comments, I’ll look at those items more closely. I hate licensing a typeface without examining it closely first, those things jump out at you later. Miles, I love Foundry Form too. It would be nice if they had a more user-friendly site. Their type is so nice, the site should be equally well-done.

Then there’s Argo and Vesta by Gerard Unger....

Why does Emigre always do that?

Emigre didn’t do it. Xavier Dupré did. Maybe you’re thinking of Tarzana, which has a similar ostentatious tail on the ’a’, but Vista is a much more usable typeface in the same vein.

Wouldn’t Stainless belong in this category?

Hah.

I was just about to suggest Stainless.

Miss Tiffany beat me to it... by about 9 months :)