This may be a common question, but I was wondering if anyone knew of a structural sans-serif (like Gotham or Proxima Nova) that had an alternate character set with colorful swashes, like Caslon or Garamond do.
I frequently find myself wanting to set headlines in a strong, simple face and then dress up one or two letters; if I had such a font in my back pocket, I think it could happen. I'd appreciate any leads!
The rather static nature of sans typefaces makes it tricky … but it’s an interesting idea. Do you think of alternate capitals or lowercase? Just alternate glyph shapes or elaborate swashy tails on it –?
Does Aspect qualify?
JFP's Parisine Plus, as a counterpart to Parisine.
http://www.typofonderie.com/alphabets/view/ParisinePlusPTF
http://www.typofonderie.com/alphabets/view/ParisinePTF
Also see: http://typophile.com/node/69639
Thank you, Andreas, J, and nina! I guess what I'm really looking for is something akin to a digitized Helvetica Flair.
I don't love working in Helvetica except for certain kinds of projects (and as far as I know, Helvetica Flair is both undigitized and somewhat unholy), so I just wondered if anyone had seen fit to make a good solid constructed sans-serif with confident, over-the-top swashes like those.
I could help with something like this:
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(rough scetch!)
Now that's what I'm talking about.
;-)
But it’s not ready yet.
In the meantime, though, you could try Estilo Script.
That looks promising! :)
Also, Brownstone might be interesting: http://www.sudtipos.com/fonts/133
If you could settle for just lowercase*, Fox TRF offers some interesting shapes:
http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/tipografiaramis/fox-trf/
* Uppercase is plain.
Thank you all very much! Sorry for letting this thread sit for a few days. I appreciate all the suggestions. It's great to know what's out there.
It has some slabs, but Monroe:
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/sudtipos/monroe/
Sharp Sans has swash caps...
http://paganandsharp.com/typefaces/sharp-sans/
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