Alternative to Mrs. Eaves needed

tokeloke28 November 2009 · 16:25

hi - first post to the board..

I am working on a huge project, trying to find a warm, "imperfect" serif typeface akin to Mrs. Eaves (and Filosofia) . I have spent over 4 days searching and exploring with not too much success, so any pointers would be greatly appreciated. The closest I've come are Fountain type faces, but most of these are a bit too stiff for me.

Keywords:

Warm, human, well crafted, imperfect, vintage, hopefully a comprehensive number of weights.

By "imperfect" I mean that it does not matter if the typeface jumps a bit, like Eaves or is a bit uneven, as long as it gives off that familiar "warmth".

My last ditch effort would be to loosely interpret a given font by hand (pen/paper), but I haven't even been able to find a decent starting point.

please help - Thanks!

Fábio Duarte Martins28 November 2009 · 16:43

Have you seen Dino dos Santos' typefaces?
www.dstype.com

Hrant H Papazian28 November 2009 · 17:08

I think you will get a number of good suggestions, but for myself,
when I think "better Mrs Eaves", I think of The Foundry's Wilson:
http://www.foundrytypes.co.uk/foundry_wilson/wilson_book.html

A much rougher option would be Founder's Caslon:
http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/itc/founders-caslon/

hhp

Stephen Coles29 November 2009 · 00:06

Good suggestions from Hrant. Also Pradell, FF Clifford, FF Atma.

Mike Diaz29 November 2009 · 01:25

FF Tibere seems to be a competitive design.
http://www.fontshop.com/fonts/downloads/fontfont/ff_tibere/

John Nolan29 November 2009 · 01:53

Regula?

Nick Shinn29 November 2009 · 02:07

Two of my many imperfect designs:
Oneleigh
Paradigm

Indra Kupferschmid29 November 2009 · 06:12

for imperfection and atmosphere maybe take a look at MVB Sirenne.
I once chose Fred Smeijers’ Custodia when I was looking for something similar, but it only comes in two weights at the moment (he's working on expanding it though).
www.mvbfonts.com/html/fonts/sirenne/about_sirenne.htm
www.ourtype.be

Beauclair29 November 2009 · 06:55

What about Vendetta?

seventy729 November 2009 · 07:18

It's subtle, but these Czech versions of the classic face have some imperfection and warmth not available in other cuts.

1. Baskerville Original
2. Baskerville 10 Pro

karinskij29 November 2009 · 11:27

What about this one, recently posted here:

http://typophile.com/node/64797

tokeloke29 November 2009 · 15:24

hi guys - really appreciate this - checking your suggestions out, I have had eyes on Feijoa and now Typonine's Tempera (the Biblio serif'ed version is maybe not exactly imperfect and warm, but the entire set is very flexible, and from what I can see, well executed)

Will keep looking, so keep the suggestions coming! Thanks again for taking the time.

Jared Benson29 November 2009 · 18:58

Throwing in my two cents on behalf of FF Atma.

Randy29 November 2009 · 23:30

Tribute also from emigre.

Mr.zd30 November 2009 · 04:42

try Absara
it has lots of weights and a sans

Gary Lonergan1 December 2009 · 07:20

Poliphilus has loads of warmth but no extra weights
which for this font is correct

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