what font should i use

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― ice cr?m, Saturday, 14 February 2009 15:15 (seventeen years ago)

http://squidandbeer.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/comicsansms.gif

― Bone Thugs-N-Harmony ft Phil Collins (jim), Saturday, 14 February 2009 15:16 (seventeen years ago)

might use interstate - tho the uppercase E is kinda weak imo

― ice cr?m, Saturday, 14 February 2009 15:41 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.fontmarketplace.com/images/products/JOA01-02-01-01-m.jpg

― caek, Saturday, 14 February 2009 15:53 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.fonts.com/Assets/images/trans1x1.gif

― max arrrrrgh, Saturday, 14 February 2009 18:26 (seventeen years ago)

Eurostyle Extended

― dan selzer, Saturday, 14 February 2009 18:40 (seventeen years ago)

Avenir

― Millsner, Saturday, 14 February 2009 19:44 (seventeen years ago)

Helvetica Neue
DIN 1451 std
Futura compressed std

― 2 ears + 1 ❤ (Pillbox), Saturday, 14 February 2009 20:51 (seventeen years ago)

http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/751/picture1gk5.png

― slacki (libcrypt), Saturday, 14 February 2009 20:59 (seventeen years ago)

Macon tracks:

http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/7324/picture2fp0.png

― slacki (libcrypt), Saturday, 14 February 2009 21:01 (seventeen years ago)

All of the planck foam fonts are quite special:

http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/4567/picture3tu9.png

― slacki (libcrypt), Saturday, 14 February 2009 21:03 (seventeen years ago)

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/9717/picture4bi1.png

― slacki (libcrypt), Saturday, 14 February 2009 21:05 (seventeen years ago)

eras demi = forgotten classic from the days of commodore amiga magazines and vcr instruction manuals.

http://www.wd4-u.com/_images/gallery/Fonts/thumbnails/Eras-Demi.jpg

― max arrrrrgh, Saturday, 14 February 2009 21:07 (seventeen years ago)

That's the Championship Manager font!!

― there's no antivote to (country matters), Saturday, 14 February 2009 21:08 (seventeen years ago)

I could go on for awhile here:

http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/7961/picture5hq7.png

― slacki (libcrypt), Saturday, 14 February 2009 21:10 (seventeen years ago)

eras demi is modern and businesslike without being too flash or too square

― max arrrrrgh, Saturday, 14 February 2009 21:12 (seventeen years ago)

lol u got me beat

http://i42.tinypic.com/1x4hv.jpg

― ice cr?m, Saturday, 14 February 2009 23:30 (seventeen years ago)

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i191/fluxion23/fonts-screenshot.png

Shameful. I must now commit seppuku.

― Bad Banana On Broadway (kenan), Saturday, 14 February 2009 23:48 (seventeen years ago)

FYI: shift-apple-4, spacebar, click window.

― slacki (libcrypt), Sunday, 15 February 2009 00:07 (seventeen years ago)

I know, but I'm on a linux laptop remote desktopping into my mac at home, so it was easier to take a screenshot

― Bad Banana On Broadway (kenan), Sunday, 15 February 2009 01:35 (seventeen years ago)

Good answer.

http://img240.imageshack.us/img240/6363/picture1pr5.png

― slacki (libcrypt), Sunday, 15 February 2009 03:24 (seventeen years ago)

Multiple xposts re: font hoarding: OK, I'm a freelance g. designer & I don't keep that many fonts on hand (selectivity regarding fonts is a preventative measure against the protracted dilly-dallying I'm prone to when given a galaxy of choices), tho I can certainly empathize with the love for the Lots o' Fonts approach. Anyway, I have a technical question for you guys: Are you Mac users &, if so, how do you keep your obscene font quantities from bogging down the applications you use. I have nowhere near as much as you guys have & Illustrator, InDesign & (especially) Word constantly get bogged down with font processing. Is there a preventative measure I'm missing out on?

― 2 ears + 1 ❤ (Pillbox), Sunday, 15 February 2009 03:49 (seventeen years ago)

My fonts aren't all in ~/Library/Fonts, no way.

Also, a pro dude would be a lot more careful about licensing than I am.

― slacki (libcrypt), Sunday, 15 February 2009 03:54 (seventeen years ago)

The big foundries, probably there's no way they give a shit about borrowed fonts. The smaller houses, tho, some of them are paranoid weirdos.

― slacki (libcrypt), Sunday, 15 February 2009 03:56 (seventeen years ago)

So, is there a way to archive & display your entire font collection using Font Book without storing them in Library?

― 2 ears + 1 ❤ (Pillbox), Sunday, 15 February 2009 04:03 (seventeen years ago)

Pillbox, do you use a font management utility? Use this. It's theee bombe.

xpost

― WmC, Sunday, 15 February 2009 04:04 (seventeen years ago)

I just use QuickLook (spacebar) to preview my fonts.

― slacki (libcrypt), Sunday, 15 February 2009 04:08 (seventeen years ago)

thx doods. I probably should have researched this eons ago, but I am one of those "creative types" (read: out to lunch most of the time)

― 2 ears + 1 ❤ (Pillbox), Sunday, 15 February 2009 04:12 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.dickestel.com/images/oldcarspreivo.jpg

― caek, Sunday, 15 February 2009 12:48 (seventeen years ago)

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/3489/picture2nx4.png

― slacki (libcrypt), Sunday, 15 February 2009 12:58 (seventeen years ago)

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/5185/picture3ph8.png

― slacki (libcrypt), Sunday, 15 February 2009 13:34 (seventeen years ago)

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/5705/picture4yj5.png

― slacki (libcrypt), Sunday, 15 February 2009 13:44 (seventeen years ago)

libcrypt what you doing here with this?

― i'm shy (Abbott), Sunday, 15 February 2009 18:57 (seventeen years ago)

I have much love lately for DIN (Mittelschrift Std)

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i191/fluxion23/DIN.png

― Bad Banana On Broadway (kenan), Sunday, 15 February 2009 19:05 (seventeen years ago)

I was a bad boy and found a dl of the Comicraft library.

― WmC, Sunday, 15 February 2009 19:09 (seventeen years ago)

Handel gothic is from THE FUTURE

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i191/fluxion23/handelGothic.png

― Bad Banana On Broadway (kenan), Sunday, 15 February 2009 20:23 (seventeen years ago)

I like Euphemia UCAS so much, it's the body text on my résumé.

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i191/fluxion23/euphemiaUCAS.png

― Bad Banana On Broadway (kenan), Sunday, 15 February 2009 20:33 (seventeen years ago)

FontExplorerX is no longer going to be free, but it's cheap, and it still beats Suitcase, Font Reserve and FontAgent Pro in my book.

Fontbook should be empty except for those crucial system fonts.

Don't even get me started on apple's helvetica .dfont.

― dan selzer, Sunday, 15 February 2009 21:41 (seventeen years ago)

OTM x3.

― WmC, Sunday, 15 February 2009 21:50 (seventeen years ago)

FontExplorerX is no longer going to be free, but it's cheap, and it still beats Suitcase, Font Reserve and FontAgent Pro in my book.

Yes. So
get the free version now while you can, and keep the .dmg file somewhere safe.

― Bad Banana On Broadway (kenan), Sunday, 15 February 2009 22:15 (seventeen years ago)

Abbs, just making font suggestions.

― slacki (libcrypt), Monday, 16 February 2009 02:25 (seventeen years ago)

Been having some fun at yourfonts.com lately.

― •--• --- --- •--• (Pleasant Plains), Monday, 16 February 2009 02:51 (seventeen years ago)

I have much love lately for DIN (Mittelschrift Std)

yeah, that's my all time most used fave font.

― (jaxon) ( .) ( .) (jaxon), Tuesday, 17 February 2009 01:32 (seventeen years ago)

i'm really stoked on these free fonts (Anivers in particular)

http://www.josbuivenga.demon.nl/images/anivers_nw_05.gif

http://www.josbuivenga.demon.nl/index.html

― (jaxon) ( .) ( .) (jaxon), Tuesday, 17 February 2009 01:35 (seventeen years ago)

two years pass...

hey font guys -- i'm looking for a script font that has a big, fat large lettered feel to it and that would look good in blue. I tried Lobster (but it was too lobstery) and SAF (but it didn't have any lower case letters). this next piece isn't going to make any sense but i also want it to be a little jazzy, or bluesy? like to have a little personality. Any good recommendations?

― Mordy, Wednesday, 5 October 2011 14:54 (fourteen years ago)

maybe something like androgyne or Marketing Script? I know one of you font mavens have some good suggestions for me

― Mordy, Wednesday, 5 October 2011 15:13 (fourteen years ago)

Coronet is nice, I think. Famous example:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41mC%2BYqE4UL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

― DSMOS has arrived (kenan), Wednesday, 5 October 2011 15:20 (fourteen years ago)

Not as much font weight as I'm looking for

― Mordy, Wednesday, 5 October 2011 15:22 (fourteen years ago)

Deftone, from Larabie?

― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 5 October 2011 16:35 (fourteen years ago)

Also from Larabie -

Dyspepsia
Sloe Gin Rickey

― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 5 October 2011 16:38 (fourteen years ago)

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