Unique forms of a Sans Serif
Ok, this will be wildly similar to a post of mine from a week or two ago, but now with sans serif fonts.
I suppose some could call this the lazy way to find a suitable type, but you guys save me a lot of time and I know that most of your recommendations are solid types.
We have a creative brief for a rebrand of a corporate mark – the current mark being set in Univers. The client really likes more unique / memorable type... probably as a backlash against years under the regime of Univers.
So, I am looking for some nice modern / conetmporary sans typefaces that maintain a sense of the corporate world while offering unique forms as well. I would love your input to aid in my search, you guys usually do right by me.
let me know, thanks.
btw, I fell in love with Lexicon which I had not seen up until the week of my similar post geared towards serif'd types.
10.Oct.2007 1.21pm
Or better yet, a quality type foundry that produces sans as well as teff (lexicon) produces serifed fonts?
10.Oct.2007 1.46pm
Stalemate or Sophisto might be suited for this project? Have a look for yourself;
http://www.macrhino.com
10.Oct.2007 1.53pm
Thanks Stefan.
I am looking a lot at the Italic Univers, which is kind of their thing, big bold + forward moving *original I know. I feel like the Stalemate will fall too closely there.
I do like Sophisto quite a bit, but it may be too far away from corporate for them, I am checking out the site though, looks like some good stuff is around.
I am hoping to find something with the impact, of, well, IMPACT. But a bit more unique and contemporary... if that helps?
10.Oct.2007 2.39pm
Neo Sans
FF Milo
Vista Sans
Amplitude
FF Unit
10.Oct.2007 2.39pm
> a quality type foundry that produces sans as well as teff (lexicon) produces serifed fonts?
FontFont
OurType
Process Type Foundry
LucasFonts
10.Oct.2007 2.40pm
I like Corpid from Lucas de Groot a lot. It has this familiar feel, yet it's different too.
10.Oct.2007 2.42pm
Thanks to everyone for their contributions, this is a huge help.
10.Oct.2007 2.49pm
Zapf’s Optima is a beauty.
10.Oct.2007 3.04pm
... but not so contemporary.
10.Oct.2007 3.04pm
10.Oct.2007 3.25pm
But how soon ? ;^)
10.Oct.2007 3.27pm
How soon? Very soon! A coupla weeks soon, I imagine. It is being mastered as we speak…
—K
10.Oct.2007 8.06pm
i may be able to wait as a matter of fact... wait what is village?
10.Oct.2007 8.34pm
Village!
—K
10.Oct.2007 8.42pm
Of course! thanks for the link.
11.Oct.2007 2.36am
Have a look at Flex and download the pdf samplesheet. :)
11.Oct.2007 2.44am
Relato Sans has character, particularly in the italic.
11.Oct.2007 3.45am
http://www.lucasfonts.com
TheSans
http://www.typofonderie.com/
Parisine Plus
Parisine
11.Oct.2007 12.46pm
Laurenz Brunner's Akkurat.
11.Oct.2007 9.29pm
Keith Tam's Arrival.
http://www.keithtam.net/documents/arrival_spec.pdf
R
11.Oct.2007 11.17pm
FF Bau has an italic that is quite regular with just a little spunk.
- Lex
12.Oct.2007 12.32am
Agilita comes with a lot of styles making it suitable as a corporate typeface.
12.Oct.2007 7.01am
Wow, had not looked back here in a day or so – those are some great recommendations. I especially like Flex, FF Bau, Agilita, and Relato – so pretty much all your recommendations. Thanks!
12.Oct.2007 7.07am
Flex is beautiful, on second thought though, I think it is too straightforward for these guys. They are tough, because they like bold and corporate, with uniqueness, but too much funk gets them, I am afraid Flex is not enough. FF Bau on closer inspection seems promising.