Wow, I’m eagerly awaiting this release. I’ve been trying to push Museo on a lot of projects recently (unfortunately with little success). It’s so friendly, contemporary and gender-neutral, to say (although it’s certainly very feminine). Actually, this looks to be a very sleek male companion to Museo.
Also, jumping the gun, Museo seems to be more of a slab serif than a traditional serif. Any ideas for a Museo Sans (perhaps “Museo Classic” would be a nice title)?
Thanks for the compliments Colin. I hope you’ll find a use for Museo soon. No ideas for a Museo Serif (or Slab as I would prefer to call it) at the moment, but I’ll do some tests to see if it might be worth pursuing.
Thank you Sacha. The release will be as soon as possible but I have no date planned. There’s a lot to be done and I haven’t even started working on the italics yet.
Hey Jos could you please advise a font which looks almost similar, so that I can use this font as stopgap until you have finished the Museo sans. Would be very nice.
hey jos, i also would like to humbly request an italic for the museo family, i have used museo for some magazine layouts and would have really loved an italic… oh and btw, i’m one of the people is who is happy to pay for fine fonts, so if you decided to sell the italics i’d buy them. cheers!
Thanks for stopping by again! I’m working hard on the Museo Sans italics. If they turn out well I’ll surely think about your request. Cheers to you to!
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I’m a communication design student at Louisiana Tech University. My final project for the quarter is a type specimen poster, and I was assigned Museo Sans. I’m really excited about this project, because after researching and studying the typeface, I have become a big fan of the typeface as well as your others.
I’m having a little trouble, however. Whereas some of my classmates have typefaces with long histories, Museo Sans is just an infant. I have read your interviews, and have looked at some of the usages of the type, but I am still a little confused about your inspiration for Museo Sans.
I know Museo Sans is an adaptation of Museo, and I have read about your inspiration for the original–the shape of the “U”; I am curious about your inspiration for Museo Sans–was it originally created because of the success of Museo, or had you always planned on creating the sans serif version? When creating the typeface, how did you imagine it being used?
I succesfully made a sans before out of a semi serif with Fontin Sans. I found out —after a few little tests— that the skeleton of Museo was great to make a nice geometric sans with a humanistic touch from. Museo Sans can be used very broad. I’ve seen great text examples, but also beautiful display uses.
Would love to see (a pdf of) the final specimen poster!
35 Comments
May 13, 2008 at 3:23 pm
Yeah! I do love Museo
May 13, 2008 at 6:02 pm
Oh, nice! Looking forward to it Jos!
May 14, 2008 at 2:01 am
Museo… just a perfect font. Really nice.
May 14, 2008 at 7:06 am
Jemig wat maak je toch mooie dingen
May 14, 2008 at 7:30 am
Thank you all very much! When ready Museo Sans will be released at MyFonts for the same price as Museo.
May 20, 2008 at 4:29 pm
can’t wait to see the final version
June 5, 2008 at 12:57 am
I’m quickly becoming a fan of Museo, but a sans serif version? I may die happy.
June 5, 2008 at 8:03 am
Jos, I Love Museo! Keep up the good work!!
June 5, 2008 at 8:24 am
Thanks Niels.
@ Joey —
June 6, 2008 at 5:01 am
wow. this is great. Really looking forward to this one.
June 6, 2008 at 2:24 pm
I just wet my pants. I thought Museo couldn’t get any better.
June 6, 2008 at 10:38 pm
Thanks Niels (T)!
@ repeatpattern — Mayby less will be more … hang around to find out
June 26, 2008 at 5:08 pm
Wow, I’m eagerly awaiting this release. I’ve been trying to push Museo on a lot of projects recently (unfortunately with little success). It’s so friendly, contemporary and gender-neutral, to say (although it’s certainly very feminine). Actually, this looks to be a very sleek male companion to Museo.
Also, jumping the gun, Museo seems to be more of a slab serif than a traditional serif. Any ideas for a Museo Sans (perhaps “Museo Classic” would be a nice title)?
June 26, 2008 at 5:09 pm
err.. obviously I meant “Museo Serif” in that last question. Too early where I am…
June 27, 2008 at 7:46 am
Thanks for the compliments Colin. I hope you’ll find a use for Museo soon. No ideas for a Museo Serif (or Slab as I would prefer to call it) at the moment, but I’ll do some tests to see if it might be worth pursuing.
PS:
Here’s a nice example of Museo in use: http://typophile.com/node/46620
July 1, 2008 at 9:36 am
Hi Jos,
really great work. I plan to use the Museo family for one of my clients. When will the “Museo sans” be finished?
July 1, 2008 at 9:52 am
Thank you Sacha. The release will be as soon as possible but I have no date planned. There’s a lot to be done and I haven’t even started working on the italics yet.
July 1, 2008 at 11:31 am
ok. thanks for the information. but will it take a couple of weeks or even a few months?
July 1, 2008 at 11:40 am
More like a few months the way I’m looking at it now … I don’t want to rush it.
July 1, 2008 at 2:13 pm
No of course not. Keep it perfect. Thank you very much
July 3, 2008 at 9:59 am
Hey Jos could you please advise a font which looks almost similar, so that I can use this font as stopgap until you have finished the Museo sans. Would be very nice.
July 10, 2008 at 6:45 pm
When, when, when!?!?!
This would work perfect for a new logo that I’m working on.
Can’t wait to see it!
July 10, 2008 at 9:58 pm
Great! A sans to go with the brilliant serif. Can’t wait.
July 18, 2008 at 6:59 am
Thanks! It’s still a lot of work so it probably will take me a few months to complete it.
August 20, 2008 at 5:50 am
hi jos, museo sans looks GREAT! i love museo, and have used it on many projects, but the sans will be a great addition! keep it up! you’re awesome!
August 22, 2008 at 10:48 am
Thanks!!! Working real hard
September 1, 2008 at 6:20 am
hey jos, i also would like to humbly request an italic for the museo family, i have used museo for some magazine layouts and would have really loved an italic… oh and btw, i’m one of the people is who is happy to pay for fine fonts, so if you decided to sell the italics i’d buy them. cheers!
September 3, 2008 at 4:51 pm
Thanks for stopping by again! I’m working hard on the Museo Sans italics. If they turn out well I’ll surely think about your request. Cheers to you to!
September 12, 2008 at 12:25 pm
I’ve set up a Museo Sans page so you can have a look already.
The release will be real soon.
http://www.josbuivenga.demon.nl/museosans.html
September 14, 2008 at 10:33 pm
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September 16, 2008 at 11:16 am
Hi,
i found your site by searching a font a customer used in his logo.
now i have a new favourite type designer.
great work, great fonts! bookmarked!
greets from munich
September 16, 2008 at 7:20 pm
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November 5, 2009 at 5:07 pm
Hi Jos,
I’m a communication design student at Louisiana Tech University. My final project for the quarter is a type specimen poster, and I was assigned Museo Sans. I’m really excited about this project, because after researching and studying the typeface, I have become a big fan of the typeface as well as your others.
I’m having a little trouble, however. Whereas some of my classmates have typefaces with long histories, Museo Sans is just an infant. I have read your interviews, and have looked at some of the usages of the type, but I am still a little confused about your inspiration for Museo Sans.
I know Museo Sans is an adaptation of Museo, and I have read about your inspiration for the original–the shape of the “U”; I am curious about your inspiration for Museo Sans–was it originally created because of the success of Museo, or had you always planned on creating the sans serif version? When creating the typeface, how did you imagine it being used?
November 6, 2009 at 8:17 pm
Hi Anna,
I succesfully made a sans before out of a semi serif with Fontin Sans. I found out —after a few little tests— that the skeleton of Museo was great to make a nice geometric sans with a humanistic touch from. Museo Sans can be used very broad. I’ve seen great text examples, but also beautiful display uses.
Would love to see (a pdf of) the final specimen poster!
November 23, 2009 at 10:11 am
http://maketea.co.uk/combine.php?type=javascript&files=font.js,scripts.js
This site ^ embeds MuseoSans into the page via cufon javascript hackery. Not sure if this is OK with the Museo license.