Laura McMahon lists the seven worst fonts in use in 2006. ĭTL Argo being a but pricy, the typophiles discussed viable alternatives/lookalikes: This may be why I watched so much television in those years. There are fonts called Palatino installed on millions of desktop computers inevitably a weak and ugly parody of the original, regrettably every book published between 19 was set in some bad Palatino or other. Aldus is graceful, faintly calligraphic, quiet with a beautiful woven texture when set well. Dean Allen wrote: Aldus was designed to be a book-weight companion to Palatino, Hermann Zapf's exceptionally beautiful Renaissance-revival display face.
Now a digital Linotype face, it was originally designed as a light typeface to accompany Palatino. Ī delicate and balanced roman old typeface by Hermann Zapf (Stempel, 1954).
Here is that list: Ambrosia Anivers, Asenine, Aurulent Sans, Babel Sans, Bastardus Sans, Bebas, Bitstream Vera Mono, Blue Highway, BPReplay, Cicle, Decker, Diavlo, District Thin, Dustismo, Engel Light, Enigmatic, Eurofurence, Eurofurence Light, Existence Light, Fertigo Pro, Florence Sans, Folks, Forgotten Futurist, FranKleinBook, Futura Light, Geosans Light, Gill Sans, Gnuolance, Graublau Web, Grutch Grotesk, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue UltraLight, Howie's Funhouse, Josef Pro Light, Lacuna, Lane Narrow, London Between, Mammagamma, Mandinga, Mank Sans, Mean 26 Sans, M+ Light, Museo Sans, Myndraine, Myriad Pro, Myriad Pro Condensed, National First, Nevis, Nuvo OT, Pakenham, Perspective Sans, Petita Light, Phoenix Sans, Print Clearly, Puritan, Qlassiuk Medium, Sansumi, Santana, Schul Vokal, Secret Code, SF New Republic, SF Old Republic, Soul Papa, Steelfish (see also here), Steiner, Stentinga, Street, Tall Films, Tradition Sans, Trebuchet, Walkway, Weezer, Y2K Neophyte. Well, with a few exceptions like Linotype's Helvetica Neue.
But to get you started, try Tempo, Cheltenham, Franklin Gothic (not ITC), Cooper Black, Alternate Gothic, Post Roman, Copperplate, Radiant, Agency Gothic, Poster Gothic, Bank Gothic, or the ineluctable Goudy Old Style." Ī list of links to good free clean legible fonts collected by someone in Edmonton. Jonathan recommends these fonts as representatve of 1930s American midwestern typography: "If you're going for museum-piece accuracy, look for typefaces issued by the Ludlow or Barnhart Brothers&Spindler type foundries- you can probably do some sleuthing at. The list:Ĭredit for some images below: Danielle West.
PDF file compiled by the jury: Stephen Coles, Jan Middendorp, Veronika Elsner, Roger Black, Ralf Herrmann, Claudia Guminski (FontShop) and Bernard Schmidt-Friderichs. There is a lot of good information about each of the fonts mentioned. German FontShop-sponsored site listing the hundred best fonts of all times, compiled by a jury in 2007. This list contains these free fonts: Caitlyn, VTKS 36, Sketchy, Sketch Rockwell, Mia's Scribblings, FFF Tusj, Pointy, Urban Sketch, Karabine, Kraboudja. TYPE DESIGN INFORMATION PAGE last updated on