On Wed, 06 Dec 2006, Calum Polwart wrote: > OK this is probably off topic, but if anyone knows you guys will know. > > I've just been shown some mock-ups of a document that use a (c) font. > The mock-ups look very good but the font family contains loads of > variations (bold, demi bold, etc) Each font costs ?50, or we can get > the whole family for ?550. I'd like to stick as closely to the design > of the mock ups as I can but the whole project isn't worth that much > money! > > The mockup used 6 versions, but I suspect the whole document could use > nearer 10. > > The font involved is Myriad Pro - nice but nothing to write home about. > > So what I want to know is: > > - Anyone know of a 'free' font (which behaves in Scribus) that looks > very similar to Myriad. (From what I understand there is actually > Myriad included in Acrobat Reader - but that is hearsay)
Are you on a linux platform? Install acroread 7 and look at: /opt/Acrobat7/Resource/Font/ or check on your system with # locate yriad Independent on wether you have the fonts or not you should check the licensing issues. > - Is there any way to search for very similar fonts. I'm sure I cam > across a tool or website or something that could take a sample (not sure > how that sample was produced) and then match it '?how' to similar other > fonts.. don't know, sorry Urs
