Looking for a font similar to Gulliver (as used in USA Today)

lorenk
16.Nov.2006 8.35am
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can someone please help me find a font that is very similar to the USA TODAY body copy typeface? I know it is Gulliver, but I would like to use a font that I already have that is as close to this as possible.

Thanks!



Miss Tiffany
16.Nov.2006 8.41am
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Do you have Swift? Bitstream Amerigo, also by Gerard Unger, shares some DNA also.


hrant
16.Nov.2006 9.22am
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There’s a recent font (also used in a newspaper)
by some small* Danish foundry that’s close.

* Redundant? :-)

hhp


Miss Tiffany
16.Nov.2006 9.32am
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What is the name of this font?


hrant
16.Nov.2006 9.39am
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I’ll have to do some digging...
I do remember asking somebody who was going to interview Unger
(for TypeRadio) to ask him what he thought of it, but nothing happened.

hhp


Lex Kominek
16.Nov.2006 1.04pm
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Even Baker Signet might work.

- Lex


Bald Condensed
16.Nov.2006 1.06pm
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bowfinpw
16.Nov.2006 2.23pm
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To me this sort of question needs more information, such as what are the aspects of Gulliver that appeal to you? Are there specific letters you like? Is it the darkness or color of the type on the page? The x-height?

What would define ’similar’ in your view? (It’s a very subjective quality, I find.)

- Mike Yanega


mondoB
16.Nov.2006 11.20pm
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Slimbach always flopped when I tried it; just too weak. That endstroke atop the l/c a just fades in smaller sizes. Try Utopia, very strong for this usage.


Bald Condensed
17.Nov.2006 12.38am
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Fair enough, but Utopia hardly looks like Gulliver, no? ;^)


bowfinpw
17.Nov.2006 6.10am
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Loren, you said you wanted to find something in your own collection that was similar to Gulliver. Can you post a list of serif fonts you have, or tell us what libraries you are using? It seems pointless for us to try to name ’similar’ fonts, if we have no idea what you might have.

For example, I would say that DSType’s ’Aquila’ and ’Cultura’ have basic letterforms that are similar to Gulliver; and ’Collis’ from TEFF is also rather similar in weight and letter shapes; or ’Fedra Serif B’ is visually similar looking on a page and has a wide range of weights.

Do you have any of those?

- Mike Yanega


heikhal
29.Mar.2008 2.37am
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I need it too... any one can help? pls...


bowfinpw
29.Mar.2008 7.40am
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Do you have any of the fonts that were mentioned? What features of Gulliver are you trying to match?

- Mike Yanega


Bald Condensed
29.Mar.2008 5.04pm
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What exactly do you mean with “I need it too...”? You can purchase a license for Gulliver here (although I fear it’s price is out of range of most mere mortals.