Been doing a lotta logos lately and I am struggling to resist the urge to use Avenir all the time, and can’t bring myself to use Gotham. So, I’ve been looking for alternatives. Here are a few.

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Gibson:

 

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Samo Sans:

 

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Interval:

 

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Phi:

 

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Centrale Sans:

 

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Recta:

 

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Kyrial Sans:

 

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Due:

 

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Sofia Pro:

 

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Circe:

 

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Heinemann:

 

 

These might be a little stylized for most applications, but could work be useful:

 

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Sweet Sans:

 

 

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Pluto:

 

 

And here are a couple that might be good when I’m also considering DIN:

 

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Knight Sans:

 

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Argumentum:

 

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Diwa:

From a sale at Fab.com, these posters were designed “between WWII and the late ‘80s” during “the last decades of communist Bulgaria.” Click to see them big.

 

 

 

 

 

Just a few from the many online at The Computer History Museum—as PDFs no less!—in their special area full of marketing brochures. (Via Coudal)

And I just couldn’t resist. I rasterized a bunch of the covers to use for my desktop background. I made a bunch, so I figured I’d share them with all the other nerds out there. Below is a preview of what’s in the zip.

Download the zip of all desktops (10MB).

Via Blair Thompson.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A thoroughly random selection from this awesome Tumblog.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wish I could see this exhibit.

Installation view of Less and More: the Design Ethos of Dieter Rams on view at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

Via Domus.