![]() ![]() Released a few years after Bliss, Sterling seemed like a bit of a bandwagon jumper, but it has its own merits.Īgenda (1993–2000) by Greg Thompson for Font Bureau See also Tankard’s Wayfarer, inspired by Granby.įoundry Sterling by David Quay and Freda Sack for The Foundry “Forms were chosen for their simplicity, legibility, and ‘Englishness’”. It’s also a great replacement for Frutiger and Syntax. Probably the most complete and usable of these alternatives, Bliss improves on nearly every failing in Johnston and Gill Sans. Naik has many more wonderful images of specimen books in a Flickr set. PRENTON RP FONT UPDATEUpdate (Mar 13, 2007) - Romesh Naik of Stuttgart has generously hosted photos of Granby specimens from a Stephenson, Blake book: here and here, including an interesting Inline version. Granby is probably the most underused of the alternatives on this list. As Archer informs, this is probably because they cut the wooden masters for the original Underground lettering. Stephenson Blake’s competitor to Gill Sans is actually closer to Johnston. Granby (metal in 1930) by Stephenson Blake PRENTON RP FONT PROThe OpenType Pro version released in 2005 offers multilingual and cross-platform support, but no additional Western glyphs besides an alternate numeral ‘1’. Gill Sans (1928–32) by Eric Gill for Monotype Here are links to those along with a few of my own suggestions:
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