Member reg… Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 This topic was imported from the Typophile platform Hey everyone, I'm doing a small survey of typography, comparing design students to design professionals. Please answer the questions that follow. It should only take a minute or two. Please included whether you're a student or a professional. 1. Favorite Typeface 2. Most Used Typeface 3. Guilty Pleasure (you know that you shouldn't love it) 4. Most hated (get pretentious!) 5. Preferred method of adding emphasis (italics, bold). 6. Preferred Typeface (Choose one. List derived from separate typophile thread) Bodoni DIN Frutiger Futura Garamond Gotham Helvetica Minion Scala Univers 7. Favorite letterforms, upper and lowercase. Thanks Typophiles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Either post here or email me at [email protected] Link to comment
Member Ind… Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 1. Electra 2. Syntax (old) 3. Ludwig 4. Adobe Sans 5. italic 6. Scala 7. lowercase 8. professional Link to comment
Member Que… Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 1. This question pops up a lot here lately, maybe it's an idea to combine threads or something, or make a recent top 10 of font preferences? -just a thought. Anyway I'll just answer something else every time :) >> Neuzeit Grotesk 2. Until now: Interstate (but not by choice!) 3. Frankfurter Highlight 4. Belwe 5. Bold 6. Garamond 7. lowercase 8. Pro cheerio Queneau Link to comment
Member Ind… Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 you're right, now after the second coffee I would go for: 1. Neuzeit Grotesk with that fab J, but since Queneau named that I'll take Vendôme 2. Lucida Sans 3. Museo 4. Prokyon 5. small caps 6. Frutiger 7. still low 8. not a student anymore (but professional?) Link to comment
Member Dav… Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 1. Baskerville (Storm) / Tempera 2. Univers 3. Akzidenz Grotesk 4. Eurostile/Microgramma (Well, not really 'Hate', I may add. I respect it, for what it WAS, back then, but give it a rest, now, all, will you.) 5. Italic 6. Scala 7. LowerCase (a, g, k.) 8. Pro (I guess. ;) Link to comment
Member nin… Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 1. This changes, and there's more than one. But at the moment, I'd say Legato. 2. Parisine. 3. Cooper Black. 4. I hate Souvenir, and a few others. But there's always Arial to hate first. 5. Depends on context, and on the design of the font and its italic/bold styles. 6. Garamond. Although it hugely depends which Garamond. 7. "A", "R", "V", "g", "a", "i" (wasn't that the question?) 8. Professional. And part-time postgraduate student, so take your pick! Link to comment
Member Que… Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 @David: How is Akzidenz Grotesk a guilty pleasure? I feel a bit guilty now too :( Eurostile is pretty awful as well, and the name reminds me of everything bad connected with Euro-: Eurotechno, Eurovision, etc... cheerio Queneau Link to comment
Member Dav… Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Jeffrey/Queneau, I am not sure about the 'guilty pleasure', but I guess several times it was some kind of 'alternate' when I could have found some way better and more suitable typeface, with a little more time on hand. (And I still think Akzidenz Grotesk is the better 'alternate', compared to Helvetica. ;) Link to comment
Member Ind… Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Indeed - totally forgot about Legato! Okay, let's do another 1. Avance 2. Frutiger 3. Neue Haas Grotesk 4. Zapfino 5. bold 6. FF DIN 7. low profile 8. Prof. ((I could do that the whole day and ruin your survey)) Link to comment
Member Ind… Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 @ David Huber btw: Nebiolo had the best alternative/rip-off to Helvetica - Forma. Why isn't there a digital version? Link to comment
Member Dav… Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Indra, Hah, Yea, They sure had. (And there actually is a digital version of Forma, or at least roughly based on it, available. Quite questionable sources, I may add. But, I actually used it, while working under/as my 'Forma' alias. ;) Link to comment
Member Ind… Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Oh, missed that thread, sorry. Thanks, I'll check that digital version (but have some prejudice as well ...) Link to comment
Member Jon… Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 1) Soho pro complete 2) Frutiger 3) Avant Garde 4) All the obvious ones: Arial, Helvetica, Comic Sans, Papyrus, All Microsoft fonts 5) Bold 6) Frutiger as a whole, but lately Gotham 7) Upper: C, G, M, R, S Lower: a, e, g, s 8) Pro JonE. Link to comment
Member Fro… Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 1: Eason 2: Dolly 3: Comic Sans 4: Broadway 5: Italics, though the best method is using a coloured marker 6: Terrible question, but Scala I guess: Workhorse sans + serif 7: M, Z, &, r, æ Semi pro :) Link to comment
Member _Pa… Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 1. Fairfield (Letterpress) 2. Expo Serif Pro (the letterpress version of this is sublime) 3. Palatino (Linotron) 4. Souvenir 5. italics 6. Frutiger 7. Upper: Y, T & Lower: a, g, y, z Forever a student. ;) Link to comment
Member Tim… Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Boy do I love surveys, and its not everyday you get to do one on type! 1. Adobe Jenson Pro 2. Frutiger 3. Cooper Black (although I'm too scared to ever actually use it) or ITC Garamond, I know its not a real Garamond but I think its a really nice display font 4. Arial, because it hangs out with a bad crowd 5. Depends on the context 6. Garamond 7. Uppercase Q and lower case g. Upper case R if it has that swoosh that carries on under the next character. Italic Zs are usually pretty nice too. 8. Student. ________________My Portfolio Link to comment
Member Chr… Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 1. Univers 2. Univers 3. Tiger Rag 4. None — "Tis a poor craftsman that blames his tools." 5. White space 6. Univers 7. Linotype Univers & (ampersand) Link to comment
Member mic… Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 1. Scala Sans 2. Most used is open for interpretation, yes? Are you talking about number of times chosen or how much of it fills the page? So, Display: Scala Sans or Vista Sans; Text: Garamond Premier Pro or Arno Pro. 3. Typeka 4. TNR sucks. 5. I believe the instance of emphasis determines the choice between bold or italic. 6. Gotham 7. a (two-storey), g (two-storey), j; R and C. Hey, what about numerals? 2, 5, 9. 8. Prof. Link to comment
Member phr… Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 Christopher Dean - 4. None — “Tis a poor craftsman that blames his tools.” nice answer... 1. After Disaster (ha - bet you've never heard of that one) 2. Swiss Black - lately (not by choice) 3. Wave 85 (can't use it much,but I still like it) 4. Swiss Black - lately 5. Black Caps 6. Futura 7. Someone pretends to pay me so I pretend to work ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ...from the Fontry Link to comment
Member typ… Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 1. Malaga 2. MetaPro greek 3. Helvetica 4. Helvetica greek 5. Depend the situation. 6. Gotham 7. a, w, g, z R, A, Q 8. prof Link to comment
Member Nic… Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 Perhaps I'm fickle, but I've never approached typography with such a hard and fast attitude. Avoid nepotism: choose the best face for the job at hand. Link to comment
Member col… Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 Perhaps I'm fickle, but i don't think reganfredjohnson is suggesting that we choose a typeface that would work on every project or solve every design problem, but rather one we think is really great. We all know that different projects require different typefaces. Just be a sport: picking a favorite doesn't trivialize your professionalism... but then again, I'm merely a student... 1. FF Unit, Poplar 2. Trade Gothic 3. Avant Garde 4. Comic Sans & After Disaster (jk phrostbyte64, I've never heard of it) 5. Color or BOLD 6. DIN 7. Q, g Link to comment
Member Nic… Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 OK, this is the best I can do. 1. 10 pt Scotch of (probably) George Bruce, c. 1870. This is the type I revived as Scotch Modern. 2. The same. I use it for my browser font. 3. It's type. Nothing to feel guilty about. 4. Archer, because I'd rather see Bodoni Egyptian. 5. Small caps. 6. At the moment, none of those do anything for me at all. 7. Depends on the face. Link to comment
Member Ben… Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 Cool, I was thinking about type surveys the other day :) 1. Guardian Egyptian. But it's distractingly nice to read so maybe something more normal: Dante, Baskerville, Sabon. 2. Myriad and Minion. 3. Ballpark Weiner. 4. Any of those stupid childish fonts that I've removed from my machine. There's one called Boopee. I hate Tempus Sans too. 5. Small caps or bold. 6. Minion. 7. M, N, Q, R, S, Z, a, e, g, m, s, y, 4, 8, &, * 8. Part-time freelancer (sorry!) Link to comment
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