What is your signature font?

[Innocent Bystander]

Hrii Cthulu, Goka Font Ph'nglui!

Lovecraftian fonts revived...

[Nanohedron]

I can't read that article. It looks like it's been translated using Babelfish. Hardly any of the sentences make sense. Which is a bit of a shame for an article on a typeface, used for transmitting the written word.

I had the same reaction when I attempted to read the article. The writer should have spent less time on the fine points of typeface and more time on English grammar, starting with "What is a sentence?".

There are some clues as to the original language of the blogger: "Lagnan" for "Language". "Minggu" for "Monday" (or whatever day of the week). My guess is it's Tagalog, either that or Malay. But, yes, it looks like an artificial translation.

And don't even get me started on what passes for stating one's case in it. Someone get Mutey a tourniquet, stat, 'cause he's hemorrhaging street cred.

[fearfaoin]

Comic Sans. I can't figure out why everyone hates me.

Actually, I prefer Courier as I usually need fixed width.
I wonder how many guitarists pull their hair out when
they try to print chords off the Internet.

[highland-piper]

Arial is a poor knockoff of Helvetica.

Helvetica is ruined for me because it's the font of the Internal Revenue Service. All tax forms and correspondence is in Helvetica.

We use Myriad at work. It's a nice font. It's the font that Germans use for highway signs.

I also like Garamond, either because of, or in spite of it being the font Apple uses for everything.

Vivaldi Script is beautiful for the right purpose.

I have an older collection of Ray Larabie's fonts. A lot of fun stuff there. He has a new collection I see, and it's free now, instead of whatever low rate I paid for it. Free for commercial use, too.

http://www.larabiefonts.com/

[mutepointe]

And don't even get me started on what passes for stating one's case in it. Someone get Mutey a tourniquet, stat, 'cause he's hemorrhaging street cred.

I have mostly gravel driveway cred.

[emmline]

Here's a quiz to determine what font best represents you.

http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/helvetica/quiz.html

Oddly enough, it said I was Times New Roman. The font I use most often is Arial.

Courier. No surprise. It is my obnoxious tendency to pretend I'm using a typewriter.

[Dale]

My default font for Word, however, is Calibri.

Dale

[dwest]

My personal favourite is Helifican Readit©.

[emmline]

My personal favourite is Helifican Readit©.

That one's good, but I usually use Helifide Readit© when I write dumb books. Same font family.

[German Whistler]

I`d love to know more about fonts

not knowing enogh, i choosed verdana for my letters, mails and websites, cause it "feels right"

[mutepointe]

German, if you have a preference for a font, you're well on your way. There are books of fonts. In the old days, they used to be called typefaces too. I was surprised that they are copywrited in other countries. "Type free or die."

[brewerpaul]

Why not create a true signature font?

http://www.myscriptfont.com/

This thread reminds me of a cartoon I saw online just the other day:

[German Whistler]

just found a tinwhistlefont
http://blaynechastain.com/blog/tin-whis ... ius-plugin

[mutepointe]

the voice of fonts

this reminds me of a joke i heard on tv about how all former civilizations having british accents.

[mutepointe]

Fonts rarely make the news but they today and fonts can save money.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/27/living/st ... =allsearch