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Matching Hebrew font
Posted by ek1234 in
9 May 2012 — 4:55am
9 May 2012 — 4:55am
Hi,
Can anyone help find a hebrew font that looks most like KarnakPro-Bold
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/redrooster/karnak-pro/bold/
this is for a translation of the site: http://test.wegetmore.com to hebrew.
thanks,
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9 May 2012 — 6:09am
Not the same, but also with a strong, assertive mood is Narkis Block.
9 May 2012 — 6:56am
A lot can go wrong when you try to "translate" a slab-serif font to Hebrew - be careful!
hhp
9 May 2012 — 7:11am
Yes, Hrant, Narkis Block is a sharp cornered 'sans'. I don't know whether there are really 'slab serif' Hebrews.
17 Dec 2012 — 4:43pm
hrant,
Can you elaborate why you think why one needs to be careful translating a slab-serif font to Hebrew?
17 Dec 2012 — 4:49pm
William,
I don't think that it would difficult to modify Narkis Block to be a slab-serif version, weight compatible with KarnakPro-Bold.
17 Dec 2012 — 5:10pm
Well, in Hebrew any serifs are tricky* and serifs that are supposed to be as thick as the stems are likely to introduce too much functional "noise".
* See Gill's fiasco:
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/lerfu/gill-hebrew/
hhp
18 Dec 2012 — 6:34am
I have seen Gill used as an effective display face.
It is a fiasco because the forms were weird to look at.
In my view, the aleph is too heavy and over-weighted compared to the other letters. Many designers do this, because the form of the aleph's middle bar is dominant.
18 Dec 2012 — 10:22am
Was it to typeset an ad about English accent reduction classes? ;-)
hhp
19 Dec 2012 — 1:45pm
hrant,
Ha, ha...
It was actually in three Israeli magaine/booklet covers from many years ago that I perused at "fine" examples of Hebrew design here in the USA. I think that I saw them online.
11 Jan 2013 — 12:17pm
Huh? In which versions Gill Hebrew exists?
I thought it was only produced in lead.
Happy new year, Scott! :-)
15 Jan 2013 — 4:14am
try hadassah by henry friedlander.
also - a good one is "The Smoker Sans" by Hagilda - http://www.hagilda.com/
i think "Hagilda" has several solutions for this.
it's a hebrew site, but send them an email and they will help you.
15 Jan 2013 — 6:26am
Love those numerals!
hhp
18 Jan 2013 — 1:27pm
What a lovely site is that Hagilda! :-)