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Favorite Font(s)

My favourite all-round font is Optima (for general use).
My favourite monospace font (terminal, guitar tabs, ascii art &c) is Courier, however I use Scrawl on my Linux box.
My favourite serif font is Baskerville.

I hate times/tnr, but my disgust for those fonts doesn't hold a candle to my "intense dislike" of comic sans.

It's just my luck that one of my profs' favourite font is comic sans :mad: , and all work for a certain course i'm taking has to be done in times (on pain of major point loss :mad: ).
 
Personally, my faves are:

Serif: Utopia Std (see attached)
Sans: Gill Sans & Myriad Pro

In combination these look very professional in my opinion. Being a recent Mac switcher, it was only recently that i noticed Apple use Myriad Pro as their "corporate" typeface.
 

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Calvin and Hobbes... :D

Always wanted to turn in a term paper written like that....
 

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My favorite typefaces are:

Officina Sans
Not too pretty, but, very readable and works in large and small sizes.

DINS Schrift (the Mittelschrift version)
A great all-caps display font.

Minion Pro (prefer the Multiple-Master version)
For me, the most elegant of the serif typefaces. MUCH nicer than Times.

Futura
Dell did to this what Microsoft did to Franklin Gothic, but, I still like it.

Another typeface I use often is Helvetic Neue. It's more of a workhorse typeface, but, it's simplicity works well for many projects.
 

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So many choices..um...um..

Suitcase is font porn!:D
Favs are, but not limited to Garamond Optima Manson Palatino Sabon

I finally got to use Zapfino the other month! Wedding Invite
 
MontyZ said:
Minion Pro (prefer the Multiple-Master version)
For me, the most elegant of the serif typefaces. MUCH nicer than Times.
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Wow, I really like that for a serif font.

I love myriad, but don't use it as much anymore, as it's everywhere now. That's not a bad thing though, its a beautiful font.

I really enjoy using Lucida Grande, and Helvetica as well.

iGav, do you have an example of Bembo?
 
ATC Flamingo - similar to Arial Light, but much more refined
Scriptina - My favorite calligraphy font, very stylish with bold ligatures
 

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That ATC Flamingo is really nice, I prefer it to Arial as well.

Another favourite of mine is Chicargo, a really nice font that comes with macs, very modern.

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jdechko said:
Calvin and Hobbes... :D

Always wanted to turn in a term paper written like that....
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Yes, that is something i wish to do one day also.
 
I tend to use a lot of simplistic sans-serif fonts. I prefer Helvetica for writing school papers, Lucida Grande for paper graphic design, and I've begun to start using Helvetica Neue Light for my movie productions, along with Lucida Grande. As for general a general 'fun' font, I like to go back to Classic Mac OS and use Textile. And, when I get a little bored of all of these, I use Trebuchet. Geneva is a good font for fine print.

Can anyone recommend a good serif font other than Times New Roman? Times New Roman reminds me too much of my PC days. Ick.
 
tech4all said:
I should put this in the Web Design forum, but this is close enough to this topic.

From what I understand there are only a limited amount of fonts that can be used in web browsers. So why is it that I (and others here) can use other fonts that are the typical "web fonts"?

Like Century Gothic isn't a typical "web font" (at least I don't think it is). So could you code in the HTML any font you want and if that person has that font on their system it can be viewed?
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Im not sure. If the person viewing the page has the font then I think they will see it. But I don't know if some web browsers might automatically convert some non-typical fonts into typical ones (i.e. ariel or times new roman). If they don;t have the font on their system then they won't see it of course.
 
iMacZealot said:
I tend to use a lot of simplistic sans-serif fonts. I prefer Helvetica for writing school papers, Lucida Grande for paper graphic design, and I've begun to start using Helvetica Neue Light for my movie productions, along with Lucida Grande. As for general a general 'fun' font, I like to go back to Classic Mac OS and use Textile. And, when I get a little bored of all of these, I use Trebuchet. Geneva is a good font for fine print.

Can anyone recommend a good serif font other than Times New Roman? Times New Roman reminds me too much of my PC days. Ick.
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For a clean serif font, I recommend Palatino.
 
MacSA said:
Hi, which fonts come pre-installed when you buy a Mac?
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Don't worry about the fonts that come with mac, there are still tons that you can downlaod/buy from the internet, giving you a wide range of choice.

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inlimbo said:
Im not sure. If the person viewing the page has the font then I think they will see it. But I don't know if some web browsers might automatically convert some non-typical fonts into typical ones (i.e. ariel or times new roman). If they don;t have the font on their system then they won't see it of course.
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The font will only display in the browser if it is installed on the viewer's computer. If not, then a different font will be used instead. Good web coders should specify a list of fonts to use like this: Georgia, Times Roman, serif. So, if the visitor doesn't have Georgia, the browser will attempt to use Times Roman. If Times Roman isn't available, it will just use the generic system serif font.
 
One for the little boy!

snkTab said:
Century Gothic is less readible than arial, but at least it's stock with windows and I think the little boy has charm.
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I'm glad that I'm not the only one that isn't repulsed by Century Gothic :)

I want to add a vote for Garamond Pro and Gotham.
 
San-Serif:
Helvetica & Helvetica Neue
Univers
Akzidenz Grotesk
Swiss
Futura
Myriad Pro

Serif:
Goudy Old Style
Palatino
Minion Pro
Footlight
Didot

Script:
FrenchScript
Fling
Burgues

Slab Serif:
Rockwell
Prestige Elite

Decorative:
Burbank
Alba
this one can go on forever...

-JE
 
Comic Sans

Well, the original posters dig against Comic Sans was 2 1/2 years ago, but the sentiment is, I think, still relevant and shared by many.

So for you, I submit the following from the Achewood comic strip:

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Hey,

Thanks all for contributing to this thread! I'm only 20 so I haven't a favorite font just yet but I'm finally appreciating fonts beyond Times!

I know a few have specified but what's everyone's favorite font that follows the idea of the universal appeal of Times that you can write papers/ pamphlets/ etc with but doesn't have the staleness of Times?

Trying to build my font library and looking for some solid fonts to start off with!
 
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