I was wondering what would be a few timeless fonts like Helvetica which a designer must have? Thanks in advance!

Unrelated - but Juice’s Juice icon reminds me of a Mojito. And the sudden urge for an inappropriate morning drink puts my employment at risk. Sigh

Myriad Pro (san serif) and Minion Pro (serif) have turned into my go-to typefaces. It’s not that I don’t use others, but when I need something generic, it’ll typically be these two. As for essential typefaces, I’ll add Franklin Gothic to the list. Massimo Vignelli, for what it’s worth, always advo…

There are some nice faces on this list. Personally, I’ve always preferred Goudy over Garamond as my go-to serif face.

[image] Biggs: Here in the U.S. (At least I am) tired of Futura. It’s razor sharp peaks and wide letter stance irritate me. Ditto. Those features have always been my hesitation about Futura also. In those instances where that kind of personality is warranted, Futura can work great. In most si…

I’m tired of Futura too. But I learned it in school, so I thought maybe it still is popular…

Haha sorry for that. I was to lazy to set up an orange juice icon, so I went with that whatever it is. Ugh that sucks…

Wow, there’s so many. Since script has yet to be mentioned … Burgues Script is also handy to have around.

I never really got on well with Garamond or Futura, or Bodoni for that matter. Maybe I just haven’t had a project these worked for, or at least didn’t work as well as something else. I probably have about 20 fonts which are my go to fonts. Off the top of my head these are, Proxima Nova, Effra, Trad…

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