Typophile

Geometric Modernist Sans

projectspace

Hello – please help identify this typeface. View it here
http://www.tumblr.com/photo/1280/9308379016/1/tumblr_lqejq6XGDf1qhyco6

It is similar to Futura, but with the exception of the "C" and "a" characters. It has a closer feel to Caslon's Egyptian, in that the aperture of the "C" curls inwards, instead of being "cut-off" vertically as does the "C" in Futura.

Please let me know if you know the name!!

Also, on another note, are there any contemporary typefaces designed in a similar style to this one that you know of?!

Thanks very much!
Best,
JH

type addict

I'm not sure what that gothic is called, but a really close contender is Neutraface No. 2 Display Bold by Christian Schwartz. You can find it at http://www.houseind.com/fonts/neutraface2.

Chris Keegan

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Josev

Verlag from H&FJ also has a similar feel
http://www.typography.com/fonts/font_styles.php?productLineID=100009

projectspace

Hey Thanks very much!!

Chris: my apologies for the incorrect image posting.

Best!
JH

projectspace

Thank you, type addict and mimimalista!

type addict: this one is extremely close, although I think the lowercase "a" is somewhat different. I have seen this font (not the one you suggested, but the one I am looking for) on old clocks from... the 1920s - 30s ? I think...

Best,
JH

projectspace

Hey!
I need to purchase just ONE or TWO styles/weights! (only packages of the typeface are available through House Industries, and this is too expensive for me!) Can anyone suggest any alternatives?!

THANKS!
Best,
JH

Marc Oxborrow

Brandon Grotesque might be an option:

http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/hvdfonts/brandon-grotesque/

Craig Eliason

A close match dating from the modernist era would be Erbar.

Claudio Piccinini

I wouldn’t say Erbar. From the image, which is low quality, but it shows enough, I would say it’s Wagner & Schmidt’s Kristall Grotesk, of which I am unaware if a digital version exists.

Its feeling on the page is very different from Erbar, and also from Futura, especially due to the peculiar form of the lowercase [a] and other letters.

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