Font art geekery

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Oh, I actually like Papyrus when the font is small, especially when typing a person's name.

[innerSpaceman]

Hahah, I LOVE Papyrus!


Some people clearly have no font taste.




And, no, I don't mean me.


< of course, i'm rather partial to Bridges of America font, but only when used sparingly and for protest.

[LSPoorEeyorick]

See, for me, it's just lazy shorthand for "we're trying to be zen." It's overused. Especially in the cheeseball amateur context noted so well by iheartpapyrus.com

Though, Helvetica is certainly used a great deal, and I quite like it.

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

I like Palatino Linotype.

But I can't explain why, I just do.

It is actually a very feminine font. (And to be pedantic, the "Linotype" portion of the name is the name of the foundry and not really required to identify the font. In fact, it may not be correct if you are not using Linotype's Palatino. All of the major foundries have a Palatino.)

Originally Posted by LSPoorEeyorick

Though, Helvetica is certainly used a great deal, and I quite like it.

I know I am in the minority, but I really despise Helvetica.

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

It is actually a very feminine font. (And to be pedantic, the "Linotype" portion of the name is the name of the foundry and not really required to identify the font. In fact, it may not be correct if you are not using Linotype's Palatino. All of the major foundries have a Palatino.)

I know I am in the minority, but I really despise Helvetica.

Oh, how fun. Dissecting personality traits by font preferences. This is great.

My fav font is Tahoma.

What does that say about me Dr. Kevy?


(Other than I obviously have certain masochists tendencies to ask something like that in the first place... )

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

What does that say about me Dr. Kevy?

That you have a propensity for lying: especially in on-line signatures.

Actually, Palatino is the only one I remember because I am such a fan of it.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

It is actually a very feminine font.

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

Actually, Palatino is the only one I remember because I am such a fan of it.

Shocking.

[Disneyphile]

Argh. This is making me want to change up my logo which is still new. And, I also have enough backlog on my plate to finish.

Love the concepts though!

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

As part of my college education (Graphic Communication), I took a class called "Design With Type." We didn't get into font design, but more about the usage/selection of fonts in creating an overall look. We also got into kerning (the space between letters), leading (spacing between lines of type), etc. Not only does the font itself have visual impact, but how it is presented as well.

One of the things I was fascinated with is the adjustment made to individual characters depending on their size. If one blows up a 6 pt. version of a character and compares it to a 48 point version of the same letter, there are subtle differences to account for visual acuity.

One downside of the mass availability of information is how poorly it is sometimes presented. HTML, et. al. isn't perfect. But even a lot of printed items are just attrocious. A coworker (a former Adobe instructor and graphic artist) and I often just cry when we see some of the garbage that we are printing.

Dig. And terminology, yay!

Originally Posted by Alex

I believe most know about it. But if not, I recommend watching Helvetica, a documentary about, well, the history and use of the Helvetica font. (It is available for instant viewing on Netflix, which is how I watched it.)

I've been putting off seeing this - thanks for the reminder. GD gets to blame you when he is forced to watch this.

I use Comic Sans in comic contexts. I resisted using comic/anime inspired fonts in my Teen Zone signage. So. Over. It. Using Comic Sans for communique? Bwahaha. The background users suck, too.

I've been partial to Book Antiqua forever but am now finally over it. I think I need a new basic font. I do like Palatino. Helvetica is a bit too harsh for my taste. Garamond is still cool (The font of Harry Potter, if I'm not mistaken).

Anyone know any geeky font sites? I'll post some later...

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

http://ilovetypography.com/


http://abc.planet-typography.com/index.html

http://www.flickr.com/groups/folktype/pool/

http://www.smileycat.com/miaow/archi...-headlines.php

http://www.houseind.com/

http://www.craigoldham.co.uk/ (http://www.craigoldham.co.uk/ongoing/ampersands/)