need typography suggestions

[mopinko]

i need an accent font for optima. i did not pick optima, i hate helvetica and all it's spawn. i hate the very word clean.

i like double storey g's, and serifs with awkward angles. and nifty special characters. but i think the most i can get away with is something a little art deco.
either an adobe font, or a macware font. or something i can get at dafont.

it's a fundraiser invite, and there is a nice smooth wave for a logo.

[mainegreen]

1. COPPERPLATE GOTHIC BOLD

COVER THE WORLD IN COPPERPLATE GOTHIC BOLD!!

And throw in some Papyrus for that exotic touch too!

:P

[mopinko]

3. too squat

something about papyrus rubs me the wrong way. i do not know what. i used to like it.

[Throd]

13. Papyrus. The official font of the aromatherapy industry.

[mopinko]

16. i think you might be on to something

[Brickbat]

2. Melior.

I like Baskerville a little better but it is weightier.

[mopinko]

4. i think i was unclear.

i love those fonts, but that doesn't mean i get to use them. i need something in between. especially something a little deco.

[Auggie]

5. Minion Pro...

It's not art deco but I think it's a good serif match for Optima. Any Garamond except the ITC cut.

Bodoni may skew art deco. With Bodoni, be sure to pair kern any lowercase letter with an uppercase. Nothing shouts "amateur typesetting" more than poor pair kerning.

[mopinko]

6. both minion and caslon were on my

short list. i caslon has a better m match, and the candidate's name is moore.

thank you for the advice. i will watch that.

eta- oops. looking at the wrong style. meant toplar not caslon.

[Shagbark Hickory]

7. Not exactly original but how about zaph chancery?

Since I don't know how or where it's being used it's tough to give you a real suggestion.

[mopinko]

8. was looking at that myself.

it's an invite for a candidate for the water reclamation district of cook county. so, watery. wavey. aqua blue.
just need the right m.

[Shagbark Hickory]

11. When I think I water and wavey, I dont think of serifs but one that I use a lot is Windsor

[Call Me Wesley]

9. Comic Sans.

It's the all-purpose font.

[mopinko]

15. aaaaaarrrrrrggggghhhhh

you are supposed to use one of these when you say that-

:evilgrin:

or

:hide:

[FloridaJudy]

10. I'm a Baskerville fan myself.

Don't hound me about it.

[rug]

12. But I didn't kill the descender.

[Throd]

14. Palatino Linotype, Bold

[mopinko]

17. close but wrong m

toplar fits if just right, imho.

[NV Whino]

18. Optima is tough to pair

It's a world unto itself, being neither fish (serif) nor fowl (sanserif). Although, technically it is a serif face, it tends to act more like sanserif. Therefore, I think you are on the right track with something deco-ish with outlandish serifs. You need something slightly wild to offset the boring optima.

[mopinko]

19. sadly, it is not up to me.

flowing serifs have been shot down. i like the toplar, tho, and they were meant to go together is my understanding.
but yeah, why people like boring is beyond me.

[mopinko]

20. ok, i have a typography lingo question

is there a name for a cap m that looks like upside down v's? not crisscrossed, just sort of, well, wide stance.
although i wish i knew the name for the w's with the crisscross middle, also.

[RebelOne]

21. Browse through these. You have 1001 choices.

www.1001freefonts.com/

[mopinko]

22. trouble with most of those is that they aren't full families.

or they charge for the full family.
sokay. i got about as many as i want

[mopinko]

23. i can't believe it. i got fired.

the design that was "good" on wednesday was shot full of lead on friday. somebody else's deadline freakout i'm guessing. it is way behind.
but an epic freakout. when the project was pretty much ready to go in the mail.
throw this out. throw that out. make it fit in a #10 envelope. but it's an a6.
just do it. just get it done. i have other clients. i don't care.
but then, why?

but it would be done if you could just tell me what you want in it.

omfg

i haven't had a job in 15 years, and that was a short one. before that another 12.
and i have been fired twice in 2 weeks. welcome back to the work force.

(i got fired for refusing to cover up a tattoo with a bad word. which had been on full display at the interview.)

[NV Whino]

24. I hear you

I've been doing some freebies for our local museum in the hopes of picking up some paying work. The CEO finally approved version 11 of the first brochure I did for them. I told them they couldn't do that again—they needed to give me finalized copy that the CEO had approved before I did any kind of layout. Mind you, I expect to make a few changes and corrections by the time it gets into layout, but eleven major revisions? I just finished a second brochure with only one major change due to switching people with whom I work and their lack of communication with each other, and some minor corrections. They are thrilled with the results.

[mopinko]

25. i made them pay me just to get around that freebie fu.

thought it might help. guess not.

[NV Whino]

26. These guys are running in the red at the moment

It's my good deed to help them get stuff they need and remain open.