Fonts & Character Sets ⇒ Looking for a font similar to computer modern but tighter

[Leo__]

I am looking for a font similar to computer (or latin) modern, but slightly tighter.

Here is a MWE which hopefully indicates why I am looking for a tighter font than latin modern. The font lss (latin sans serif) would do the trick, but I actually need it in bold type -- precisely because I happen to have several long titles and I want each of them to fit in one single line.
Another condition is that the tighter font should be similar enough to latin modern (I need to keep this font for another purpose).

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\documentclass[11pt,b5paper]{book}
\usepackage[french]{babel}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\begin{document}
\begin{center}
{\fontfamily{lmr}\selectfont \textbf{LES GRANDES JOIES DU SAVOIR-VIVRE DANS LA CIVILISATION}}

{\fontfamily{lss}\selectfont \textbf{LES GRANDES JOIES DU SAVOIR-VIVRE DANS LA CIVILISATION}}
\end{center}
\end{document}

[Johannes_B]

Latim modern sans is a completely different font than latin mordern roman and doesn't look anything alike it. There are several possibiblities to fit the this on a sinlge line. You could make the margins narrower (and thus making the textwidth wider), choosing a smaller font size or scaling the font (imho the worst).

If this just happens on the title page, nobody will notice if the textwidth is 2 pt wider.

On the other hand, there are thousands of fonts, some look nearly alike and seem to be similar to a non-expert. But if your readers are familiar with fonts and their look, they will most likely notice it.

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\documentclass[11pt,b5paper]{book}
\usepackage[french]{babel}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{lmodern}%JB: Loading the font
\usepackage{showframe}
\usepackage{blindtext}
\newcommand{\letitre}{LES GRANDES JOIES DU SAVOIR-VIVRE DANS LA CIVILISATION}
\begin{document}
\begin{center}
	{\textbf{\letitre}}
\par
	{\sffamily\bfseries \letitre}
\end{center}

\blindtext
\end{document}

[cgnieder]

Please consider not to use an all-uppercase title. But if you insist then at least consider applying a modest letterspacing. (I realize that this might make the title even longer but it will look a lot better!)

Best regards