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what's the coolest font ever?
& where can i download fonts for a mac for free?

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 03:59 (twenty-one years ago)

verdana!!

― webber (webber), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 06:20 (twenty-one years ago)

comic sans

― deanor (jram), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 06:21 (twenty-one years ago)

http://dafont.com/en/

― [that bastard] jaxon (jaxon), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 06:21 (twenty-one years ago)

i'm a fan of dinmittleschrift (sp?), rotis semi serif and vag rounded

― [that bastard] jaxon (jaxon), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 06:22 (twenty-one years ago)

"comic sans"

it's people like you that make life horrible.

― webber (webber), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 06:37 (twenty-one years ago)

shut up douche bag

― deanor (jram), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 06:39 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.iliveonyourvisits.com/img/bushsans.jpg

― deanor (jram), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 06:40 (twenty-one years ago)

vag rounded

Heh heh /dirty laugh

Word up to Verdana. It's comforting, stylish and readable.

― Liz :x (Liz :x), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 07:00 (twenty-one years ago)

There are some fun fonts here : CTHULHU

A bunch of them are free, but for the whole shebang you have to pay up.

― you better believe it (you better believe it), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 07:35 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.macfonts.com
Today I like: Futura, Gill Sans, Warnock, Pharmacy, Decadence, Calisto, Joanna, Optima

― beanz (beanz), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 07:43 (twenty-one years ago)

Optimism (TrueType)

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 07:49 (twenty-one years ago)

Silentina, Riot Squad, Goodfish, Hobby Horse, Mrs. Eaves, Georgia, Verdana, Nouveau Riche, Blackout Serif

― Melissa W (Melissa W), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 07:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Dear Joe

― dog latin (dog latin), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 08:21 (twenty-one years ago)

SW Crawl Body, a lot of those New Order and Cure fonts I have, that font the Associates used...

― ... And suddenly Ian Riese-Moraine is a naked man saying, 'Volvo! Volvo!' (Easte, Wednesday, 18 May 2005 09:22 (twenty-one years ago)

four months pass...

looking for a clean, non-seriffed font - friendly without being clingy, professional without being cold - to use on an artist's catalogue. one that isn't arial. for a mac.

― jermaine (jnoble), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 14:08 (twenty years ago)

I like Gill Sans, and I like Frutiger, but mainly I like Gill Sans.

― William Paper Scissors (Rock Hardy), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 14:21 (twenty years ago)

I was just gonna post Gill Sans!

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 14:21 (twenty years ago)

I like the versatility — as formal or as relaxed as you want it to be.

― William Paper Scissors (Rock Hardy), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 14:26 (twenty years ago)

two months pass...

Help! Will someone who is actually qualified to make recommendations about such things (i.e., not me) please look at this Web page and recommend a font for the general text-y parts? The numerals, in particular, are crap for this kind of document.

http://www.aidsinfo.nih.gov/DrugsNew/DrugDetailT.aspx?MenuItem=Drugs&int_id=397&Search=Off&ClassID=&TypeID=

Thankyouthankyouthankyou. Oh, and I doubt I could convince anyone to spend any money for a new font, so suggestions of "standard" fonts most appreciated.

― quincie, Wednesday, 21 December 2005 16:48 (twenty years ago)

Oh yes and I really should be learning about these things, so please discuss you hearts out about why the current font sucks and why the recommended fonts are way better.

― quincie, Wednesday, 21 December 2005 16:53 (twenty years ago)

The numerals should become much less of a nuisance if you increase the leading (the space between the lines). These numerals, dipping under and sticking out, are called text figures or old-style figures or medieaval figures. They're typographically more 'preferable' than numerals at capital height, which most sans serif and standard system fonts use. For system fonts, you could try Verdana. It looks particularly great at 9 pt, though it may be too small for some people. Good luck!

― Orange (Orange), Wednesday, 21 December 2005 22:51 (twenty years ago)

three years pass...

Not really about fonts, but:

Okay, on my computer, which runs godforsaken Windows Vista, ClearType is on, and yes everything is nice and smooth, except in microsoft word, paint, etc. where things aren't, unless I turn OFF ClearType, and then everything is nice and smoothexcept for everywhere else. The fuck is up with this?

― EDB, Monday, 7 September 2009 22:01 (sixteen years ago)

one year passes...

http://oi41.tinypic.com/2n1tj88.jpg

anyone know what font this is at the top?
or can you recommend a v. similar one?

― hoos wears orange camo pants ffs (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 02:52 (fifteen years ago)

This one is close http://www.dafont.com/rose-caps.font?nb_ppp=50&psize=s&text=DARK+AGES

and there are some more options here
http://www.dafont.com/theme.php?cat=404&page=1&nb_ppp_old=50&text=DARK+AGES&nb_ppp=50&psize=s&classt=pop

― wk, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 04:08 (fifteen years ago)

VERY close! thank you very much!

― hoos wears orange camo pants ffs (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 17:49 (fifteen years ago)

ten years pass...

https://footballfonts.com/category/euro-2020/

Slovakia and Croatia have terrible fonts. specifically the 2 looks like a reflected 5

― koogs, Thursday, 17 June 2021 20:25 (four years ago)

I love the really wide, thin stroke serif font Warner Brothers Records used on LP back covers in the '60s for the word "STEREO" between two arrows.

― Hideous Lump, Friday, 18 June 2021 06:38 (four years ago)

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