I’ve been using GOTHAM a lot.

http://www.typography.com/fonts/font_overview.php?productLineID=100008

http://www.vllg.com/Village/GalaxiePolaris/mudTyper+Weights/\Galaxy Polaris is rather nice.

Here are some ultra light sans serifs

Greetings. I, too, have been looking for a lovely sans serif typeface which I could use for a variety of purposes, including body text, headings, display.

For a while now, my face of choice has been Brioso, and I still love that! Now I need a compliment, a companion.

I do like Scott’s suggestion of “Gotham” and I’m seriously considering that. There were a couple other faces I loved from typography.com,though they seem a bit pricey.

I was tempted to get the whole Helvetica Neue family, but sheesh! At least from Adobe that’s nearly $1,000. I had no idea!

I do hope this thread will receive a few more suggestions.

OH, and does anyone have a suggestion or two for a typeface that evokes the Near and Middle East? I have a friend who puts on occasional cultural events and I’d love to help her do fliers, posters, and announcements.

My thanks and regards,

Keith

Fabricando fabri fimus.

I’ve been using Avenir quite a bit lately.

Ross

a typeface that evokes the Near and Middle East

For use with retro (i.e. with a mid-20th century vibe) faces like Gotham and Helvetica, a good match might be Legende.

Thx everyone. Gotham, Galaxie Polaris, and Avenir are great suggestions. I think I like Galaxie Polaris the best. And thanks (Stephen) for the FontShop link. truly valuable!

I love Relato Sans, especially the bold and all the italics.

From FontBureau, Vonness. Some of its weights are a very good choice for magazine, and not only titles, but cover, small headlines, etc. As stated above, Gotham is a very good choice. It is also suitable for a presidential campaign :)

Apex

Go wild with Chalet or Neutra fonts. Both are beautiful sans serif fonts with more than enough character to rise above the ashes of Helvetica. Both are available at http://www.houseind.com

Voness is not available for licensing. But they have some others that are in a similar vein, Scout or Antenna.

You can also look around this guys catalogue from Berlin, really cool if you ask me

http://www.neubauladen.com/catalogue/NB-Typografie/3

I’m working with Freight Sans in my magazine and I like it. The only thing that is bad is the ’jump’ from medium to bold that is too big for my taste.
you can see it here

http://www.garagefonts.com/typespecimens_2.html?sku=GF060015X1P2&start=1

Pedro Monteiro
http://whatype.wordpress.com/

If you’re looking for an unfussy classic sans workhorse (and some options above are excellent), there’s also Lintoype Syntax, available with default-loaded oldstyle figures. In my view, it’s the closest to perfect among all sans of whatever style, mainly because the base weight is so well judged, not too heavy as with so many other starting weights. Also, ITC Franklin Gothic, tho it doesn’t have OSFs.

Freight Sans is the leading Gill-Sans-inflected design recently, and many more followed its lead. A warning about Verlag: in actual use it comes off surprisingly rough and vulgar, lacking the finesse and finish you expect from that foundry.