what is your favorite font?

[DesignStudio]

ok i'm taking a survey, just out of my own interest. what is everyone's favorite font out there? and let's not all say, "it depends what i'm using it for". just pick your favorite, or two if you must. although i suppose it would be good if you let us know what you primarily like it for, (ie print design, web design, logos, etc?) it would be really cool if you could post a sample too so we can all see, especially if it's not a common one. thanks.

I guess i'll get the ball rolling, i think my flavor of the month for some time has been futura medium. it's just so clean and pointy, with the nice round "o". i put it on a little background to spice it up a bit.

http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/5010/futuracu6.jpg

[hewligan]

Well, since you already picked Futura, I'm going to have to go with Eurostile (http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/linotype/eurostile/). I've always had a soft spot for it. It's got this awesome futuristic feel to it, but it's still fairly readable. I mean, maybe not large blocks of text readable, but you can certainly get away with smaller blocks of text.

It is, without doubt, the font that the cyborgs will use when they take over the world.

(Microgramma, I suppose, is fine, but it's been sullied by its association with Star Trek...)

[urstwile]

I've always loved the non-ITC version of Kabel (small x-height and large ascenders) and Berkeley Oldstyle.

[DesignStudio]

urstwile, i was just down in san diego the week before last with some friends. we drove down from the city for the weekend. it was a really good time, some cool bars in PB area. and the zoo was amazing, my only complaint was that those moving walkways only went uphill instead of covering the entire zoo, so that i could see everything without walking. we were a little dissapointed because we were looking forward to chilling on the beaches a bit or some sort of fun in the sun since it was supposed to be in the high 70s low 80s there, a nice break from the 60's that we get in the bay this time of year, and there ended up being a cold snap that weekend and it wasn't really any warmer in san diego. we still had alot of fun though, i'll have to get some bar recommendations from you next time i head down that way.

[urstwile]

Sure, let me know next time you're in the area.

Our rainy season hasn't kicked in either, it's been a weird San Diego winter. The last several months have been almost San Francisco like in temperature. It's supposed to rain again later this week. Odd for San Diego, the weather's been almost illegally irregular.

[hewligan]

I've always loved the non-ITC version of Kabel (small x-height and large ascenders) and Berkeley Oldstyle.

Ooh, Kabel. How could I have forgotten about Kabel?

Damn this one choice nonsense.

[urstwile]

I tend to like the pu-pu platter when it comes to fonts. :D Just a little taste, from all the different styles.

[DesignStudio]

oh yeah, kabel is nice. i'd really like to create my own font in the vien of kabel or futura wide for use on my stuff, it's so classy and clean, it goes really well with a particular bold style that i've been working on. i haven't played with any font creation software, but back in the day i used to hand-letter custom fonts like a madman so i don't think i'd have too much trouble.

[urstwile]

I'd love to see some of those DS. :)

[DesignStudio]

well i said it was back in the day, that means i was doing them with crayons on recycled newsprint. i'll see what i can dig up, but it's been a while.

[urstwile]

It would be fun to see, I think. :)

[budafist]

Glad to see I am in good company.

I love Futura, I'm a little over Eurostyle now because I went through a phase where I used it for everything. Kabel is used on all Budafist stationery :D I have a history of overusing fonts I think are wonderful (at the time).

The Rotis family is getting quite a bit of use these days by me.
http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/9444/rotisfamilyol4.jpg

[Schmitty]

AvantGarde
Futura Lit
oh and Washington Metro

[Drazan]

Current fav font is Warnock Pro.

[Red Kittie Kat]

With the font fetish I have how could I possibly choose one or even two as favorites?


:D


I love them all.............


yes even the font that shall remain nameless given the right circumstances :D



There is a place in this world for every font :)

[Ned]

Com...-

I mean... Myriad Pro! Arrrrrgh....!

*flys off bridge*

[frankster]

Kitty has a sanctuary for abused fonts.

I can't choose and so I won't!

[Ovaltine]

I love "Coffee Shop" on www.Fontdiner.com (http://www.Fontdiner.com) not because it's useful, it just has such extreme ascenders and descenders.

Myriad, it's just nice and simple.

Typo Upright, beautifully elegant.

[Botchup]

I like ITC Officina Sans Book.

[Red Kittie Kat]

Kitty has a sanctuary for abused fonts.

I can't choose and so I won't!


It is the job of The Scarlet Fontanelle to protect and defend abused and downtrodden fonts everywhere!



:D

[frankster]

LOL! I see a comic strip coming out of this!

[hewligan]

I can see it now - Kitty leaping from a tall building to save an endangered font from bad typography, wearing a cape, and with a big red "F" onher chest.

The only question is what font would the "F" be in...

[DesignStudio]

"The only question is what font would the "F" be in..."

that's like really deep.

[captain spanky]

my fave font is FF DIN.
just nice no nonsense straight down the line readable clearness.
i also like my developed hand written style but because it's so dynamic, i could never make it into a font. :D

[TobiasG]

Times New Roman

Its something you can make as boring as you want or as exciting as you want.

Worst font = comic sans :S

[DesignStudio]

i'd be interested to see times new roman made super exciting. i guess there is something to be said for purism though. and yes comic sans is the bane of my existence. my ears bleed when clients come to me with things mocked up in word using comic sans. why not just make your logo as trite as possible, we'll write your company name in comic sans, underline it with swooshes, and put flames around it. tada! my older brother is a tatoo artist, and i liken it to when people come to him and ask for a butterfly or a fairy. he says everytime someone asks for a fairy he's tempted to just tatoo the words "UNORIGINAL" on their forehead and throw them out of the shop.

[TobiasG]

i'd be interested to see times new roman made super exciting. i guess there is something to be said for purism though. and yes comic sans is the bane of my existence. my ears bleed when clients come to me with things mocked up in word using comic sans. why not just make your logo as trite as possible, we'll write your company name in comic sans, underline it with swooshes, and put flames around it. tada! my older brother is a tatoo artist, and i liken it to when people come to him and ask for a butterfly or a fairy. he says everytime someone asks for a fairy he's tempted to just tatoo the words "UNORIGINAL" on their forehead and throw them out of the shop.
haha, I would never get a tatoo on my body unless it was the red bull logo or my own drawing. I couldnt stand anyone elses art stabed a million times into my skin till i die...

[Red Kittie Kat]

I can see it now - Kitty leaping from a tall building to save an endangered font from bad typography, wearing a cape, and with a big red "F" onher chest.

The only question is what font would the "F" be in...


I'll have to work on that ... it will be fancy tho ;)



:D

[captain spanky]

papyrus? :D

[Sonic_Nerdish]

Brush Script all the way!

[Sonic_Nerdish]

Just kidding.

[MD]

News Gothic
Berkeley

[Virgo Nightingale]

My favorites change constantly. I recently started using Stempel Shneidler (a pretty classy looking serif) for some brochures for a medical foundation I'm working on.

[Virgo Nightingale]

i'd be interested to see times new roman made super exciting.
While I wouldn't call it exciting per se, I do use Times New Roman for one particular client. They're an upscale but fun clothing boutique; their logo is a rhodamide red hand-drawn-by-a-kid-with-a-crayon bee (sounds gross and horrifying, but it really does work for them) and having the font in black Times just really popped and created a particular look that really suits them.

[LeftBrain Artist]

Top this.

[frankster]

my older brother is a tatoo artist, and i liken it to when people come to him and ask for a butterfly or a fairy. he says everytime someone asks for a fairy he's tempted to just tatoo the words "UNORIGINAL" on their forehead and throw them out of the shop.

I've never got a tatoo despite loving them because my tastes change so much over time that I know I'd end up covered head to toe. The only thing I have been genuinely tempted to do is have "Made in Great Britain" tatooed on the sole of my foot, but that must hurt like hell!

[deOlives]

Some great fonts posted, everyone. I love Futura and Rotis. But stuck on a deserted island with a MacBook Pro and WiFi; I would take the Univers family. And if I could only choose one font, it would be Univers 57 Condensed.

http://www.shawnmdo.com/gdforum_postings/univers57.gif

[DesignStudio]

Franky, that would be a cool idea for a tatoo, especially if you got it done so that it looked like it was a stamp my brother has said that the bottom of your foot is one of the most painful places to get a tattoo. i never got one for the same reason, i don't want to be like one of those big tough guys that now has to live with a tattoo of yosimiti sam or the tazmanian devil in a biker helmet on their arm for the rest of their life. i've considered getting my family crest, or maybe a medicine wheel, i can't see how a family heritage thing would ever go out of style. mainly what stops me now is that my wife sort of wants a tattoo also, and her tastes change every few years, she used to want a dragon, now she wants something else, so i know if i get one she'd get something that she'd regret later- and i can't let that happen. if my brothers agreed to get matching one's i'd probably go ahead with the family crest anyway though.

perhaps this will inspire me to start a "what tattoo would you get" thread.

[spider]

i've been using myriad pro a bit too much lately....

[Virgo Nightingale]

Some great fonts posted, everyone. I love Futura and Rotis. But stuck on a deserted island with a MacBook Pro and WiFi; I would take the Univers family. And if I could only choose one font, it would be Univers 57 Condensed.

http://www.shawnmdo.com/gdforum_postings/univers57.gif
Anyone else see what I see in that capital Q? :eek: :D

[ronin_wolf]

Anyone else see what I see in that capital Q? :eek: :D


um...a dog taking a wee?



oh, and bank gothic and microgramma, BTW.

[Element_13]

http://element13.ca/images/favefont.jpg
and i also love trajan pro.

PS. I love the capital Q as well in Univers 57.

[Virgo Nightingale]

um...a dog taking a wee? Not quite, but close enough. ;)

[pantonedream]

Howie Mandel's boss like Eurostile.

I currently have the hots for Buffet Script, which is based on the calligraphy of Alf Becker.

http://www.veer.com/products/typedetail.aspx?image=UMT0000213

[quiltfacearmy]

Swiss 721

[GraphixNPrint]

Comic Sans .... I just can't get enough of it! :eek: :p

[hewligan]

Comic Sans .... I just can't get enough of it! :eek: :p

And there's another one for the stabbing list...

[GraphixNPrint]

And there's another one for the stabbing list...

hehe... I love to be loved! :p

[budafist]

Comic Sans .... I just can't get enough of it! :eek: :p

You can have mine.

Any inhouse designers here ever thought of deleting every instance of Comic Sans on the computers in their company?

No one uses comic sans here. All the sales people don't do any of their own typesetting and the quoting software they have they can't choose fonts. That's the way it should be.

Then you get my dear mother who is very high up in a goverment agency using comic sans for her work email signature. I told her off though. Now she uses Trebuchet. I think she really saw the light!

[GraphixNPrint]

LMAO Buda... and BTW, I was being sarcastic on the Comic Sans.

On a lighter note, its kinda late here and your bunny is looking kinda cute ( the grey one ) ... so can I borrow her for an hour or so, I will send her home happy, I promise! ;)

[budafist]

I know dear. I'm not really going to email you my version of it :)

You can borrow either of the bunnies as long as you promise not to eat or molest them.

The other day some people my office were discussing the flavour of rabbit meat. I stood there and just looked at them until they all stopped talking and turned to look at me. I said "Bunnies are my friends!!!!" and stormed off. I thought it was funny.

[GraphixNPrint]

You can borrow either of the bunnies as long as you promise not to eat or molest them.

DANG! Now you took all the fun out of it!! :rolleyes: :p

[raregier]

From my small collection (for the time being), it would be Adobe Jenson Pro.

[jackc4ss]

Just a summary of some of the fonts posted here that i am also a big fan of in no particular order...

Micrograma
Univers Family (esp 57 condensed)
News Gothic
Futura Family (esp light)
Diplomat
Rotis
Swiss 721
ITC Avant Garde Gothic
Warnock Pro
FF Din
Yanne

and I dunno, i just always seem to use Helvetica in my work and have been using Yanone Kaffeesatz quite a bit too.

[captain spanky]

I'm liking 'Sidewalk' (http://www.dafont.com/sidewalk.font) a LOT at the moment
and good ol' 'Helvetica neue' (http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/linotype/neue-helvetica/) :)

but not together in the same sandwich.

[Samakimoto Graphics]

Futura is currently my fave.

[budafist]

Futura is currently my fave.

Me same.

[budafist]

I'm liking 'Sidewalk' (http://www.dafont.com/sidewalk.font) a LOT at the moment
and good ol' 'Helvetica neue' (http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/linotype/neue-helvetica/) :)

but not together in the same sandwich.

I like the look of Sidewalk, but I've yet to find a use for it. It's grunged up version of Hevetica Neue isn't it?

[urstwile]

Arnold Bocklin FTW! :D (http://www.myfonts.com/search?search%5Btext%5D=Arnold+Bocklin)

[budafist]

Now where on earth would you find a use for dear old Arnold, Urst?

I don't think I've used that font neither. Am I too prudent in my font usage?

[urstwile]

I was just kidding, Buda. ;) I've just always liked that a) there's a font that has a first and last name and b) that except for some very limited uses, is almost completely useless. Although you do see a fair amount of examples of it being used on signage in Liège, Belgium. Or stuff evoking the sixties. :D

[budafist]

Yes, it was great for design school assignments for period/retro pieces like posters.

[Tea]

What ever happened to DesignStudio (the one who started this thread)?

[Chaotik]

comic sans

[mkb.aus]

I'm becoming quite fond of VAG Rounded... this font has a bit of history as it was designed as the corporate typeface for VW (used from the late 70's to early 90's. It's also what stares up at me everyday from my keyboard - Apple has used this font on all their keyboards over the last 10 years or so. It's got nice readable form that feels casual but not comical or childish.

http://www.users.on.net/~michaelbarnard/mike/img/Screenshot_16.jpg

[martyng]

I like the feel of vag from time to time as well.

[garricks]

Adobe Caslon Pro is my body face of choice. And Mrs. Eaves.
Our corporate face is Berkeley Oldstyle, which I also like.

Uncle Stinky & Mister Frisky just for fun :p

[jonfisher]

Ugh. There are people around my office that use Comic Sans in their e-mail signatures too. I throw up in my mouth a little when I get e-mail from them.

You can have mine.

Any inhouse designers here ever thought of deleting every instance of Comic Sans on the computers in their company?

No one uses comic sans here. All the sales people don't do any of their own typesetting and the quoting software they have they can't choose fonts. That's the way it should be.

Then you get my dear mother who is very high up in a goverment agency using comic sans for her work email signature. I told her off though. Now she uses Trebuchet. I think she really saw the light!