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12-28-2007, 07:44 PM
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Favorite typeface or typeface family?
Whats everyones favorite or most commonly used typeface or type family for design projects? I would have to say mine is Helvetica. Probably not a big surprise. How about you guys?
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12-30-2007, 08:28 AM
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I'm gonna be unoriginal and say helvetica neue and avant garde, although gill sans and verdana are also quite nice!
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glunge Last edited by alyCe : 12-31-2007 at 04:28 AM. |
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12-30-2007, 09:09 AM
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Yeah I'm a classical font lover, Baskerville is another favorite of mine.
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12-30-2007, 11:02 AM
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I love Helvetica also the others I enjoy are the Franklin, “gothic book” mostly from that family. Also Eras, “Light ITC” it has a techie feel to it and is rather clean and straight forward. I also find Century quite useful on occasion. You know I find that I am not too comfortable with every font within a family; it varies from project to project. My professor use to say that fonts are living and breathing things and like our own families, they sometimes don’t get along with one another.
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12-30-2007, 01:26 PM
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Thats a great quote from your teacher I like that a lot!
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12-30-2007, 06:04 PM
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My Font Fetishes....
After trying out every other font I always go back to the standard good old Arial, it's a univesral font who gets along with everyone.I also dig space-y fonts like Tahoma and Verdana. Kabel is an old flame of mine, and lately I've been using Teen light in my emails.
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12-31-2007, 01:20 PM
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I think it has to be Helvetica Neue. Most commonly used font for designers, but oh well.
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12-31-2007, 02:27 PM
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I'd have to say Helvetica is the one I use the most
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12-31-2007, 03:13 PM
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Can I change mine to Comic Sans? ^^
nah... Century Gothic is also very sexy, along with Bauhaus STD. Futura is also good at headlines and bigger font sizes. Walkway semibold is also pretty nice (only free-font I've listed so far :P) My fonts of choice has gone from "yuck, I don't have any good fonts on my computer" til "yuck, so many fugly free-fonts". Oh well, there are still some gems out there, and all things concidered, font choice follows what its used for. Helvetica wouldn't be your font of choice when designing a wedding invite etc. Oh well, my typography-teacher said we shouldn't use helvetica, we live in a confusing world of design, without right or wrongs. It's not supposed to be easy is it? edit: this is a good post to show that century gothic is a beautiful font but doesn't work that well on screen in small sizes 
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glunge Last edited by alyCe : 12-31-2007 at 03:16 PM. |
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12-31-2007, 03:38 PM
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Not many know of mine, I got it when I bougt PS CS3 for free, but it normally runs for about $150. It is Hypatia sans pro. I'm a Big fan, you can get a little demo in my sig.
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