Of course, being free you have to sacrifice the considerable versatility.
If originality is your reason for cheating on Gotham however, this may not be the best choice - the web design community in particular has already embraced Proxima Nova. While not quite as extensive a family as Gotham, Proxima Nova is nonetheless available in seven weights thin, light, regular, semi-bold, bold, extra-bold and blackwith matching italics, small caps and condensed and extra-condensed widths. It's also enormously versatile as a typeface, when taking into account its nine weights thin, extra light, light, regular, book, medium, bold, black and ultraeach of which comes in italics, as well as narrow, extra-narrow and condensed widths. Inspired by architectural lettering from midth century New York, Gotham has a uniquely American edge that sets it apart from its more European-flavoured counterparts. Originally a commission for GQ magazine, Tobias Frere-Jones' Gotham has become one of the biggest typographical success stories of the past decade.
