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Suggestions for contemporary alternative to Palatino?

dendicott

Hi

I have a colleague redesigning a business orientated magazine. He currently uses Dobra to great effect on headers, standfirsts etc. Trade Gothic is also used throughout. Body face is Palatino which reads OK but would be nice to update - can anyone suggest a more contemporary face that will pair well with Dobra and Trade but retain the legibility of Palatino (bearing in mind the business audience)?

Thanks!

I’m not at all a fan of Palatino. I’d rather want to see all Palatino in the whole world replaced by Whitman. Or at least Aldus.

I liked a lot Palatino, but nowadays don't think it reads well as text typeface. Some suggestions on contemporary text fonts with good readability:
Greta Text
Guardian Text
Expo Serif
Stuart
Marat
Skolar
Celeste
Athelas
Karmina
Premiéra

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