Your favorite font, or, fonts

Thanks, I didn't know there was a German font. It just looked like the way my mom writes- she is German btw.

That's a sign, Kicky. I'm not sure of what, but one you shouldn't ignore.

tahoma

Here's Trebuchet MS, which Craven mentioned - I like it for its sharpness, contrasting to the tahoma above...


masgrafx.com

I like Tahoma, and Verdana.. and I don't like Times New Roman, at all.

Yeah, Trebuchet is cool too (only now read the whole thread).

Our press releases are in Times New Roman, but our website is in a sans serif. Arial, I think.

In our publications, we use Garamond, I think, for the title on the cover.

I like the x-height on the lower case letters. And the lowercase g seals it....

I'm an Arial girl.
Simple, clean & easy on the eye.

That's what all the Melbourne lads say...

You know, the minute I posted that, Craven .....

Ilostmyspacer,alas.

Grrrrrrrrrr.

OnTrebuchet,IlikethepointiesoftheN,the,V,theZ.
Oh,nevermind.Backsometimelater.

I'm an Ariel girl too. I also like Lucinda Sans.

The only serifed (is that a word?) font I like at all is Courier (T1). I like the spacing between the letters -- that seems to make it easier to read.

Me, too, boomerang!
What a coincidence! :wink:

Depends on whether we're talking web or print.

For print, I do a lot of format design. I keep coming back to a combination of Minion (serif) and Myriad (sanserif). They work very well together. The very slightly compressed look of the Minion is very workable. Both fonts come in a wide variety of weights, and the italic versions are extremely readable.

willlookthoseup,eva,whenIgetoutofthismorass.



Perhaps,manana.Or,maybetuesday.

Minion and Myriad font families

Those look nice, Eva.

Completely off-topic, I find myself in unexpected disagreement with no less than two of the sig lines on this page.

Eva's - "If you cant be kind, at least have the decency to be vague" - thats just about the opposite of what my moral would be.

Well, it depends I guess. If you're a complete stranger, probably, yeah. But for friends, family, (close) colleagues, I'd disagree.

And MsOlga's - "I never, ever met a racist who was nice" - the guy should come to The Hague . Or a working class Amsterdam neighbourhood. Lotsa people with a heart of gold, who just cant stand them furriners.

My grandma's brother - he's the nicest guy. And when push came to shove, he helped his Chinese neighbours get papers they needed, everything. But dont get him started on immigrants, muslims, foreigners in general - he's awful, awful.

OK, that as random digression..

I know what you mean, nimh. Have met many rough diamonds with hearts of gold, etc, who also possess a few stubborn "blind spots".

That particular quote was from this nuggety old codger who runs a very popular gardening program on the (Oz) ABC. Actually, I'd thought he was a rather boring old fart till till I heard a radio interview with him, celebrating his 80th birthday. What a surprise! I found out he was a committed old leftie, had run for parliament in Tasmania (for the Communist Party, mind! ) & had a really intriguing life history. That comment was right in character & made me smile. People are not always what they seem to be on the surface!

Try cleaning your keyboard.