grotesque sans serifs

thierry blancpain11 April 2006 · 08:26

hello

im looking for a "helveticaesque" grotesque (no, not helvetica!). no frutiger, no myriad, rather along the lines of akkurat or akzidenz grotesk. any further ideas?

it doesnt have to look very modern. monotype grotesque would be an option too, for example. it will be used in an art project about definitions, but its for a school application so i dont want to use helvetica (they could think that i havent thought about font-choice). oh, and it doesnt need to be perfect for setting long texts.. will mostly be used between 10-20pt on small pages anyway.

thanks!

jupiterboy

How about:

http://www.stormtype.com/typefaces-fonts-shop/index.php

geraintf

galaxie polaris

http://vllg.com/Village/GalaxiePolaris/

Tiffany Wardle

FF Bau or Freight Sans

thierry blancpain

thanks already. i also found http://www.fontbureau.com/fonts/BureauGrotesque , which seems interesting.

jupiterboy: you linked the index-page of storms shop.. which one did you want to link?

Geoff Riding

If you're after something 'helveticesque', go for a neo-grotesque (usually monocular g)* as opposed to a 'benton-franklinesque(?!?)' old grotesque (usually binocular 'g')*. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.

thierry blancpain

oh, it doesnt have to be too near to helvetica, i just dont want something too "humanistic" (right term?) like frutiger, rather something impersonal (but not constructed/geometric!), like helvetica.

franklin gothic is on my list, too.

Geoff Riding

Then I think old grotesques are right up your alley, FF Bau and Benton Sans are nice.

gerald

interstate?

Chris Keegan

Maple is cool.
http://www.processtypefoundry.com/typefaces/maple/index.html

Tiffany Wardle

Maple. Nice!

paul d hunt

or miss tiff's other favorite: dyna grotesk

gerald

ooooh i've never seen maple. that is some hottttt fontage

jupiterboy

jupiterboy: you linked the index-page of storms shop.. which one did you want to link?

Ooops.

Zeppelin 31-33

kris

Oh yes, Maple is sweet. I have used in four jobs already in the last month, from display to body copy!

seventy7

DynaGrotesk is quite loveable.

thierry blancpain

thanks alot for all your help. i still havent decided about the style, its a personal project so investing in type (with my low budget at the moment) is quite a step.

Geoff Riding

No worries. :^)

If it's personal and you're spending your hard-earned cash, I think you should just go with the one you actually LOVE rather than one that's appropriate to a certain project.

I personally love FF Bau, DynaGrotesk and Maple! I'd have a hell of a hard time deciding between these four. :^D

gordon

I'de vote for FF Bau too. nice.

tier

univers

Akkurat from Lineto