Your most hated font....excluding Comic Sans

[ATD]

I dislike just about all the script fonts I come across, finding a good one is a rare find.

 

[iGav]

Helvectica in the wrong hands can be boring

That phenomena's not unique to just Helvetica.

 

[dmw007]

gasp!

I love using these actually. Decoratively only of course (and only as background imagery). Really HUGE, they become abstract curves of sexy goodness.

Really? Well, whatever floats your boat. I for one get no pleasure from such fonts.

 

[dmw007]

That phenomena's not unique to just Helvetica.

Very true. Any font has the potential to be boring.

 

[ATD]

That phenomena's not unique to just Helvetica.

LOL, so true

 

[e-coli]

There are plenty of garbage fonts, but Helvetica is what came to mind first.

Okay. You should really take another look at Helvetica. It's a fantastic typeface when used correctly. Most people don't bother to kern it and only use the default weights and sizes. And almost 50 years after it's original drawing, it still feels modern.

There's even an entire beautifully-designed book dedicated to the uses of Helvetica; http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/3907044878/sr=8-1/qid=1144679202/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-2330190-4079954?%5Fencoding=UTF8

Personally, I hate brush script, arial is a blight on society, and my all-time most-hated is Addled.

 

[backupdrummer]

death to Eurostile. Everytime is see it its like nails on a chalk board

 

[lem0n]

I hate Arial, it's such a rip off... Helvetica is modern and easy to read... I'm having to invent a typeface and it's a curly one, unfortunately... >_<

 

[iGav]

I hate Arial, it's such a rip off... Helvetica is modern and easy to read...>_<

time to get your own back then

 

[dornoforpyros]

death to Eurostile. Everytime is see it its like nails on a chalk board

doh, you won't like my website then...although I did change the hieght on it.

 

[simie]

At any size and in any colour

 

[supremedesigner]

I forgot about that one! That's definitely on the hate list.

I second that! That is the most annoying font I've ever seen!

 

[Maxiseller]

At any size and in any colour

Oh dear god, yes.

You know around here virtually every shop selling wines and spirit has that exact font in bright red against a white background with the company name.

Who on earth would "graphically design" that?!

 

[dornoforpyros]

Who on earth would "graphically design" that?!

some one who took a 3 week desktop publishing class at the learning annex

 

[Jaffa Cake]

some one who took a 3 week desktop publishing class at the learning annex

Compared to some 'designers' I've encountered, he'd be considered over-qualified.

 

[Maxiseller]

some one who took a 3 week desktop publishing class at the learning annex

Too right! You know things are headed downhill when Microsoft Publisher can be seen loading up, and the "wizard" is activated...

 

[cc bcc]

Speaking about Comic Sans, what on earth was Apple thinking when they included Chalkboard ?!

And Apple Chancery is also Teh Ugly™

 

[JasonElise1983]

I have a list of my most hated fonts:

Papyrus—just not attractive

Culrz MT—seriously? it is on almost every sign i see here. I work for a magazine and everyone uses it for their logo in their ad.

Arial—Bland

Brush Script—Hiddeous

My favorite fonts right now are:

Helvetica Neue—(anthing between 25 and 45, but especially 27 condenced)

Berthold Akzidenz Grotesk—Love Their Extended Fonts

Futura—Almost worn out on it, but still a good font

GillSans

Goudy Old Style

FootLight MT

Didot

Bodoni

 

[D0ct0rteeth]

I have an old client whose brand I use to manage. I used Showcard Gothic for some of their elements.

http://www.mythologieproductions.com/rockbottom/

But over the past year and a half, since I quit working with them they ahve absolutely destroyed what I have built. It now looks like its being managed by a 4 year old and an etch-a-sketch. http://www.rockbottomgolf.com/

(no offense intended towards 4 year olds with etch-a-sketches)
...

I hate Showcard Gothic.

 

[Maxiseller]

But over the past year and a half, since I quit working with them they ahve absolutely destroyed what I have built. It now looks like its being managed by a 4 year old and an etch-a-sketch. http://www.rockbottomgolf.com/

Ugh...the changes are horrible.

Surely they must compare new to old and think "ahh cr*p"?

 

[yellow]

Chicago. So ugly.

 

[thedude110]

Chicago. So ugly.

You break my heart.

 

[sjshaw]

Zapf Chancery

 

[me_94501]

Times New Roman ,
I dont really hate the font
I just use it way too much and have no choice in using it...
I dislike Arial Black...too heavy...

You took the words right out of my mouth (right off my screen?) regarding Times New Roman.

 

[OutThere]

Not sure that I have an official™ "most hated" font, but fonts like the following I see no real purpose for:

Those are relatively useful in the print design world. They come up more than you'd imagine...watch out for them in books/magazines/posters whatever, and you'll notice that decorative shapes show up a lot. They're also used huge a lot and as background type stuff. The reason they make a font of it is so that you can have tons of different shapes on hand at any time, and they're vectorized so you can make them huge.

I personally dislike: