Suggestions for magazine display

Frode Bo Helland8 April 2010 · 09:29

I’ve spent days browsing my type bookmarks in search of a display typeface for the magazine I’m redesigning, but so far nothing feels quite right. The magazine writes about pop culture, and the readers are mostly students (18+).

I’m excited to finally find a good project for Feijoa, and I think pairing it with this sans of my own works quite good. I also intend to use the sans for pull quotes and some (smaller) display as well, but for headlines I’m afraid it doesn’t have the necessary punch. Unfortunately Feijoa’s own display cut is way to feminine for this project.

I’m having a hard time explaining just what I’m looking for, but I’ll give it a go:
• It needs to relate to the other typefaces somehow. (Not overly humanist, not too geometric)
• Stylistic alternates is a plus.
• I think a heavy weight would be useful. (Until now, the main display font have been The Mix Black.)
• They write a lot of serious articles on philosophy and ethics in addition to the cultural stuff, so it can’t be too funky or childish.

Any suggestions?

nina8 April 2010 · 11:32

National could maybe work. I'm thinking it should be a good match to Feijoa, being by the same designer (I thought I'd seen them successfully paired somewhere, but can't find that again – and I don't have Feijoa, so I can't say for sure). It's pretty similar to yours in feeling and seems to fit your description quite nicely – it has all the things you mention (like an alternate "g", which has saved me at least once).
But that would probably mean not using your font, as they're sort of close from what I can tell.

Frode Bo Helland9 April 2010 · 01:14

Yeah. If I go with National, I’d probably use it instead of my own as well. Thing is, I think the heavy weights of National is just a little to funky.

Indra Kupferschmid9 April 2010 · 03:31

FF Dagny comes to my mind when I see scandinavian diacritics.
http://www.fontshop.com/fontlist/families/ff_dagny_ot/

Frode Bo Helland9 April 2010 · 03:35

too*

Frode Bo Helland9 April 2010 · 04:38

I sat up drawing a heavy display weight last night, and I think I might polish is up a bit and stick with it.

Riccardo Sartori9 April 2010 · 07:48

Playful! :-)

Indra Kupferschmid9 April 2010 · 08:07

¿*?

Riccardo Sartori9 April 2010 · 11:30

¿*?

He refers to his sentence the heavy weights of National is just a little to funky, which should read the heavy weights of National are just a little too funky.

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