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Font like Carpenter but more readable

kaseycamille

I have designed a direct mail piece using Carpenter for a few headlines. The client wants a font that is more "readable" while I don't want to change the look and feel too much. Any ideas for a substitute for Carpenter?

Thanks in advance,

KC

Michael Yanega

How about Nick Curtis's 'Bayern Handschrift'? It is a digitization of an old Art Nouveau era script typeface, so the time period is a good match for Carpenter.

- Mike Yanega

Stephen Coles

Also Liorah. The drawback of these two is that they are more casual than Carpenter. If you want to maintain a more formal feeling, have a look at Voluta Script.

Rainer Zerenko

Don't know if it's more legible for your customer, but Johann Sparkling always reminds me somehow on Carpenter. BTW, Viktor Solt is the designer of Voluta Script, too.

Stephen Coles

Yeah, I omitted Johann because of the legibility factor. But I love it too.

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