So I was sitting here finishing up my typographic solutions for patrick'c class and I was looking for a great sans serif typeface and I kept getting stuck on Univers and a couple of other faces, so I went to Andreas website and under resources I checked out this link to the font feed. It shows a lot of great alternatives, to the ever loved by students (for reasons unknown to me...because I'm not a huge fan) Helvetica. My top five favorites are as follows:
1. FF Bau
2. Paralucent
3. Neuzeits
4. Venus
5. Folio--this typeface is a great alternative because the roman version is has a much thinner stroke than the original roman helvetica. also its a bit more rounded over all and the "k" is really beautiful. Also the "A" has a swooping stroke on the bowl which makes it more interesting for the eye to read. It was created, according to the webstie by Konrad F Bauer and Walter Baum and was released by the Bauer Type Foundry from 1956-1963 in several variations.
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