I am looking for a font. For what? You may ask. A stylish social network app.
I have been looking at various social networks (Facebook, Twitter, et cetera) and they all seem to have very strong characteristics when it comes to their logo, as typography should be.
I want a font that is sans-serif, strong, with interesting angles. Somewhat like Facebook's logo, which is closely related to Klavika Bold, but I hate pretty much all of the lowercase letters except for "n," which has an interesting up-turn.
Obviously, the font that I use will just be a jumping-off point for me to leap into the abyss of typography. I already know how I will style the first letter, but I want a good font to start with and I am certain that there are some typography geeks on here.
Thank you in advance for any help you can give me!
This is an early demo, but here. This is using Klavika Bold as a base. Sigh. Comments and critiques are needed. That is basically what I was picturing. Not so sure I like it though. Maybe I need a different font.
@mintertweed I'm not too fond of that idea, personally. I think I would go with either custom lettering or a modified typeface (as what you've done) and create a mark as a symbol (leaf) to the app.
Looking at it now, I feel like it looks a bit bloated. But I still like the opening lowercase "L." I do, however, believe the leaf shape should be more apparent and flowing to the right a little bit. I want this to be whimsical (which means I might need to use a serif font). I know Georgia has a sexy italic lowercase "F." Start suggesting fonts and I will see what I can do. And while you do that, I shall look at the website you mentioned.
@mintertweed Give me a few minutes as I'm helping someone else with font rendering issues outside of the forum and I'll list quite a few options for you, deal?
When I think of the word "Leaflet", I think of vines. Therefore I believe the best approach would be to find a typeface that is a little more decorative. Such as this:
I am looking for a font. For what? You may ask. A stylish social network app.
I have been looking at various social networks (Facebook, Twitter, et cetera) and they all seem to have very strong characteristics when it comes to their logo, as typography should be.
I want a font that is sans-serif, strong, with interesting angles. Somewhat like Facebook's logo, which is closely related to Klavika Bold, but I hate pretty much all of the lowercase letters except for "n," which has an interesting up-turn.
Obviously, the font that I use will just be a jumping-off point for me to leap into the abyss of typography. I already know how I will style the first letter, but I want a good font to start with and I am certain that there are some typography geeks on here.
Thank you in advance for any help you can give me!
cc @chrisburton ;)
Is @chrisburton the fellow typography geek on these forums? Haha, thanks, @TheDoc.
Cool. Thanks @TheDoc
@mintertweed What sort of budget are you able to go with? I see you want a sans-serif face, do you have any other requirements?
This is an early demo, but here. This is using Klavika Bold as a base. Sigh. Comments and critiques are needed. That is basically what I was picturing. Not so sure I like it though. Maybe I need a different font.
@mintertweed I'm not too fond of that idea, personally. I think I would go with either custom lettering or a modified typeface (as what you've done) and create a mark as a symbol (leaf) to the app.
Shuffle through Louise Fili's site. Keep an open mind to other styles.
Looking at it now, I feel like it looks a bit bloated. But I still like the opening lowercase "L." I do, however, believe the leaf shape should be more apparent and flowing to the right a little bit. I want this to be whimsical (which means I might need to use a serif font). I know Georgia has a sexy italic lowercase "F." Start suggesting fonts and I will see what I can do. And while you do that, I shall look at the website you mentioned.
@mintertweed Give me a few minutes as I'm helping someone else with font rendering issues outside of the forum and I'll list quite a few options for you, deal?
@chrisburton: Sounds awesome, man. Thank you muchly!
@mintertweed
Miller Display (love the italic capital Y glyph)
Harriet - alternate site (my favorite)
Whitman Display
Benton Modern Display
I'm using the following on my upcoming site until the Harriet series webfonts come out (via Webtype).
Old Standard
Note: Old Standard can also be found on Font Squirrel.
@chrisburton, do you have any sans-serif favorites as well?
@mintertweed
Here are a couple of my personal favorites at the moment.
Whitney
Alright Sans
When I think of the word "Leaflet", I think of vines. Therefore I believe the best approach would be to find a typeface that is a little more decorative. Such as this:
Carmen Fiesta (type in LEAFLET in all caps).
Even if you don't want to use that for your logo, I would still think about a mark with the 'L'. I have a pretty good idea of what I would do with it.
Additionally (serif)
I also like the cupped serifs on Yana