Your favorite fonts? - Page 2

Ferdinand · #9 December 9th, 2006, 11:37 AM

Isn't Arial sort of boring if you use it all the time? Otherwise, if you send it to many people... it's a very universal font so its nearly impossible that someone doesnt have that font.

g/re/p · #10 December 9th, 2006, 01:00 PM

I like gill sans

Esquilinho · #11 December 9th, 2006, 02:12 PM

For system, I like Verdana.

For work, I like Futura, Helvetica Neue, Avenir, Gill Sans, Wendy (for the handwritten look), and many, many more

Ferdinand · #12 December 10th, 2006, 01:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Esquilinho

For work, I like Futura, Helvetica Neue, Avenir, Gill Sans, Wendy (for the handwritten look), and many, many more

Where do you get "Wendy"...? It's not a standard font I presume since it's not on my system??

Esquilinho · #13 December 10th, 2006, 04:16 AM

Ooops, sorry! I have the bad habit of not reading everything properly, so I just ignored the "system" on the original question... :-P
Just ignore me altogether for this! Bad girl!

although... I did divide my answer in two parts: system and fonts I use for work...

Anyway, if you're still interested about where Wendy comes from, it's included in in Adobe's OpenType FontFolio. We bought it for a really nice price

jole · #14 December 10th, 2006, 07:22 PM

as a typographer, i have to say that arial is a poorly designed font. it is in fact an arbitrarily re-designed helvetica. i found an article that explains very well the disappointing and spineless history of arial.

two excerpts :

"Arial has a rather dubious history and not much character. In fact, Arial is little more than a shameless impostor."

"Helvetica became popular on its own merits. Arial owes its very existence to that success but is little more than a parasite."

full article : http://www.ms-studio.com/articles.html

also, trebuchet is terrible and easily discardable. as stated in wikipedia :

"Trebuchet MS is a sans-serif typeface designed by Vincent Connare for the Microsoft Corporation in 1996..."

and

"Microsoft refers to Trebuchet MS as “a good web design font”, and it is one of their 'Core fonts for the Web'. Trebuchet MS has been included with several Microsoft products, including the Windows operating system, components of the Office productivity suite, and the Internet Explorer web browser."

both fonts, are hence disgraces to the world of professionally designed typeface, and anyone who loves them simply has poor taste.

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jole · #15 December 10th, 2006, 08:12 PM

quiz :
http://www.iliveonyourvisits.com/helvetica

game :
http://www.engagestudio.com/helvetica

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eric2006 · #16 December 10th, 2006, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Ferdinand

Isn't Arial sort of boring if you use it all the time? Otherwise, if you send it to many people... it's a very universal font so its nearly impossible that someone doesnt have that font.

I like it because it's simple, and easy to read. The more it's used, the better - for the most part.