I see many designs that use any spare logic element that happens to be available. Despite not really having the output current drive, CMOS 4000 and 74HC series work ok. 74LS are better (more robust).
If I was free to pick a chip just for it, I'd probably use 74LS14, 2 inverters in series to drive pin5 (non-inverting). 74LS14 are Schmitt trigger inverters which will sharpen up the switching speed of the data.