Looking for Slab Sans(?) Font - help

Brian Koppi
30.Apr.2008 4.54pm
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I have a logo project and I can’t seem to find a font to fit my concept.

I’m looking for a font with the properties:
- very legible
- heavy width
- square/rectangular shaped letters
- both square and rounded corners
- available in oblique/italic

A few fonts that come close are:
- http://www.t26.com/fonts/Megahertz (too wide)
- http://www.t26.com/fonts/YR72 (not legible enough)
- http://www.t26.com/fonts/Reaction (very close!)

The character I’m looking for is modern, sports channel, skateboarding, etc.

If anyone has any thoughts or tips I’d very much appreciate your suggestions!



Stephen Coles
30.Apr.2008 7.07pm
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terminaldesign
30.Apr.2008 7.25pm
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What is a slab sans?


Thomas Phinney
1.May.2008 3.39am
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I don’t know, but from the examples, it seems the original poster means a relatively square and monoline sans serif.

Of course, we type geeks use the word “slab” exclusively to mean a style of serif, so “slab sans” seems like a bit of an oxymoron.

Cheers,

T


Brian Koppi
1.May.2008 6.16am
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“I don’t know, but from the examples, it seems the original poster means a relatively square and monoline sans serif.”

Yes, you interpret my poor technical syntax well! Thank you for finding the appropriate declarations.

I am looking for a relatively square and monoline sans serif. “Armchair Modern” is a good suggestion (thank you!), as it seems to be a stylized take on Eurostyle. “Armchair Modern D Guage” is about the right weight... if only it were available in oblique.

Perhaps I can be more specific by saying that I am looking for a font that is a more stylized/squared version of “Eurostyle Black Oblique.”

Thank you for your help and suggestions.


Stephen Coles
1.May.2008 8.22am
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If by Eurostyle, you mean Eurostile (snark!) how about Purista Bold Italic or Magion Italic? Maybe not wide enough.


Brian Koppi
1.May.2008 9.18am
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Ooh. Purista Bold Italic is close (I’ll have to overlook your snarkiness for that suggestion!).

My only concern with Purista is that the lower case “a” is single-storey (see, I’ll get the terminology correct eventually). I know it may seem like I’m obsessing, but the logo will be applied to roadside signage. Since the name includes the letters “oa” I need a lot of contrast between those shapes.

I figure if there is any community wherein an obsession over finding the right typeface will be tolerated, it must be this one!


Stephen Coles
1.May.2008 10.17am
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crossgrove
1.May.2008 5.05pm
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