Typophile

Unique forms of a Sans Serif

bamaurer

Ok, this will be wildly similar to a post of mine from a week or two ago, but now with sans serif fonts.

I suppose some could call this the lazy way to find a suitable type, but you guys save me a lot of time and I know that most of your recommendations are solid types.

We have a creative brief for a rebrand of a corporate mark – the current mark being set in Univers. The client really likes more unique / memorable type... probably as a backlash against years under the regime of Univers.

So, I am looking for some nice modern / conetmporary sans typefaces that maintain a sense of the corporate world while offering unique forms as well. I would love your input to aid in my search, you guys usually do right by me.

let me know, thanks.

btw, I fell in love with Lexicon which I had not seen up until the week of my similar post geared towards serif’d types.

Or better yet, a quality type foundry that produces sans as well as teff (lexicon) produces serifed fonts?

Stalemate or Sophisto might be suited for this project? Have a look for yourself;

http://www.macrhino.com

Thanks Stefan.

I am looking a lot at the Italic Univers, which is kind of their thing, big bold + forward moving *original I know. I feel like the Stalemate will fall too closely there.

I do like Sophisto quite a bit, but it may be too far away from corporate for them, I am checking out the site though, looks like some good stuff is around.

I am hoping to find something with the impact, of, well, IMPACT. But a bit more unique and contemporary... if that helps?

> a quality type foundry that produces sans as well as teff (lexicon) produces serifed fonts?

FontFont
OurType
Process Type Foundry
LucasFonts

I like Corpid from Lucas de Groot a lot. It has this familiar feel, yet it’s different too.

Thanks to everyone for their contributions, this is a huge help.

Zapf’s Optima is a beauty.

... but not so contemporary.

But how soon ? ;^)

How soon? Very soon! A coupla weeks soon, I imagine. It is being mastered as we speak…

—K

i may be able to wait as a matter of fact... wait what is village?

Of course! thanks for the link.

Have a look at Flex and download the pdf samplesheet. :)

Relato Sans has character, particularly in the italic.

Laurenz Brunner’s Akkurat.

FF Bau has an italic that is quite regular with just a little spunk.

- Lex

Agilita comes with a lot of styles making it suitable as a corporate typeface.

Wow, had not looked back here in a day or so – those are some great recommendations. I especially like Flex, FF Bau, Agilita, and Relato – so pretty much all your recommendations. Thanks!

Flex is beautiful, on second thought though, I think it is too straightforward for these guys. They are tough, because they like bold and corporate, with uniqueness, but too much funk gets them, I am afraid Flex is not enough. FF Bau on closer inspection seems promising.

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