Advice on a third complementary font

[kendallq]

OK I'm not a graphic designer, but I am a sculptor and an artistic sort. I'm retired now and I'm working on making a travel blog and I've selected Quincha for my logo and Maven Pro for my blog body. Not sure if it is OK to post a link to a blog mockup so I won't. But here is a rough of my logo:

I'm having a tough time selecting a third font for graphic titles, bars etc. Any suggestions, pointers or advice is appreciated. I can take criticism too. I'm not fragile if you want to say what I've picked so far doesn't work... but I'm liking it. I just need to add balance.

This is hard! I really have always enjoyed beautiful type combinations (selected by others) and am hoping to learn. So feel free to say why you like what you might suggest.

Thank you!

[angelize]

Hello kendallq, Welcome to Talkgraphics I wasn't too sure about those two fonts till I put them on a page together, I added Overlock Black as a possible third. Overlock is available as a free webfont at either fontsquirrel.com or google fonts.

[mwenz]

Hello kendallq,

Seeing that not having web safe fonts first and foremost on the agenda is an issue, I would use a slab serif for headings and titles. A slab serif might make a nice transition between the blocky lettering of the logo and the slightly quirky nature of the sans serif of your body, Maven Pro.

The screen shot is of a web page I threw together. Larger text is a slab serif and in this case, SquareSlab711 Bd BT. My current favorite slab serif is Archer.

Take care, Mike

[kendallq]

Wow, what a bunch of friendly people here! Ever since I moved from Brooklyn, NY to high at the top of the Andes in Perú, I've missed this kind of free giving artistic spirit. Thank you both! I'm speechless. I'm going to play around with both suggestions later tonight and reflect back.

[mwenz]

Now that is a bit of a shift--from Brooklyn to the Andes!

You are welcome, of course. btw, each months there is a tutorial posted in the graphics chat area, and we often discuss the techniques and our samples.

As well, we from time to time are recreating "lost" typefaces and the next one might be a a new design. Check out the posts in the typography forum for the two typefaces we have jointly created--they are free for personal and professional use.

Take care, Mike

[wizard509]

I was trying to bridge the gap between your logo font and body text and it looks like many sanserif suarish bold fonts would work.
I didn't reach any conclusion as to which one was best though only that I liked them all caps, otherwise it's a matter of taste.
For now I like Bolster Bold, simply because it is the only suitable squarish font I have.
OK I kept looking and A Okay and A Okay midnight looks good to me.

http://www.ufonts.com/fonts/bolsterbold-bold.html


I kept searching and came up with these.


free from

http://www.dafont.com/a-okay.font



This one is not free

http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/okaycat/okay-a/midnight/