6/19/2023 0 Comments Adobe garamond free alternative![]() The result is a contemporary relative to Jenson that’s readable down to smaller sizes. It retains some of Jenson’s characteristics, like slanted bar on ‘e,’ while normalizing some other, like italic and x-height. Alternatives EasonĮason, from Fountain Typefoundry. Jenson is a Venetian or Humanist oldstyle, a style of serif that was a precursor to Garalde oldstyles like Garamond or Bembo, and was designed right around the turn of the Renaissance century (late 1400–early 1500.) Thanks to this, the font’s “scribal” quality is more evident, and its x-height relatively lower. This series will discuss just this, and we’re going to start with serif fonts. Stephen Coles write about alternatives to Gill Sans and Helvetica, and the latter received plenty of coverages, but what about alternative to well-but-less known typefaces, like Jenson, Bembo, Futura, Optima or Gotham? In other words, if you know that you want something “along the lines of Garamond, but more contemporary/whimsical/serious/robust,” this guide is for you. But with typography, the subtlest of choice can make a big difference-and sometimes, you want to add just enough character to the type, without making abrupt change. ![]() ![]() This isn’t bad, per se after all, going with the familiar guarantees predictable outcome. I’ll be guest blogging for Designer Daily during Mirko’s vacation week.Ĭonsider this fact: today, we have more typefaces than ever designed, yet most designers chose to stick with their Helveticas, Gills and Caslons. Hello, my name is Bram, a brand strategist, hacker and typophile.
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