What Font are you using at the moment

[Toon]

Been using TUI Type which is for Thompson's Holidays and got a lot of love for it, it's got very subtle curves to it and looks great in the light style....

[Cwilk]

I actually prefer Helv Neue and Futura for Sans Serif fonts. But I love Garamond, Trajan and unfortunately Times is a standard for most of my publication layout.

[james]

Originally Posted by Web Design Geek

There was a great discussion on another forum about Arial vs Helvetica vs Verdana for web design purposes.
I think it was settled Helvetica was the standard thus boring, Arial was crisper and fresher and Verdana was for a more uptodate feel.

Arial crisper and fresher than helvetica? noooooo! Arial is a cheap knock off of helvetica / univers - commissioned by microsoft to help them avoid paying royalties... compared to these true classics of typography it is awful

...and now it has been shipped with every pc, the whole world is stuck with this poorly drawn font!

[Alex*]

i use myriad a lot but i also use helv a bit but i have been taking a brake from logos and have moved into motion graphics and doing some stuff with that

[Cwilk]

Notice I said Helvetica Neue.....this and Arial are totally different fonts. Now Helvetica and Arial? They pretty much are the same.

Of course most people know that Arial pretty much just started as the PC version of Helvetica and many other fonts that are MAC sometimes match a PC font exactly and they are given a different name because they are on a PC. Good information to have when you're having a discussion about Dauphin and Dolphin....same exact fonts. : )

[Toon]

Humanist 777 and Frutiger - same font
Humanist 521 and Gill Sans - same font
Universe and Zurich - same Font
Swiss 721 and Helvetica - same font
Futura and Avant Garde - very similar different G's and R's
Square and Eurostile - same font
Dutch 801 and Times - same font

Sorry thought it was a new game!

[james]

http://www.engagestudio.com/helvetica/

Helvetica vs Arial...

There's only one way to decide this.... FIIIIIGHHHHT!!!


Go on Helvs son, get in there

[Cwilk]

Thanks for backing up what I stated above about Helv vs. Arial James. That means that Arial is part of Gate's Evil Empire (Which I happen to think is brilliant on his part! I mean the guy is a Gillionaire! Who could argue with that.)

[Toon]

But he's damn ugly

[Keely Hope]

here here