I use ITC Century Condensed for lyrics, which looks nice next to titles etc
in the default New Century Schoolbook. Not at all Minion-y, and not free,
but maybe still useful.

On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 7:02 PM, Simon Albrecht <[email protected]>
wrote:

>  Am 30.04.2015 um 20:57 schrieb Urs Liska:
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> Am 30.04.2015 um 17:20 schrieb Joshua Nichols:
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> I'm looking for something other than minion pro.
>
>
> ;-)
>
>  It also needs to have serifs (if not clear by the indication in the
> subject). What do you all use (free or otherwise)?
>
>
> Well, apart from Minion Pro ...
> - default Century Schoolbook,
>   but I think that's not optimal for lyrics because it's too wide.
>   Even without condensed variants there are narrower fonts available
> - Linux Libertine
>   Actually I like that very much because it's quite elegant and
> unobtrusively modern.
>   Not very narrow either, though
> - Old Standard TT
>   can be used for a rather old-fashioned look
>   but it's not narrow either, so not 100% suitable for lyrics either.
>
> Bottom line: I am still in need of a good replacement font.
>
> Some time ago, I fell in love with the Alegreya family from
> fontsquirrel.org – they look terrific and are rather narrow in my eyes.
> There is also a sans serif variant.
>
> Yours, Simon
>
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