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What to pair with Courier?
Posted by sl41 in
20 Mar 2012 — 10:01am
20 Mar 2012 — 10:01am
Hi all,
I need to find a typeface to pair with Courier, both used as body texts. Though I know some suggestions will include replacing Courier, I would like to stick with it. As such, it's been a huge challenge finding a typeface to work alongside it... Any suggestions??
Thanks so much!
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20 Mar 2012 — 11:06am
You have two text faces? What does each one do, and how
should they relate? BTW, I own a small novel that uses
four text faces; it works, because it's subtle. But Courier
isn't one of them. :-)
What about a Courier with proportional widths?
Doesn't LineTo have one? That would be less bad...
hhp
20 Mar 2012 — 11:16am
Hi hrant,
Thanks for the suggestion! I'm trying to lay out a book on punk rock, so the text for that would be set in Courier, while the other text would discuss graphic design in relation to it. There should be enough contrast to differentiate between the two subjects, yet tie them together atmospherically as well.
I'll take a look at LineTo's version! Thanks!
20 Mar 2012 — 11:44am
What about a slab-serif?
hhp
20 Mar 2012 — 12:31pm
Do you know Courier Sans from Lineto? Maybe you can do something with it …
http://lineto.com/The%20Fonts/Font%20Categories/Text%20Fonts/Courier%20S...
20 Mar 2012 — 1:11pm
Some suggestions:
There are at least another face inspired by Courier: http://www.gestalten.com/news/hellschreiber
Whatever typewriter-style font (which I think it’s an appropriate choice) you will end using, make sure it’s dark enough (i.e. no Courier New).
Depending on the historical scope of the book, a possibility is choosing a text face from the seventies.