Typophile

Girly / Sexy / Sophisticated font

BrooklynRob

Hello

Can anyone suggest a girlish font (could be a script) that has the vibe of a fairly sophisticated and moderately sexy, confident teenage girl? Not little girl silly like big circles or hearts over the i's, but older and more sophisticated -- hipper and a little edgy.

Not retro, like a 1950s or 1960s script.

Could look hand drawn.

Thanks for any ideas.

Kanna Aoki drew a couple scripts that might work well: Emmascript and Cafe Mimi
And in the same vein as Cafe Mimi: Holly Goldsmith's Melanie

Your emmascript link goes to calliope.

Here's the link i think u wanted

Thanks, Jesse. Calliope ain't bad either, but a little more adult.

That Cafe Mimi sure is nice! There's Plumero but it might be a little too scripty. Still, it's fun. There's Gigi too. A bit more upright, grungy.

I think you have to be careful of patronising people in this
age group by avoiding cliches. You also have to remember
that most teenagers aspire to be older!

I think Dalliance from emigre (www.emigre.com) is sexy,
but perhaps a bit TOO sophisticated.

Perla from www.alias.uk.com has some really sexy alternates,
and could work well as a headline face (I don't know exactly
what it is you're designing).

If only you could get you hands on Dederon from
www.typofonderie.com. I think that would be perfect, but
unfortunately it's only for Beyonce's fashion line!

Phil

Despite the name, this is quite a nice little typeface. It reminds me of a young, hip Belizio.
http://www.fountain.nu/catalogue/****.asp

Perhaps the company that made it could change the name of it though.

good luck

I've always considered the Scala family to be quite feminin. You can't get any more "girly" than the lower case "p". From what's I've noticed... a large percentage of female designers tend to go towards scala when using a post modern font in magazine and books. Would that not suggest that it has feminin qualities?

Ps. does anyone know if "me" magazine is using a scala slab serif? what is that font for titling? I might just post it in the ID forum.

I think I just opened a can of worms. :(

Scala Slab Serif? Haven't seen this mag but it sounds like FF Nexus Mix.

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