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Favorite Font?
Just watched this amazing documentary on the genesis of Helvetica, the font.
Who knew 26 letters could be so interesting? What's your favorite font? |
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2009-04-28, 11:41 PM
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Has to be Times New Roman, only because I learned how to draw each letter by hand whilst in college.
Yes, this was before computers. All we had were Letraset catalogues.
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2009-04-28, 11:43 PM
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2009-04-28, 11:44 PM
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Oh wow. I HATE Time New Roman. It's so....boring.
I am fond of Helvetica. I also like Baskerville, Garamond and Univers as well.
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2009-04-28, 11:47 PM
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Comic Sans.
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2009-04-29, 05:59 AM
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2009-04-29, 02:42 PM
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You two being serious about comic sans?
Where's John?
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2009-04-29, 08:21 PM
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Man, I just realized how much Graphic Design classes have warped my mind. 
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2009-04-29, 06:47 PM
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2009-04-29, 07:46 PM
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Times New Roman? Snore. Useful? Essential? Yes. Exciting? No. Readable. Also the default font of Web browsers in the early days, so if you didn't say otherwise, that's what you got. Not so readable onscreen if too small, as well. Helvetica is so versatile, and is such a huge family, it fits all sorts of uses. Also it's a favorite of many corporations. I believe the Intel logo is done in Helvetica Neue Light Extended. Or was. Do I have a fave? I don't think so. The idea is to have choices, so you can keep things interesting! My favorite for Web, out of the very short list of "universal" fonts, is probably Verdana, followed by Arial.
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2009-04-29, 07:51 PM
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I use Chiller
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Actually I'm just waiting for some clown to say 'Shatter'. I may not be responsible for my actions when that happens.
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2009-04-29, 10:39 PM
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Yeah, Verdana and Helvetica are up there, but the real question is..
Serifs or sans serifs? ..And has anyone else seen this doc? |
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