Favorite fonts...?

[petelms]

Hi.

Just wanted to know your favorite fonts. What are you using all the times? What is working "every" time for you?

Cheers! :beer:

 

[dougspice]

Futura, Helvetica Neue, DIN, Montrachet, Trajan, Garamond... Georgia for the web. For most work I rarely need more than these.

 

[morten]

Not my favourite font, but you'll notice that the free font Microstyle Extended is being used absolutely everywhere - from company logos to club signs to posters to flyers to TV ads to TV shows. too bad for whomever designed it... it's quickly becoming the most used font in the entertainment world.

http://www.datascan.co.uk/fontlib/fonts/microstyleextended.gif

 

[petelms]

Nice list, dougspice! Really great fonts there. :beer: I have to find that Microstyle Extended and try it out...

 

[hawaj]

you never know which one works best, try any and get unxpected results

 

[morten]

two very different things using Microstyle Extended:

The Vancouver Canucks

Shaw TV's Urban Rush

there are countless other examples... just can't remember them right now. I just know I keep spotting that damn font everywhere.

mor10

 

[kai]

I use alot of good typefaces from houseindustries.com quite a bit for stylized faces.

Standard sans-serif is usually DIN Scrift, Trade Gothic Condensed, helvetica neue, etc.

 

[Future user]

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Batman Forever, Blade Runner, Smarkan, various Asian flavored ones. I just go through the free fonts on line and add any I like. I have too many now to count. Batman Forever is probably my favorite though.

 

[dougspice]

That Microstyle font looks to be a pretty obvious clone of Eurostile, which is a good one. There'a another slight variant of it known as Federation, which I believe is what they used for the lettering on Star Trek ships. Anyway, point is that you've probably been seeing Eurostile, and not Microstyle. If you care. Which you probably don't, and shouldn't.

 

[manglerBMX]

i've recently had to use the stratum 2 family due to work (cw idents) and i'm a fan of their fonts.

 

[Ming]

Not my favourite font, but you'll notice that the free font Microstyle Extended is being used absolutely everywhere - from company logos to club signs to posters to flyers to TV ads to TV shows. too bad for whomever designed it... it's quickly becoming the most used font in the entertainment world.

http://www.datascan.co.uk/fontlib/fonts/microstyleextended.gif

Eurostyle ripoff.

 

[morten]

Eurostyle ripoff.

true, Microstyle looks a lot like Eurostile but if I was to choose I'd go with Microstyle... there is something about it that is more pleasing to the eye.

as for font ripoffs, I don't think you can argue that any more. there are so many commercial fonts that are almost the same already.

mor10

 

[Capt Quirk]

For most generic stuff, I stick with Verdana. For "special titles" and other occasions, I surf until I find the right flavor to compliment the project.