Fonts - where to buy and which format - Akzidenz Grotesk
Marc Heusser
Where do I buy these best? (prices ...)
And: I see there are Postscript and OpenType versions. Which one would
you recommend? I am not that acquainted with the details there, and as
this costs serious money I'd rather have the correct one.
TIA
Marc
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Barbarossa
> I need a Berthold font, Akzidenz Grotesk BQ. Where do I buy
> these best? (prices ...) And: I see there are Postscript and
> OpenType versions. Which one would you recommend? I am not
> that acquainted with the details there, and as this costs
> serious money I'd rather have the correct one.
Barbarossa:
Serious money indeed! A single font like this from a reputable
and high quality foundry is about US$295. The whole "Pro"
collection with Regular, Condensed and Extended in all the
weights is about US$795.
Strongly recommend getting the 'OpenType' fonts as these are
the future of fonts on the computer, and are usable on both Mac
and PC. They combine the best elements of both TT and PS in a
single package.
Your best bet is to simply Google: Akzidenz Grotesk and see
who has what for sale. Most of these fonts can be purchased
online and easily downloaded. As usual, always make backups.
Consider also that font collections are offered by many
foundries at good discounts - for the cost of ten good fonts you
could have the whole collection of 100 or more. Unfortunately,
many of these fonts and font collections are sold with the
assumption that they are going to be used in companies with ten
or twenty workstations and/or printers and are priced accordingly
high. It is very difficult to buy a commercial grade font for
personal use for a reasonable price.
Sometimes it just helps to have a friend who has a copy of the
font. I do not have this one. 8^(
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J.J. O'Shea
(in article <marc.heusser-339E...@news.unizh.ch>):
> I need a Berthold font, Akzidenz Grotesk BQ.
> Where do I buy these best? (prices ...)
This place might be of help.
<http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/berthold/akzidenz-grotesk-bq/>
> And: I see there are Postscript and OpenType versions. Which one would
> you recommend? I am not that acquainted with the details there, and as
> this costs serious money I'd rather have the correct one.
OpenType. PostScript Type One is on its way out. (PS Type Three is
effectively dead and buried already.) OT works the same on Macs and Windows;
PS Type 1 and 3 had different formats on Macs and Windows, so you had to buy
_two_ packages if you had both platforms. Linux also has (limited) OpenType
support.
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Marc Heusser
J.J. O'Shea <try.n...@but.see.sig> wrote:
> On Fri, 7 Sep 2007 02:18:23 -0400, Marc Heusser wrote
> (in article <marc.heusser-339E...@news.unizh.ch>):
>
> > I need a Berthold font, Akzidenz Grotesk BQ.
> > Where do I buy these best? (prices ...)
>
> This place might be of help.
> <http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/berthold/akzidenz-grotesk-bq/>
>
> > And: I see there are Postscript and OpenType versions. Which one would
> > you recommend? I am not that acquainted with the details there, and as
> > this costs serious money I'd rather have the correct one.
>
> OpenType. PostScript Type One is on its way out. (PS Type Three is
> effectively dead and buried already.) OT works the same on Macs and Windows;
In article <whewitt-F51D32...@news-server.orange.rr.com>,
Barbarossa <whe...@ucsd.edu> wrote:
...
> Serious money indeed! A single font like this from a reputable
> and high quality foundry is about US$295. The whole "Pro"
> collection with Regular, Condensed and Extended in all the
> weights is about US$795.
>
> Strongly recommend getting the 'OpenType' fonts as these are
> the future of fonts on the computer, and are usable on both Mac
> and PC. They combine the best elements of both TT and PS in a
> single package.
>...
> Consider also that font collections are offered by many
> foundries at good discounts - for the cost of ten good fonts you
> could have the whole collection of 100 or more. ...
Thank you both - OpenType OTF seems to be the way to go.
I'll see about font collections - but I'd have to justify them ;-)
As it is for commercial purposes, I'd rather go the licensing route.