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Dick Margulis
Apr 10, 2012, 9:12:10 AM4/10/12
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Designing a straight text biography for a self-publishing client who is
heavily biased toward a dark body face. Her emails to me are in Times Bold.
I sent her a sample design in Adobe Jenson, because off the top of my
head that's the darkest-appearing standard text face that I have on
hand, but she feels it's too light. I've explained that her
idiosyncratic taste may not match that of her readers and that I really
can't set the book in a semibold or bold font without looking like a
complete idiot but that I'd look around for something darker than Jenson.
So I'm crowdsourcing here. Anyone have a [polite] suggestion?
Thanks!
Dick
heavily biased toward a dark body face. Her emails to me are in Times Bold.
I sent her a sample design in Adobe Jenson, because off the top of my
head that's the darkest-appearing standard text face that I have on
hand, but she feels it's too light. I've explained that her
idiosyncratic taste may not match that of her readers and that I really
can't set the book in a semibold or bold font without looking like a
complete idiot but that I'd look around for something darker than Jenson.
So I'm crowdsourcing here. Anyone have a [polite] suggestion?
Thanks!
Dick
wev
Apr 10, 2012, 9:54:05 AM4/10/12
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Hoefler text is quite a bit darker than most. Or Elzevier book
Wm Voss
Wm Voss
Odysseus
Apr 10, 2012, 10:51:55 PM4/10/12
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In article <6pOdneyBuPAsrBnS...@supernews.com>,
stems? If the latter, maybe a slightly "Didone" type like _Electra_ or
_Goudy Modern_ would work. Then there's _Caslon Three_, but that's
pretty much a bold face despite not being so named.
Nicolas Cochin has quite dark letters, but the small x-height lightens
the overall colour -- and it may be a little too quirky for a book.
--
Odysseus
Dick Margulis <marg...@comcast.net> wrote:
> Designing a straight text biography for a self-publishing client who is
> heavily biased toward a dark body face. Her emails to me are in Times Bold.
>
> I sent her a sample design in Adobe Jenson, because off the top of my
> head that's the darkest-appearing standard text face that I have on
> hand, but she feels it's too light. I've explained that her
> idiosyncratic taste may not match that of her readers and that I really
> can't set the book in a semibold or bold font without looking like a
> complete idiot but that I'd look around for something darker than Jenson.
Is it the overall colour she finds too light, or the weight of the
> Designing a straight text biography for a self-publishing client who is
> heavily biased toward a dark body face. Her emails to me are in Times Bold.
>
> I sent her a sample design in Adobe Jenson, because off the top of my
> head that's the darkest-appearing standard text face that I have on
> hand, but she feels it's too light. I've explained that her
> idiosyncratic taste may not match that of her readers and that I really
> can't set the book in a semibold or bold font without looking like a
> complete idiot but that I'd look around for something darker than Jenson.
stems? If the latter, maybe a slightly "Didone" type like _Electra_ or
_Goudy Modern_ would work. Then there's _Caslon Three_, but that's
pretty much a bold face despite not being so named.
Nicolas Cochin has quite dark letters, but the small x-height lightens
the overall colour -- and it may be a little too quirky for a book.
--
Odysseus
Helmut Elbers
Apr 12, 2012, 2:40:28 PM4/12/12
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http://friedrichalthausen.de/?page_id=411
Helmut
habar...@gmail.com
Jul 6, 2012, 1:31:23 PM7/6/12
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