your favorite fonts

[clubmedia]

fonts are awesome! what are your favorite fonts?

[diorio]

Garamond!

[krossfyter]

COURIER

[King Cobra]

Fonts...
some recognizable

[G5orbust]

i got some cool ones, but i dont felll like typing them out... theyre mostly like line making letters fonts trying to imitate alien language... hehe.

[krossfyter]

the first one i use on my web site... the others i will find use for i guess.

[krossfyter]

Originally posted by G5orbust
i got some cool ones, but i dont felll like typing them out... theyre mostly like line making letters fonts trying to imitate alien language... hehe.

thats sounds pretty interesting. i wouldnt mind checking that out.

[scem0]

Verdana size 10 - this isn't verdana, because that isn't an option, but at least I can make it small. :o

[iGav]

Univers in 55 Roman, and 65 Bold
Helvetica Neue 95 Black, Helvetica
Dogma Outline
Bembo
EmigreFifteen
FF DrNo
FF Bull-Overinked
FF Confidential
Fuse 17, EchoPageThree
Swiss

Generally I go for san-serif typefaces, as opposed to more classical serif ones........

[cleo]

Some of my new and classic favorites:

[e-coli]

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[ejb190]

I like Good Dog Cool, Comic Sans, and Arial.

eRiC

[barkmonster]

http://www.calculatedrisc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/favfonts.gif

[zarathustra]

To ask a designer: what is your favorite font? is like asking a mother : who is your favorite child? You know the ones you hate, and the rest are all important to you. However, for personal use, I prefer Avenir.

[bombensington]

I, too, am a sans-serif fan...

[buffsldr]

i associate the "sand" font with apple for some reason and it is one of my favorite fonts. i also like garamound

[zed]

im hooked on the DINshrift's at the moment :cool:

[zarathustra]

Originally posted by buffsldr
i associate the "sand" font with apple for some reason and it is one of my favorite fonts. i also like garamound

WOW. And you also like green to purple gradients and drop shadows. ;) Sorry, I am bit cranky and critical. Sand should go the way of the Dodo, because it gives typography a bad name. But I can't criticize your likes, they are yours. :D

[dreamlance]

Originally posted by zarathustra
WOW. And you also like green to purple gradients and drop shadows. ;) Sorry, I am bit cranky and critical. Sand should go the way of the Dodo, because it gives typography a bad name. But I can't criticize your likes, they are yours. :D

*hmph* What's wrong with green to purple gradients and drop shadows? ;) I like Sand too and Kidsprint. There are more that I like but I can't remember them.

[eyelikeart]

some of these I use often...others are just fun :D

[vniow]

Okay, this is waaaaay off topic, but eye, I've always imagined your 'tar looking like this:

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by edvniow
Okay, this is waaaaay off topic, but eye, I've always imagined your 'tar looking like this:

hmm...I'm a bit confused by that...but ok :D

[vniow]

Originally posted by eyelikeart


hmm...I'm a bit confused by that...but ok :D


It always looked funny to me without animation. I'm just having a little fun with it. :p

[zed]

you should start a new thread about modifying other people's 'tars. That would be fun :D

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by edvniow



It always looked funny to me without animation. I'm just having a little fun with it. :p

ah...that's weird...either it was due to the net server crashing or I just didn't notice before...but I didn't see it moving..

and since u mentioned it I'm about to make it wink... ;)

[dreamlance]

Originally posted by eyelikeart
and since u mentioned it I'm about to make it wink... ;)

NOOO!! Not the wink! That big green eye will haunt my dreams! AAHH!!

I knew this was coming...

[iGav]

Originally posted by zarathustra
To ask a designer: what is your favorite font? is like asking a mother : who is your favorite child? You know the ones you hate, and the rest are all important to you. However, for personal use, I prefer Avenir.

This is very true.... I used to know loads of Music students, and I'd ask them who their favourite band was.... and never once... did I get an answer..... Designers are kinda similar I suppose when it comes to typefaces...... :p

I really like Avenir though... not seen that before..... even though I have it on my machine (I just checked) it's such a clean, crisp typeface..... :)

I also noticed that eye has picked Dogma for one of his typefaces as well...... nice choice... ;)

Now where's moxie??

[Mr. Anderson]

I like Futura - in a number of styles, but Avenir is nice too (which is French for future - hmmm) I don't have that, it wouldn't happen to be a free font, would it?

And where do people go to get fonts!

I used to have Good Dog Cool on my mac, seem to have misplaced it, like that one a lot as well.

D

[King Cobra]

>And where do people go to get fonts!

I used to go to FontGuy.com before it became a shareware service, along with a huge number of other font sharing sites. I guess I dodged that bullet.

Larabie Fonts (http://www.larabiefonts.com/) has a cool list of fonts. It's not a HUGE list, but there is a decent share of fonts there I like. It's mostly free, and a donation is welcome.

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by dreamlance


NOOO!! Not the wink! That big green eye will haunt my dreams! AAHH!!

I knew this was coming...

he he...now what's so bad about the wink?! ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;)

[jammer]

Manson, Bullet, Eurostile, Template Gothic, Centaur, Bell Gothic... How much time do you have?

Fonts that should die slowly:
Optima, Palatino, Sand, Textile, Reporter, Hobo, Barmeno, Gadget... How much time do you have?

[zarathustra]

Originally posted by dukestreet
I like Futura - in a number of styles, but Avenir is nice too (which is French for future - hmmm) I don't have that, it wouldn't happen to be a free font, would it?
D

Avenir was designed by Mr. Frutiger I believe. You might have heard of the typeface Frutiger - well, the same guy. Anyway, it's a Futura mod, where all the weird characters, like a, o, p, b, etc. are more clean and the overall kerning of the typeface is much easier to accomplish due to more balanced font width and x-height. It can be bought from many font houses or stock resellers. Eyewire, Adobe, etc. It is not cheap - the whole family costs upwards of 129 dollars.

[jammer]

Ahhhh but Futura has so much more character (pun intended) because of those fun quirks (although you're right, the kearning is a bear)! Avenir always struck me as more sterile than clean. Adrian took all the fun out of Mr. Renner's Bauhaus original. Plus it has a condensed face, too.

Man are we starved for some hardware rumors or what?!

Never apologize for suggesting Sand go the way of the Dodo, Z!

[barkmonster]

Fonts that should die slowly:
Optima, Palatino, Sand, Textile, Reporter, Hobo, Barmeno, Gadget... How much time do you have?

I agree with you there, I'd swap optima for any form of Helvetica though, it's so overused and optima can look okay in some circumstances.