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First of all - a lot of the fonts available on Typekit - actually, anywhere, are, ahem, inspired by H&FJ.

This is the first offering that matches the H&FJ to quality. For instance, my favorite font at the moment is Ideal Sans. The concept here is to infuse a sans serif with an almost handlettered quality. There are no straight lines. Consequently it's hard to make it look good for the screen, period, let alone at small sizes. But they've done it.

http://www.typography.com/fonts/ideal-sans/overview/

RandsInRepose.com has been beta testing it and it's gotten notably better over the past year, I think.




Maybe, but the most popular (Proxima Nova) has roots that predate its doppelganger Gotham (H&FJ's most popular typeface) by six years: http://www.marksimonson.com/notebook/view/first-public-use-o...

Nevertheless, its recent popularity is due to its status as best-legal-webfont-alternative to Gotham - at least, until today.




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