Font pairings for a Chinese restaurant

[stillnotdavid]

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Hi everyone,

I've taken on a menu design project for a semi-formal Chinese restaurant and am in need of some suggestions.

I'm trying to stray away from obvious Asian-stereotypical fonts, but rather something classic and clean with a slight hint of Asian influence.

Any help would be appreciated. Right now I am pairing Century Gothic with Palatino italic and while they are quite nice together, they're giving a much more western (perhaps an Italian restaurant) vibe.

[Karl Stange]

Perhaps the Hakkasan menu could provide some inspiration?

[Té Rowan]

There are some very clean and elegant brush fonts. Here is one: Hideko.

[Riccardo Sartori]

http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/t26/kurosawa-sans/
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/arthurbaker/hiroshige-sans/

[donshottype]

One factor you might consider is that East Asian font designers usually include a Latin subset in Chinese and Japanese fonts using a light version of common Latin fonts.
If you have Windows, check the installed East Asian fonts for some examples.
Don

[altsan]

Maybe not quite what you're asking, but I've achieved some (IMO) very nice results in using Adobe Jenson Pro on the same page as traditional-style kanji/hanzi characters.

[Les ONeill]

I second altsan's recommendation, any well designed humanist face where the trace of the pen is palpable and intrinsic.