There doesn’t appear to be very many choices. I remember a thread about the lack of women in type design. Someone mentioned that in his class women outnumber men (an inspiring statistic), so maybe if you wait there will be more options.
Armin, you’re welcome. It was very informative for me to take a look at foundries’ libraries from that special angle.
I’ve got one more; double female power:
14.Jul.2007 7.32am
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/emigre/cholla/
14.Jul.2007 8.46am
There doesn’t appear to be very many choices. I remember a thread about the lack of women in type design. Someone mentioned that in his class women outnumber men (an inspiring statistic), so maybe if you wait there will be more options.
14.Jul.2007 4.40pm
(5 weights & italics and small caps each — ‘contemporary, vertical’)
(3 weights & Display cuts, small caps etc. — ‘Berlinesque, readable’)
(4 weights & italics each — ‘post-modern’)
(7 weights — ‘low x-height’)
(5 weights & italics each — ‘humanist’)
I’ll leave it to you to judge whether they’re chunky or not …
15.Jul.2007 2.36pm
Florian, great recommendations. Thanks! Ronnia looks like a great option.
Jupiterboy, I’m actually looking for a sans companion to Sybille’s Odille, so it’s funny that you brought up cholla.
15.Jul.2007 4.43pm
Perhaps the designer has a beta sans version?
16.Jul.2007 9.25am
Armin, you’re welcome. It was very informative for me to take a look at foundries’ libraries from that special angle.
I’ve got one more; double female power:
(4 weights, 1 italic — ‘Irish, legible’)