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Old 09-05-2007, 03:13 PM #1
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Default What is your favourite typeface?

I noticed today that the font Helvetica (Arial on Windows) is 50 years old and was inspired to create this topic.

Helvetica at 50 article - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6638423.stm

I thought that article about it and other type-faces was interesting... some people want Comic Sans banned! http://bancomicsans.com/

Personally I'm not to keen on Helvetica/Arial - it looks too bland and letters are very 'round' - but I have used it often. Verdana is better though I think.

I knew someone who swore by 'Bookman Old Style' and it does look quite good when printed out.

I quite like Trebuchet. It's quite neat.

Compare 11 fonts - http://www.1728.com/fontcore.htm

Compare all fonts on Windows computers (if they are installed) - http://www.1728.com/fontlttr.htm
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I love Comic Sans and hate Ariel as it is our company font so having to use it all the time gets on my nerves.
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I like Tahoma,comic sans annoys me for some reason
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Comic Sans for me too..... but I do like Script MT Bold if I am feeling flighty...lol
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What a bunch of nerds
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I like Tahoma but we have to use TNR
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I thought this was about faces people pulled when they typed, ha.

I just use Times New Roman, the one it's on when i open Word.
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Tahoma, I think.
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Trebucket MS i think it's called, i use it all a time
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Century Gothic, I use most of the time.
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I love Arial/Helvetica! I use it as my font on MSN, but bolded and italicised. It's godly !
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I used to use Comic Sans loads, but then it started to annoy me. I use Arial Narrow on my MSN (bold), but generally on word documents I use random ones. Times New Roman the most though, because it's just standard and like Legend's reason, is the first one that appears when I open MS Word.
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I use MS Serif in MSN and Yahoo.

I use Bookman Old Style for letters of complaint and such

And, I use tahoma or verdana for "stuff".

And, I'm a geek, and proud...
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I like some of Vista's new bundled fonts.
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Yeh, vista's new fonts are quite nice.
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I use Times New Roman in 12 pitch at work but prefer Tahoma when at home

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I use Times New Roman most often but Comic Sans MS is my fave.
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I'm liking Calibri at the moment. It's a mix between Arial and Verdana I'd say.

It's the default in Office 2007 MS word.

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Umm I like Century Gothic, Tw Cen MT and Curlz MT.
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I tend to like hand writing fonts which I then covert to something more sensible when I send letters and things. Being dyslexic they are easier for me to read.
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Quote:
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What a bunch of nerds
you said it
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Quote:
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What a bunch of nerds
So what font do you non-nerds use or like?
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Quote:
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What a bunch of nerds
Maybe I should start posting about Paris Hilton.
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