Typophile

body fonts to work with futura

goldielox

our company has been using futura for their branding. so far it's been used in some pieces as the display AND the body font. i'm putting together some new materials with heavy text and am looking into using futura as only the display font. i need some good suggestions on body fonts that will work well - or perhaps even mimic futura but with a shorter x-height? open to any input or inspiration!

Are you sure you want a shorter x-height for body? I assume you mean larger. In that case: Proxima Nova. Note that there is a single-story Futura style 'a'.

yep - i was misunderstanding what x-height actually is. (cheeks blush) thanks for the help

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