Non latin fonts who fit this new family?

Windows operating system.

For the Serif, I currently have:

  1. Cyrillic: Georgia,
  2. Greek: Georgia,
  3. Arabic: Simplified Arabic
  4. Hebrew: Frank Ruehl
  5. Chinese: MS Song, MS Minchō, SimHei
  6. Japanese: MS Minchō

For the Sanserif, I currently have:

  1. Cyrillic: Arial,
  2. Greek: Arial,
  3. Arabic: Arial, Arabic Transparent
  4. Hebrew: Arial, David
  5. Chinese: MS Hei, Arial Unicode MS
  6. Japanese: MS Gothic, Arial Unicode MS

MacOs operating system.

For the Serif, I currently have:

  1. Cyrillic: Times,
  2. Greek: Times,
  3. Arabic: Baghdad, DecoType Naskh
  4. Hebrew: New Peninim
  5. Chinese: Apple LiSung
  6. Japanese: Hiragino Minchō Pro

For the Sanserif, I currently have:

  1. Cyrillic: Helvetica CY, Lucida Grande
  2. Greek: Helvetica, Lucida Grande
  3. Arabic: Lucida Grande, KufiStandard (Bold only)
  4. Hebrew: Arial Hebrew, Lucida Grande
  5. Chinese: Apple LiGothic
  6. Japanese: Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro

From major international vendors.

For the Serif, I currently have:

  1. Cyrillic: Gentium (3)
  2. Greek: Gentium (3)
  3. Arabic: Yakout (4)
  4. Hebrew: ––
  5. Chinese: MSung Std (2)
  6. Japanese: Kozuka Mincho Pro(2)

For the Sanserif, I currently have:

  1. Cyrillic: Helvetica World (4), News Gothic
  2. Greek: Helvetica World (4)
  3. Arabic: Sakkal Shilia (5)
  4. Hebrew: Helvetica World (4)
  5. Chinese: ––
  6. Japanese: Kozuka Gothic Pro (2)

Notes: Others sources for alternatives fonts:
(1) ParaType.com: News Gothic, Meta Pro
(2) Adobe.com: Kozuka Minch Pro, Kozuka Gothic Pro,
(3) SIL http://www.sil.org/~gaultney/gentium/ : Gentium
(4) linotype.com: Yakout
(5) http://www.sakkal.com/type/shilia.html : Sakkal Shilia

Thanks in advance to share your skills that I don’t have!

jfp le 13.11.06 — cat. — tags

2 Commentaires "Non latin fonts who fit this new family?"

  1. Bitstream offers a family of four Unicode-based multilingual OpenType TT (.ttf) fonts Baskerville BT WGL4 which are based on the Linotype designs of Cyrillic and Greek. Linotype also offers very similar Baskerville LT Cyrillic & Greek designs, but on separate fonts (not Unicode-compatible).






    A better Cyrillic companion might be the ParaType version of ITC New Baskerville Cyrillic because the design is more modern, feels less antiquated:



    For the sans, I’d recommend FF Meta Pro issued by FontShop International in OpenType PS (.otf) format. The Cyrillic was designed by Tagir Safaev at ParaType while the Greek was done by Panos Haratzopoulos at Cannibal.



    The ParaType version of News Gothic Cyrillic might also offer a good companion.



    Finally, an early grotesque ParaType face named Textbook could also work though not so much in the italic.



    For Japanese, I would recommend a matching pair of Mincho (serif) and Gothic (sanserif) designs. An obvious choice would be Adobe’s Kozuka Mincho Pro and Kozuka Gothic Pro but if the client wants something more distinctive, you could consider Tsukushi Mincho & Gothic from Fontworks or Hon Mincho and Goshi from Ryobi.

    Adam
    Adam Twardoch — Nov 13, 23:51
  2. Thanks Adam, I have today finally updated this entry, with some of your proposals.
    Jean François Porchez — Nov 23, 18:54