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[John Rabbit]

i've really liked franklin gothic this year.

nice replacement for helvetica. different enough that it's clearly not helvetica, but clean that it doesn't stand out.

franklin gothic book at 11pt with 18pt leading is some mighty fine reading.

 

[itwasTuesday]

Been using Roadgeek for a few things recently.

 

[Beardz]

Century Gothic

 

[StudioTan]

i've really liked franklin gothic this year.

nice replacement for helvetica. different enough that it's clearly not helvetica, but clean that it doesn't stand out.

franklin gothic book at 11pt with 18pt leading is some mighty fine reading.

Those "C"s are pretty awful.

I'm a fan of Futura.

 

[ThatObviousUser]

Just saw some pictures and it looks good. I think I'll try it out.

Looks like it's included in google-webfonts?

Inconsolata? Yeah. In fact the Web Fonts version adds bold, which was missing before.

 

[victreeb3l]

helvetica

#teamsansserif

readability aside, futura is also cool, though im more of a gotham man myself

 

[ThatObviousUser]

Those "C"s are pretty awful.

I'm a fan of Futura.

Whoah, this is beautiful. Perfect for headings and posters.

 

[NathanMcMahon]

I prefer this

or more like Ariel weighted. haha. amirite? any journalists in the house?

 

[AniHawk]

Lately I've been into Gill Sans.

this was my go-to in college one semester. gill sans + garamond.

edit: i only needed it for one project, but stuck with it because i just got used to it (it was a long project).

 

[itwasTuesday]

Whoah, this is beautiful. Perfect for headings and posters.

Yeah Futura is nice, the social network cover brought that to my attention.

 

[kassatsu]

 

[Chuckl3s]

fuck beaten!

 

[SlowRevolution]

Whoah, this is beautiful. Perfect for headings and posters.

I used it for a whole after seeing it on the Social Network poster. For anything short I like it a lot, but anything over a paragraph and the font seems way too tall/thin.

 

[kassatsu]

For caps only I like this one:

 

[Devolution]

Readable type is one thing but I love typefaces just for headers like NeutraFace.

 

[cutmeamango]

Word decided Calibri for me.

 

[Eight Diagram Bat Fighter]

Century Gothic

Dead on. Pretty much the definition of how you are taught to write the alphabet in schools worldwide. No unnecessary tweaks or curves. One of the most readable fonts out there.

 

[ThatObviousUser]

Yeah Futura is nice, the social network cover brought that to my attention.

THAT'S where I know it from. When I made this:

 

[tilde]

I like that and

Verdana, if you're talking about your default fonts. Verdana is great to write papers with since it takes a lot of space for a size 11-12 next to Courier.


Fontin Sans is one of my custom favorites.

 

[Razek]

So, does anyone actually change their default font in their browser for Gaf?

 

[Gray Man]

Someone should make a Typeography OT!

Also, anything from the Lost Type Co-op http://losttype.com/browse/

 

[ThatObviousUser]

So, does anyone actually change their default font in their browser for Gaf?

Nah, my mind has long since made the insoluble link that "Forums = Verdana (11pt.)"

 

[Razek]

Nah, my mind has long since made the insoluble link that "Forums = Verdana (11pt.)"

Glad to hear. Thought I was missing out on something great while reading this thread.

Edit: Whoa, mines Times new roman 16pt.
Edit2: NM, I had auto choose on.

 

[StudioTan]

THAT'S where I know it from. When I made this:

It was also the font that Ikea used for all it's catalogues up until 2009.

I agree that it's best for headlines and posters which is how I use it. Very readable and classy.

 

[AnkitT]

I really, really like Segoe UI. Arial comes in at a second.

 

[ShawnMcGrath]

Here's the fonts I used for Dyad

 

[C.Dark.DN]

Spent the last 6 years reading a lot of gaf... So....

 

[SJRB]

How do you guys keep track of your font collection? I just have an endless list in Photoshop and whatnot, it's easy to lose track and oversee some font when I'm scrolling a massive list with tiny previews.

 

[Devolution]

How do you guys keep track of your font collection? I just have an endless list in Photoshop and whatnot, it's easy to lose track and oversee some font when I'm scrolling a massive list with tiny previews.

Suitcase. Just activate what you want. Separate typefaces into categories. Preview them.

 

[tilde]

How do you guys keep track of your font collection? I just have an endless list in Photoshop and whatnot, it's easy to lose track and oversee some font when I'm scrolling a massive list with tiny previews.

here's a list. I personally like AMP Font Viewer, and Linotype FontExplorer X.

It also helps to use a duplicate finder, to see what dupes you have >_> (I'm still categorizing my font hard drive)

 

[noah111]

I've always thought myriad pro is pretty great.

 

[John Rabbit]

How do you guys keep track of your font collection? I just have an endless list in Photoshop and whatnot, it's easy to lose track and oversee some font when I'm scrolling a massive list with tiny previews.

reduce the number of fonts you use/rely on.

 

[Mudkips]

I still love Fixedsys.

It may not be pretty, but I'll take hard and pixelated over shitty color fringing from cleartype horse shit any day. Source code pro looks nice though.

 

[noah111]

Readable type is one thing but I love typefaces just for headers like NeutraFace.

I only recently discovered this font, so glad that I did.

And I find it kind of sad that more people know the Futura font form the facebook movie cover than NASA.

 

[travisbickle]

Dead on. Pretty much the definition of how you are taught to write the alphabet in schools worldwide. No unnecessary tweaks or curves. One of the most readable fonts out there.

A more readable font is one with tweaks and curves.

Difference between letters is a huge factor in readability. The visually impaired especially find serif fonts a lot easier to read.

 

[soco]

some serif fonts for print and normal screen!


they've got some that have been through extensive tests.

 

[Wellscha]

Cursive.

 

[Canis lupus]

comic sans ms

 

[UFRA]

Tahoma!

 

[secretanchitman]

calibri is pretty good. nice to look at, easy to read, and best of all it replaced times new roman as the default in microsoft office.

 

[The Awesomest]

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z-770POb1Q/TGbbHeqT7fI/AAAAAAAAABs/-yvWqJST8zs/s1600/myriad-pro.gif[/MG]
[IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/HelveticaSpecimenCH.svg[IMG]
[IMG]http://guijarrodesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Segoe-UI.gif

aaahhhhghghgh there's no S

The sentence doesn't work without an S

'Segoe' doesn't count

 

[DominoKid]

Calibri.

I went through all of college using that. Best part is, no teacher noticed that it wasn't Times New Roman, and Calibri is a BIGGER font than Times New Roman, so I typically got an extra half to a full page solely based on the font being bigger than Times New Roman.

Fucking amazing.

^HE KNOWS

 

[noah111]

Cursive.

 

[The Faceless Master]

Exocet!

but seriously... Lucida Console

 

[Septimius]

aaahhhhghghgh there's no S

The sentence doesn't work without an S

'Segoe' doesn't count

Wow, yeah. What's the point of quick brown fox if you don't know its purpose. Jumps.

 

[yogloo]

Wingding bitches!

But seriously cambria is beautiful.

 

[BrokenSymmetry]

I'm a big fan of Georgia. I still believe that serif fonts give the best reading experience for longer texts.

 

[Gray Man]

How do you guys keep track of your font collection? I just have an endless list in Photoshop and whatnot, it's easy to lose track and oversee some font when I'm scrolling a massive list with tiny previews.

If you are going through any design process you should have an idea of what type of fonts, or specific fonts you want to use.

You really shouldn't ever be scrolling though in photoshop, ever.

 

[Willectro]

Calibri or Verdana

Exactly.

 

[Stet]

Nothing beats Caslon for large bodies of small print.