Body copy face for content-heavy magazine

labelmonkey31 January 2008 · 13:27

I’m looking for suggestions for a body copy typeface that saves space but doesn’t seem condensed, similar to Times New Roman, but not Times New Roman.

Efficiency and legibility over long, dense content is paramount followed by versatility and lastly a feminine quality (not overly important).

Thanks.

Patricia Fabricant31 January 2008 · 13:45

Miller is lovely.

http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/fontbureau/miller/

Chris Keegan31 January 2008 · 13:55

Whitman

jupiterboy31 January 2008 · 14:12

Escrow

Stephen Coles31 January 2008 · 14:19

I’m not sure Miller, Escrow and Whitman are all that space saving as text faces. Here is what I think of as efficient:

Minion
Le Monde
FF Meta Serif

Greg Stanton31 January 2008 · 14:19

Stone Print, Janson (Kis), Quadraat, Utopia, Aldus.

labelmonkey1 February 2008 · 08:29

Thanks all. Those are great suggestions and Miller is indeed lovely.

Héctor Muñoz Huerta1 February 2008 · 23:03

Use Plantin, Times New Roman is based on Plantin and I think Plantin’s italics and caps are a bit feminine. It’s being used by Monocle magazine.

You can also try Lido, Frantisek Storm’s try at TNR. And it’s free.

Héctor

Spire2 February 2008 · 00:27

How about Freight Text? It’s a great face, and its space efficiency is almost exactly the same as that of Times New Roman.

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