Fontastic survey

Post by **Roman Totale** » October 19th, 2010, 17:03

Following on from an article I read the other day, I wonder: what is your favourite font/typeface?

I prefer Verdana or Tahoma personally, but I'm also quite fond of Calibri. Conversely, two of my immediate managers both type all of their emails in Comic Sans. No shitting.

So, pointless as this may be, get voting!

Shada · Post by **Shada** » October 19th, 2010, 17:06

other: none

Post by **Grimmie** » October 19th, 2010, 17:15

I used to be a Tahoma advocate, but have since switched to the pleasantly letter-spaced verdana.
All of the Microsoft new-generation fonts that came with Office 07 (the ones beginning with C) are great, too.

Post by **FatherJack** » October 19th, 2010, 17:16

Calibri, but I also like Lucida Console and Fixedsys. I use Verdana with a -2 letter spacing quite a bit.

Stoat · Post by **Stoat** » October 19th, 2010, 17:30

FatherJack wrote:Calibri, but I also like Lucida Console and Fixedsys. I use Verdana with a -2 letter spacing quite a bit.

I'd love to use Calibri for web projects but it's tiny compared to similar fonts. I need to get my font-size-adjust on.

Oh and of course I favour Helvetica.

friznit · Post by **friznit** » October 19th, 2010, 17:34

Verdana is the new TNR. Thanks to JSP101 The Defence Writing Handbook (aka the purple pillow), I wrote everything in 11.5 TNR for years. Since moving to IT it's now all Arial 12. Personal stuff such as CVs etc are in Verdana though. Never used anything else.

Post by **Dog Pants** » October 19th, 2010, 18:11

Palatino Linotype

Think my CV's in Verdana though, it's more likely to be installed.

Post by **Grimmie** » October 19th, 2010, 18:47

Stoat wrote:Oh and of course I favour Helvetica.

That's cheating, and you know it. It's everyone's favourite, subconsciously.

Post by **Roman Totale** » October 19th, 2010, 18:52

Dog Pants wrote:Palatino Linotype

Sounds like the floor covering in a mansion.

Post by **Dog Pants** » October 19th, 2010, 19:00

It's the font SLA is written in. I got it for my sourcebooks.

Mr. Johnson · Post by **Mr. Johnson** » October 19th, 2010, 19:27

I find this thread confusing. Maybe I should go pick up a monkey wrench and fix my truck?

Wiggy · Post by **Wiggy** » October 19th, 2010, 20:40

Depends what I'm doing, but my most favouritest (the one I use for email at work) is Tahoma 10pt., in dark blue.

buzzmong · Post by **buzzmong** » October 19th, 2010, 21:04

What ever the default is. Or Verdana.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » October 20th, 2010, 7:51

I don't actually use it much but I like Courier as it's often used for command line interfaces.

The Shutting Downs · Post by **The Shutting Downs** » October 20th, 2010, 9:37

The Boss Joose and Me had at the Supa Sekrit used Comic Sans in all his emails.

*shudder*

Post by **Joose** » October 20th, 2010, 12:23

The Shutting Downs wrote:The Boss Joose and Me had at the Supa Sekrit used Comic Sans in all his emails.

*shudder*

It caused much wailing and gnashing of teeth.

Post by **Grimmie** » October 20th, 2010, 12:27

Pertinant article here, "What's so wrong with Comic Sans?"

Most importantly is that they say they want to stop it being misused, instead of used altogether.
It has its uses, just not many.

Post by **Roman Totale** » October 20th, 2010, 16:55

Grimmie wrote:Pertinant article here, "What's so wrong with Comic Sans?"

Now with link!

Post by **Grimmie** » October 20th, 2010, 17:07

Mnngh. It's been a long day.

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