Happy Birthday Helvetica

[CandleGirl]

I like Belucian...

http://www.fonts.com/findfonts/detail.asp?pid=409091

It wouldn't be good for big blocks of text, but it's nice.

[paul_r]

Originally Posted by jwdd27

50 years old today, or sometime this year at least.

A design classic. To some it might be dull, Swiss and too commonplace, but it gets the message across in a clear, clean and easily readable manner.

And in its 35 or 45 "skinny" versions it can look real cool in headings etc.

I wanted to write this message in Helvetica, but for some reason it's not available, so I went for Arial, a pale imitation.

Have we actually had a typography thread on here before?

Gill Sans is my second favourite.

Any mention of C***c S**s, or fucking Mistral, will not be tolerated.

You chose arial over Palatino Linotype

[jesus]

Originally Posted by jwdd27

Trebuchet, Verdana, Georgia... pah!

God damn font snobs

[Josh The Jew]

Originally Posted by jesus

God damn font snobs

You're just angry cause your teeth hurt.

[portions_for_foxes]

I love everything about Helvetica except the god damned capital r. I just hate the ovalness of the upper round portion...it looks odd and top heavy to me. As far as like standard doc. fonts I fucking love Tahoma... I used to think that Arial was the shit until I realized that it's fat looking.

[Juline]

Originally Posted by rajjy

Hmmmmmmm........... I appear to be the only cunt in the world that likes using Comic Sans.

Yeah, that's a surprise.

I like Lucinda Sans.

And Lucinda Handwriting for letters. Because I can't handwrite as fast as I think (duh), and my writing gets waaay too sloppy, I write them in Word in a fake handwriting font. If I'm being careful with my handwriting, that font is pretty close to my actual writing.

[jwdd27]

Originally Posted by paul_r

You chose arial over Palatino Linotype

Well duh, because sans serif fonts are much easier to read on screen. Serif fonts are for printing out.

Originally Posted by portions_for_foxes

I love everything about Helvetica except the god damned capital r.

I agree the cap R is slightly odd. My criticism of Helvetica is that the "c" is too rounded, it almost joins up to look like an "o".

Originally Posted by Juline

And Lucinda Handwriting for letters. Because I can't handwrite as fast as I think (duh), and my writing gets waaay too sloppy, I write them in Word in a fake handwriting font. If I'm being careful with my handwriting, that font is pretty close to my actual writing.

As it's you, I'll let it slide, but you shouldn't use handwriting fonts. But if you have to, Lucinda's not a bad choice.


And yes, Jesus, I am a font snob.
When I see a van drive past with some thing like:
"Dave Smith Plumbing and Heating Services", and it's all been written in Mistral, making it almost unreadable, it makes me sick.

http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/urw/mistral/

[Juline]

Originally Posted by jwdd27

As it's you, I'll let it slide, but you shouldn't use handwriting fonts. But if you have to, Lucinda's not a bad choice.

Thank you. I feel much better knowing you approve.

I use handwriting/casual fonts mostly for letters and address labels when I mail cakes and gifts. For anything work-related, it's Lucinda Sans or Tahoma.

And yes, Jesus, I am a font snob.
When I see a van drive past with some thing like:
"Dave Smith Plumbing and Heating Services", and it's all been written in Mistral, making it almost unreadable, it makes me sick.

http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/urw/mistral/

My least favorite family of fonts:

http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/bitstre...s-old-english/

Talk about hard to read. Yuck. I call it Mexican Gang Font.

[Cubby]

Originally Posted by Juline

My least favorite family of fonts:

http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/bitstre...s-old-english/

Talk about hard to read. Yuck. I call it Mexican Gang Font.

They are pretty much only good for movie title graphics or book title pages.

I hate people who try and write letters/papers/etc. in OE style fonts. They need a bag of dicks to suck like baguettes in a grocery sack.

[ElleJ]

Originally Posted by Cubby

They are pretty much only good for movie title graphics or book title pages.

I hate people who try and write letters/papers/etc. in OE style fonts. They need a bag of dicks to suck like baguettes in a grocery sack.

And gangsta ass tattoos...