: Finding a clean, corporate sans font whose capital "A" has vertical sides / a square-ish top? I'm looking for a font for the base of a corporate logo - a clean, fairly geometric, sharp sans-serif
I'm looking for a font for the base of a corporate logo - a clean, fairly geometric, sharp sans-serif (Helvetica-esque, basically).
My specific unusual requirement for one of my ideas is that the capital A has a square or square-ish top and vertical sides, rather than a pointed triangle. So, for example, the lower two-thirds of the A should resemble a H, and the window in the A should be a little similar to that of a P except symmetrical (either rounded or square is fine).
This is fairly unusual, and I know I'm going to have to do quite a lot of modifications, but I'm cautiously optimistic that there's something out there which would serve as a good base and minimise the amount of font-hacking I need to do. If I can't find anything, I'll experiment with hacking something together using a suitable font's H and P.
A great answer would be either:
A font with this sort of A in as close as possible to the above simple, clean, geometrically balanced, corporate style
Or, better still, some reliable steps I can take to filter my font browsing to fonts with this type of A. So far, I've not found any way to do this.
To give one example, Nova Square (thanks PieBie) has the type of A shape I'm looking for - but it's too much of a sci-fi-ish typeface than the clean sharp corporate look I'm aiming for:
Here's a crude example I made earlier:
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This is actually one of the questions on Identifont.
So, you could go through the identifont sans-serif font-identification questions, entering any characteristics you want to specify, choosing "not sure" on those where you don't have an opinion, then choose "has parallel verticals" on question 28, and it'll give you fonts matching those criteria and this one to browse.
Don't be too strict with your other criteria, though. Identifont very often comes up with no exact matches for all your questions, and when it does, it has no way to know which are the most important. To ensure that all results match one criteria, answer "not sure" to most other questions.
OK, had some time for Googling around, so prepare for some options. I know not all of these are what you're looking for, but I still wanted to leave them for future passers-by.
Moderna Family
www.fontspring.com/fonts/los-andes-type/moderna
this font has both a square A and a triangular one
lots of options (unicase or not, condensed, ...)
readable, modern sans
Hallandale JNL
www.fontspring.com/fonts/jeff-levine/hallandale-jnl
Tight Sans font
Readable, even at smaller sizes
Only one thickness though :(
Schwager Sans
www.fontspring.com/fonts/latinotype/schwager-sans
Another one offering both A's
Personally like this one very much
Alternate characters add a distinguishing dimension
Bruum FY Family
www.fontspring.com/fonts/fontyou/bruum-fy
A bit of a different kind of A
A nice, readable sans with character
Not too rounded, but has some nice details
Isbit Family
www.fontspring.com/fonts/cheapprofonts/isbit-pro
A bit more playful than Moderna
Quite rounded
Provides alternates
Rotundus Rounded
www.fontspring.com/fonts/dayflash/rotundus-rounded
As the name suggests: very rounded
Playful, yet stylish
Maybe too rounded for your purpose, but I kinda like it
Design System B
www.fontspring.com/fonts/flat-it/design-system-b
Comes from a versatile and very, very extensive font family (Be sure to check C and D too for different letter heights)
Futuristic and distinctive
I don't think you'll find a readymade "corporate-looking font" with an A like that. You could draw one yourself - a famous example of this is the Toyota logo which is Helvetica except for the custom O.
Agency FB
I know it's not a perfect fit, but perhaps an inspiration or something. It came to mind reading your description.
www.fontbureau.com/fonts/AgencyFB/
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