What is Pitta?

"Pita" is Greek vaguely referring to pie, also refers to Lebanese style flat bread that is either split open as a pocket or rolled and stuffed with sandwich fillings of various sorts. I'm not sure what "pitta" is, though.

> What is Pitta?

Wow! I get 399 results for Pita (snacks etc.) around Montreal (with a few "pizza pitta" or "pita pizza") . Look here.

'Pitta' or 'Pitta bread' is pretty commonplace in the UK. I see from one link it's spelt with a single 't' in some countries, so sorry for any confusion!

Back to the point though - any Eastern Med fonts that anyone can suggest?

JH

Thank you for the explanation. In the countries of former Yugoslavia we call it lepinja, while pita is a type of pie filled with minced meat, cheese, potatoes or other vegetables.

http://www.myfonts.com/browse/keyword/greek/
http://www.myfonts.com/browse/keyword/greeksans/

Edit: double post

For eastern Mediterranean I take it you want something that not only reflects Greek characteristics, but also something slightly Hebraic and/or Arabic in character, without obviously being a parody of any of those. Something with horizontal or reversed contrast might do the job, like Smokehaus or Zipper.

Thanks for the input. Not found anything that I think will work yet, but thanks anyway. As you're probably aware, food manufacturers can be quite conservative - and fonts are no except.

JH

Not Greek at all, but maybe worth considering: Balega

It would make it easier to suggest a Font for your package design if you post a preview of the overall design. Most likely you will not be using just one font. Perhaps even a non mediterranean looking font with a little tweak... can do the job.

I strongly agree with tishbite: this would be easier if we could the rest of the art.

The traditional "Greek" looking letters seem a bit cliche. J Weltin's "Balega" suggestion looks like an elegant solution.

If you want/need to be subtle, try a font with reversed stroke contrast (where the horizontals are thicker* than the verticals). Greek has this a bit, and it's a main feature of Arabic and Hebrew. Look at the work of Excoffon and Bloemsma for starters.

* Although preferably not much.

hhp

What about Bernhard Modern? It's got a Greekish nuance without using sigmas as capital Es.

http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/bitstream/bernhard-modern/

Maybe you're looking for something like Lithos?