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I am using Adobe Akzidenz Grotesque- light, roman, and bold, in a large format printed piece for a modern art museum. I have had a hard time pairing a serif face with the Akzidenz and wanted to see if anyone had any thoughts on this.

I'll be using the serif face in well-leaded columns of body copy, with headlines, subheads and captions, etc. in Akzidenz.

Usually I try to pair sans and serif faces of similar feel (color within blocks of text, similar letter constructions, etc.)- per Bringhurst's suggestions his Elements book.

Another option would be to lay the entire thing out in the sans serif face, but I want it to be super readable and classy at the same time. Not cold like some typical art museum publications.

unknown

Maybe a slab-serif, like Egyptian 505?

hhp

unknown

I'd be inclined to try a Dutch/English oldstyle or a transitional face. Caslon, Janson, Baskerville, that sort of thing. Or a more modern design along the same lines -- some of the newer Dutch faces might work well. Scala, perhaps?

unknown

Akzidenz Gtotesque has its origin in XIX century.
What do you think of 'Modern Extended MT' at its side?

unknown

Janson looks really nice with it- especially the small caps contrasting the Akzidenz light. Have you ever seen an expert set with small caps, etc available for Baskerville? I wasn't sure if that exists...

unknown

Sure. At www.fonts.com: Baskerville MT Expert.

unknown

I've used Akzidenz with Walbaum before, with good results.

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