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 Mar 13 2010, 08:40 PM
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 I'm Jc  Group: Mentor Posts: 13,619 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 437,556  |
what's your favorite typeface
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Mar 14 2010, 12:28 AM
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 /人◕‿‿◕人\ Group: Official Member Posts: 8,283 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 602,927 |
What's yours?
also it's a close tie between Akzidenz-Grotesk and Johnston Sans |
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Mar 14 2010, 01:50 AM
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I'm Jc Group: Mentor Posts: 13,619 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 437,556 |
helvetica neue. akzidenz-grotesk is ok, but helvetica pretty much fixed everything i dislike about akzidenz grotesk. univers maybe sometimes. i like me some baskerville too with a little garamond on the side. i also really like modern typefaces like bodini or didot but i don't think they are that versatile.
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Mar 14 2010, 03:13 AM
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/人◕‿‿◕人\ Group: Official Member Posts: 8,283 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 602,927 |
imo the lower-case characters in Helvetica are too tall. that and I don't like the R in Helvetica. Baskerville is probably my favorite serif font, but I've never been a big fan of Garamond. Something about the a ruins it for me. I've been able to work Didot into a few designs, but never bodini.
also this: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm...aTeX_Output.svg LaTeX is dabest |
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Mar 14 2010, 10:57 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Administrator Posts: 2,648 Joined: Apr 2008 Member No: 639,265 |
Mine tastes mostly fall in line with JC's. I like Helvetica Neue for sans-serif typefaces (although I like to adjust the kerning to make the letters tighter), or Baskerville for serif fonts -- specifically, the Baskerville 13pt. font for body text.
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Mar 17 2010, 06:42 PM
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 Treasure Pleasure Group: Head Staff Posts: 11,193 Joined: Oct 2005 Member No: 281,127 |
Gotham and Baskerville.
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Apr 14 2010, 07:37 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 254 Joined: Aug 2008 Member No: 682,007 |
mmm, arial narrow fer sure
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Apr 15 2010, 05:05 AM
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 (′ ･ω･｀) Group: Official Designer Posts: 6,179 Joined: Dec 2004 Member No: 72,477 |
QUOTE(brooklyneast05 @ Mar 14 2010, 02:50 PM)  helvetica neue. akzidenz-grotesk is ok, but helvetica pretty much fixed everything i dislike about akzidenz grotesk. univers maybe sometimes. i like me some baskerville too with a little garamond on the side. i also really like modern typefaces like bodini or didot but i don't think they are that versatile. definite. i really like using that font. serif fonts i like garamond and times new roman. i know this isnt about what tyepfaces suck. but comic sans is a f*cking eye rape. i die a little every time i see it. |
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Apr 15 2010, 07:41 PM
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/人◕‿‿◕人\ Group: Official Member Posts: 8,283 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 602,927 |
12 pt. Comic Sans is an acceptable font when printed, but it's terrible otherwise.
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Apr 15 2010, 08:09 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Head Staff Posts: 18,173 Joined: Mar 2005 Member No: 108,478 |
QUOTE(itanium @ Apr 15 2010, 08:41 PM) 12 pt. Comic Sans is an acceptable font when printed, but it's terrible otherwise. Comic Sans MS is never acceptable. I couldn't believe that my best friend's teachers let her use that font for papers in high school. |
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Apr 15 2010, 09:25 PM
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/人◕‿‿◕人\ Group: Official Member Posts: 8,283 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 602,927 |
QUOTE(Cristy @ Apr 15 2010, 08:09 PM) Comic Sans MS is never acceptable. I couldn't believe that my best friend's teachers let her use that font for papers in high school. Acceptable as in doesn't make me want to throw up, not acceptable as in good |
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Apr 17 2010, 07:18 PM
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 Death is a promise given to us at birth Group: Official Designer Posts: 4,757 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 7,459 |
didot and johann sparkling itc
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Apr 20 2010, 05:52 PM
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 kthxbai Group: Official Designer Posts: 2,832 Joined: Feb 2008 Member No: 621,203 |
My computer doesn't have Helvetica... Dafont.com doesn't have it either.
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Apr 21 2010, 04:44 AM
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(′ ･ω･｀) Group: Official Designer Posts: 6,179 Joined: Dec 2004 Member No: 72,477 |
imo, comic sans is never acceptable.
i dont have helvetica on my system either ): |
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Apr 21 2010, 10:17 AM
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QUOTE(emberfly @ Apr 20 2010, 06:52 PM) My computer doesn't have Helvetica... Dafont.com doesn't have it either. That's because it's not free, and Microsoft is to cheap to buy a license for it, so they include Helvetica's bastard child Arial instead. |
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Apr 21 2010, 11:19 AM
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QUOTE(mipadi @ Apr 21 2010, 11:17 AM) That's because it's not free, and Microsoft is to cheap to buy a license for it, so they include Helvetica's bastard child Arial instead. Really? I have Helvetica on my laptop. |
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Apr 21 2010, 05:04 PM
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/人◕‿‿◕人\ Group: Official Member Posts: 8,283 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 602,927 |
QUOTE(Cristy @ Apr 21 2010, 11:19 AM) Really? I have Helvetica on my laptop. iirc photoshop comes with helvetica |
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Apr 22 2010, 04:19 AM
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(′ ･ω･｀) Group: Official Designer Posts: 6,179 Joined: Dec 2004 Member No: 72,477 |
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May 14 2010, 03:55 PM
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I'm Jc Group: Mentor Posts: 13,619 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 437,556 |
this has been growing on me lately
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May 14 2010, 08:25 PM
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 gazette.cassis Group: Member Posts: 236 Joined: Dec 2004 Member No: 73,433 |
Rockwell is my easy go-to-font that makes things look trendy and nice.
I like using Futura, Georgia, Arial, Arial rounded, Violation, Script, Jane Austen, Silkscreen, Lucida Sans Unicode, many more! |
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May 14 2010, 09:01 PM
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 Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,020 Joined: May 2008 Member No: 653,768 |
i like helvetica
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May 15 2010, 03:57 PM
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kthxbai Group: Official Designer Posts: 2,832 Joined: Feb 2008 Member No: 621,203 |
QUOTE(doughnut @ Apr 22 2010, 04:19 AM) They look excatly the same... except one is thinner (which I like better).. and that one .. according to that link.. is Arial. |
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May 15 2010, 04:25 PM
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/人◕‿‿◕人\ Group: Official Member Posts: 8,283 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 602,927 |
QUOTE(doughnut @ Apr 22 2010, 04:19 AM) 19/20, BASF tripped me up. |
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Sep 25 2010, 03:34 PM
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QUOTE(brooklyneast05 @ Mar 13 2010, 08:40 PM) what's your favorite typeface I like Tahoma out of all the boring computer-built-in fonts. I like wide,short, thin letters. |
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Sep 25 2010, 03:43 PM
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 say maydayism. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,447 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 26,344 |
I use Trebuchet MS for sans-serif typing, and I go with Palatino Linotype for school assignments that require a serif font.
I'm more acceptable of Arial than I used to, but I still won't pick it if I had a choice of other fonts. |
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