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Another day, another "What's your type?" thread. This is a thread for the obvious "what's your font type?" joke.

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 16:51 (twenty-one years ago)

My font type: Microgramma all the way

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 16:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Microgramma is hotttt. I like the Pan Am font too.

― stockholm cindy (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 16:52 (twenty-one years ago)

I am a bit clueless when it comes to fonts. I am waiting till I upgrade to Panther so that I can have a decent way of viewing them all. I use Trebuchet as a screen font. Anyone have a link to some pretty display fonts I can download for free?

― N. (nickdastoor), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 16:56 (twenty-one years ago)

Anything aside from arial or comic sans serif.

― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 16:56 (twenty-one years ago)

tahoma

― jel -- (jel), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 16:56 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't really get the Arial hate, apart from it being almost as ubiqitous as TNR.

― N. (nickdastoor), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 16:57 (twenty-one years ago)

Arial has a sort of generic grey ugliness.

― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 16:58 (twenty-one years ago)

Edwardian Script ITC

― jel -- (jel), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 16:59 (twenty-one years ago)

I like lots of fonts.

― RJG (RJG), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 16:59 (twenty-one years ago)

Caslon

― Donna Brown (Donna Brown), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 17:00 (twenty-one years ago)

HELVETICA BOLD ITALIC

― dean! (deangulberry), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 17:02 (twenty-one years ago)

yeah, personally I'm attracted to lots of different font types, in the past I've dated arial, times new roman and webdings. Though webdings did turn out to be a little crazy, oh well. There are so many fonts to choose from, I don't know how anyone could restrict themselves to just one.

― jel -- (jel), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 17:02 (twenty-one years ago)

Arial is the poor man's Helvetica, tho the former is technically better for VDU display as it's more recent and has that consideration in mind (this may or may not be true).

I was big on Trebuchet around 18 months ago, then a big Palatino revival - 3 years ago I would have been aghast if you'd told me serifs would've become trendy again. I'm going to try designing my own one soon.

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 17:02 (twenty-one years ago)

Ooh - I've just discovered LunalTC - it's rather swanky.

― N. (nickdastoor), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 17:03 (twenty-one years ago)

I beg your pardon - it's actually LunaITC

― N. (nickdastoor), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 17:04 (twenty-one years ago)

lucida console.

― martin m. (mushrush), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 17:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Century Gothic. I mean, Gothic! Plus, it gets used a lot in IDM album covers/notes.

― Leee O'Gaddy (Leee), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 17:05 (twenty-one years ago)

sho luv for Gill Sans, as used on London Underground maps

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 17:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Is it actually Gill Sans? I thought it was just similar, for some reason. Anyway, it's lovely, yes.

― N. (nickdastoor), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 17:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Also: FixedSys! For that retro IRC look!

― Leee O'Gaddy (Leee), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 17:16 (twenty-one years ago)

Copperplate can fuck right off

― Donna Brown (Donna Brown), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 17:17 (twenty-one years ago)

ARIAL FOR LIFE YOU CORNY INDIEFONT FUXXORS

― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 17:18 (twenty-one years ago)

Bleh. I'm not voting for you now!

― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 17:20 (twenty-one years ago)

CURSES oh well at least I have four years to court the indiefont vote.

― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 17:21 (twenty-one years ago)

i can't remember if it's a variant of Gill Sans (the regular one doesn't have diamond dots) or something else entirely now, bleh

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 17:21 (twenty-one years ago)

BLEH X-POST

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 17:21 (twenty-one years ago)

It's Johnson New on the tube.

Gill Sans is wuvvly but doesn't render that nicely in the font sizes I need to use in my Windows IDE. Oh, for having the combination of Mac prettiness with Windows functionality in my working environment.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 17:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Times New Roman is my steadfast friend.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 17:36 (twenty-one years ago)

oh no! indiefont guilt! oh no!

― jel -- (jel), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 17:37 (twenty-one years ago)

I've been trying to figure out this one for ages. It's the font that appears on the '88-'89 My Bloody Valentine releases. I talked to numerous people and finally nailed it down. It looks like 'bauhaus' but it's not, it's Wexford medium:
http://www.rotovibe.com/images/wexford_medium.gif

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 17:42 (twenty-one years ago)

when i'm feeling classy i go with futura but usually i'm an impact man.

― Felonious Drunk (Felcher), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 17:43 (twenty-one years ago)

tahoma and verdana own

― mark p (Mark P), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 17:44 (twenty-one years ago)

haha there's a font called FREYA?

― mark p (Mark P), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 17:45 (twenty-one years ago)

I often wonder how people mock up spoofs of things in Photoshop that rely on the same font being used. There should be some website where you can upload a scan of a letter and it tells you what font it is. Maybe there is.

― N. (nickdastoor), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 17:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Hurrah for Spencer's detective work! That's very good knowledge, that.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 17:47 (twenty-one years ago)

there is something calming and hypnotic about the phrase "mock up spoofs of things"

― mark p (Mark P), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 17:48 (twenty-one years ago)

There should be, yes, but I am doubtful as to whether it's currently possible. You'd certainly need more than a single letter.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 17:48 (twenty-one years ago)

I use Georgia for webviewing porpoises. It's quite elegant for a webfont, and those non-aligning numerals... yum.

Otherwise, you cannot be a bit of Garamond.

― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 17:50 (twenty-one years ago)

I have a soft spot for Courier. It was sad when the US govt abandonded it recently. I use TW Cent at work.

― Magic City (ano ano), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 17:50 (twenty-one years ago)

You cannot beat a bit of Garamond.

You can, in fact, be a bit of Garamond, as I will be the first to tell you. I was a 9 point italic 's' for several months last year.

― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 17:52 (twenty-one years ago)

There should be some website where you can upload a scan of a letter and it tells you what font it is. Maybe there is.

something similar:

http://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/

― stockholm cindy (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 17:54 (twenty-one years ago)

Wow.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 17:55 (twenty-one years ago)

It's like I ruled the world.

― N. (nickdastoor), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 17:56 (twenty-one years ago)

You mean you don't!!!!????

― Maddie (RickyT), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 17:58 (twenty-one years ago)

JTN is right about Georgia.

― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 17:58 (twenty-one years ago)

I have now switched to Georgia.

― N. (nickdastoor), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 17:59 (twenty-one years ago)

Always the bandwagon jumper.

― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 18:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Ew - it's all a bit dense with the single spaced New Answers page.

― N. (nickdastoor), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 18:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Hmm, I have just switched and am not convinced.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 18:01 (twenty-one years ago)

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― libcrypt, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 01:02 (eighteen years ago)

http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/80/bcebef17c7c01b2e6917e3aph7.png

― caek, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 01:08 (eighteen years ago)

Caslon, these days.

― Casuistry, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 01:10 (eighteen years ago)

garamond is nice if i remember correctly

― youn, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 01:10 (eighteen years ago)

I am currently designing comp sheets/letterheads for an actress in Bodoni with body text in Century Gothic why because it look feminine

― caek, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 01:12 (eighteen years ago)

Also, where is my Helvetica DVD which I pre-ordered in like 1998.

― caek, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 01:14 (eighteen years ago)

har
ohyeah i do like garamond
i think our graphic designer just got like 100,000 new fonts. i will ask him waht a robyn font should look like

― rrrobyn, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 01:23 (eighteen years ago)

i am all about century gothic these days.

― haitch, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 01:26 (eighteen years ago)

...waht a robyn font should look like

http://i24.tinypic.com/10n81h1.png

― libcrypt, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 19:09 (eighteen years ago)

middle one! but less bubbly with more irregular skinnier lines! and y's need longer tail off to left. oh man what if everyone's handwriting could be turned into a font. next level uncanny nation

― rrrobyn, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 19:21 (eighteen years ago)

I like garamond and comic sans - don't usually use anything for English text other than Times New Roman though

― Heave Ho, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 19:25 (eighteen years ago)

there's a program that does that, but I can't remember which one.

I'd want it for my 'toons.

― Pleasant Plains, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 19:25 (eighteen years ago)

Scala Sans ftw

― stet, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 19:27 (eighteen years ago)

PP, do you have any toons to show off to us?

― libcrypt, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 22:12 (eighteen years ago)

Some ancient ones can be found here. The only recent stuff I've done is on that "Arbuckle" page, but I got me one of them fancy tablets for my birthday, so I'm going to try to get back into it.

You're sweet for asking.

― Pleasant Plains, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 22:40 (eighteen years ago)

~~"I was the epitome of porn"~~

whoops. IT I meant, obviously...

― o-ess, Thursday, 8 November 2007 01:31 (eighteen years ago)

I like garamond and comic sans -

ITC Garamond trumps Adobe Garamond, btw.

Careful admitting you like Comic Sans.

― Rock Hardy, Thursday, 8 November 2007 02:12 (eighteen years ago)

seven months pass...

I really like the Centro Pro family, which won Best Original Typeface at the European Design Awards 2008.

― Alba, Wednesday, 11 June 2008 00:55 (seventeen years ago)

is it possible to have a career in font design? can I give up my cushy 'new media' job and become a full-time font designer?

Futura is my favourite for sans-serif business and headers and so on. Adobe Garamond wins for serif stuff like basic body text and things I need to print out. I prefer it to normal Garamond for its superior italics.

― asey, Wednesday, 11 June 2008 10:31 (seventeen years ago)

euro 2008 has thrown up some odd typefaces. those shirt numbers they were using the other night looked like My First Bitmap Font.

http://www.footballshirtculture.com/20071125886/history/euro-2008-football-shirt-numbers.html

― koogs, Wednesday, 11 June 2008 13:58 (seventeen years ago)

There was a time pre-Millennium when I was mad about Impact. Woe to the tab pages I designed.

― Terrible Cold, Wednesday, 11 June 2008 14:15 (seventeen years ago)

My favourite font of the moment is Neue Steinschrift.
http://www.preusstype.com/steinschrift_pro.php
Obviously not an all purpose font, but when it's used in the right context it's great.

― treefell, Wednesday, 11 June 2008 14:22 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.kitbag.com/product_images/maxzoom/prd_maxzoom_kb-733916-01-Gattuso.jpg

Italy's has this weird hairy pixel trimming.

― Alba, Wednesday, 11 June 2008 14:22 (seventeen years ago)

A few that are in heavy rotation right now:

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i191/fluxion23/font-samples_20080611.png

― kenan, Wednesday, 11 June 2008 14:59 (seventeen years ago)

I really like the Centro Pro family, which won Best Original Typeface at the European Design Awards 2008.

Oooh.

http://bp0.blogger.com/_iC_yDAQbwr8/SCBJRISurMI/AAAAAAAAAVk/ooXtthq_0cA/s400/fig_24.jpg

A+

― kenan, Wednesday, 11 June 2008 17:43 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.rotovibe.com/images/wexford_medium.gif

Does anyone know where I can get a copy of Wexford Medium? Willing to pay.

― caek, Wednesday, 11 June 2008 18:23 (seventeen years ago)

FIXEDSYS 4 LIFE

― burt_stanton, Wednesday, 11 June 2008 18:25 (seventeen years ago)

recently feeling the SIGN PAINTER these days

― moonship journey to baja, Wednesday, 11 June 2008 18:30 (seventeen years ago)

Caek -

Found a filesharing messageboard that said this:

Looking for Eton (Optifont/Castcraft) [ May also go under the name of Wexford (Medium, and so on)

If Wexford is indeed the same as Eton then this points to UK company Fontware as being a supplier of it.

― Alba, Wednesday, 11 June 2008 18:38 (seventeen years ago)

Caek, I'm still not sure there's an electronic version. I spoke to a foundry which had wexford, but it wasn't even the same font.

― Spencer Chow, Wednesday, 11 June 2008 18:41 (seventeen years ago)

thank you both, will let you know if I turn anything up

― caek, Wednesday, 11 June 2008 18:47 (seventeen years ago)

That's the foundry I spoke to. Their wexford is something else. That image of Wexford was posted by someone on a font identification board in response to my question. They didn't know whether there was an electronic version. I'm assuming your interest is also My Bloody Valentine related...

― Spencer Chow, Wednesday, 11 June 2008 18:55 (seventeen years ago)

I've been looking forever :(

― Spencer Chow, Wednesday, 11 June 2008 18:56 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/forum/viewthread.php?threadid=50076

"Wexford Medium -- issued by VGC -- digital by Castcraft’s OPTIFonts as Eton (they are difficult to deal with and expensive)"

― caek, Wednesday, 11 June 2008 19:04 (seventeen years ago)

Not so much MBV. I'm looking to do a kind of pastiche of Blue Note album artwork without usng Bauhaus, which I have an irrational hatred of.

― caek, Wednesday, 11 June 2008 19:08 (seventeen years ago)

I invented this font in MS paint a while ago because I couldn't find a 3x3 font that I liked. Soon I found a site that allowed me to build it-- but it took out some of the stuff I wanted, like monospace (as it stands some shapes are 1x3 or 2x3, like periods and spaces and brackets) but other than that I love it, it is my font, and btw if anyone knows how to fix my monospace woes I can hook you up.

http://i26.tinypic.com/sb4i6e.gif

― Will M., Wednesday, 11 June 2008 19:08 (seventeen years ago)

xp, I'm something like this: http://www.gokudo.co.jp/Record/BlueNote5/nbn4%20081.jpg

― caek, Wednesday, 11 June 2008 19:09 (seventeen years ago)

I'm looking for something like this.

― caek, Wednesday, 11 June 2008 19:11 (seventeen years ago)

How about Horatio Bold?

― Alba, Wednesday, 11 June 2008 19:22 (seventeen years ago)

six months pass...

interesting idea, terrible font
http://www.ecofont.eu/look_at_ecofont_en.html

i have my browser set to use vag rounded by default. it makes reading bbc reports of mass murder seem like fun...

― koogs, Thursday, 18 December 2008 10:46 (seventeen years ago)

rotis. Still loving it.

― mose def (kenan), Thursday, 18 December 2008 11:11 (seventeen years ago)

oh hey can you send me that font (VAG i mean)? used to have but lost it somehow xp

― Timezilla vs Mechadistance (blueski), Thursday, 18 December 2008 11:12 (seventeen years ago)

is on the laptop but i just downloaded it from a free font site like this one (but it wasn't this exact one):

http://www.webpagepublicity.com/free-fonts-v.html

― koogs, Thursday, 18 December 2008 11:55 (seventeen years ago)

five months pass...

we use that ecofont in our company now.

― Great Scott! It's Molecular Man. (Ste), Wednesday, 17 June 2009 13:21 (sixteen years ago)

Font 242.

― StanM, Wednesday, 17 June 2009 14:05 (sixteen years ago)

six months pass...

I need a modern looking sans serif font for our company logos, any ideas?

― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Tuesday, 12 January 2010 22:15 (sixteen years ago)

two years pass...

I'm only a minor font nerd, but I thought this was cool:
http://iotic.com/averia/

― sockless in moccasins (jaymc), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 16:32 (thirteen years ago)

Frutiger STD & its many incarnations has been my go-to practical-use font for some time now.

― fishermen are coveted by whores & stoners (Pillbox), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 16:42 (thirteen years ago)

I have a longstanding love of 50s scripty fonts like Murray Hill, probably ingrained from childhood via motel signage like Holiday Inn.

http://www.sostars.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/holiday-inn-hotels.jpg

― Advanced Uncle Meat recovery system (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 16:59 (thirteen years ago)

ten months pass...

The 2013 Academy Awards: the typefaces used on the posters of the Oscar-winning films

― susuwatari teenage riot (a passing spacecadet), Saturday, 16 March 2013 16:58 (thirteen years ago)

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