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I'm looking for ideas for the text face to be used at a variety of measures, similar in feel to the text face for Dwell magazine... does anyone know what that is?

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Hmmm... can you post a sample?

The display font on the web site looks like Trade Gothic.

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The text face is a serif and seems to me to be somewhat like melior, but lighter. I just discovered this site so I'm not sure yet how to post an image

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here's a quick scandwell font

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thanks marc, what's the sans serif?
Took a little time to get my image on, but there it is

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Patricia was right, Rostislav. It's Trade Gothic.

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Thanks all! You made my day. I've been searching all over trying to figure it out. Now, so as not to be the same ... any ideas of a similar font for use in my pub?

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For a serif with Proforma's "tradition with a twist", take a look at Borges from PampaType. I just got the printed specimen book in the mail today, and it's a beauty.

http://www.pampatype.com/English.html
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/pampatype/borges/

Jeremy Tankard's Enigma is worth a look:
http://www.typography.net/type/enigma.htm

Then there's Delicato, whose designer professes to have been inspired by Enigma and Proforma:
http://www.veer.com/products/typedetail.aspx?image=FOT0000073

As far as sans go, I prefer News Gothic to Trade Gothic, if you're looking for something that's *really* similar.

If you want a relatively neutral modern sans, that still has some of the character of the the gothics, consider FF Kievit:

http://www.fontshop.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=catalog.fontpackage&displayfontid=FF.11231.0.0

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I am currently using News Gothic and do like it as well. I also like lightline gothic, which I used in a photographers monograph many years ago. Haven't tried looking for it yet, but with this much assistance, perhaps .... Thanks for the other suggestions. I'll take a look.

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