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Every now and again designers stumble upon the very same problem: the choice of a unique and beautiful typeface which manages to fulfill three basic tasks. Support the corporate identity, enrich the visual appearance and is compatible with the overall design. However, usually there are simply too many options you can consider, which is why you need time to find the option you are most comfortable with. Although the choice usually depends on clients’ requirements, it is necessary to have some pretty starting points for your font decision.
So which typefaces are “bulletproof”? What fonts can be used effectively in almost every Corporate Design? And what are the options for unique, but still incredibly beautiful typefaces?
We have answers. Over the last few days we’ve browsed through dozens of type foundries, read dozens of designers’ articles about typography, analyzed font rankings and visited bookmarked font-related suggestions. So this post has ‘em all. Well, OK, at least many of them.
Let’s take a look at over 80 gorgeous typefaces for professional design, based upon suggestions from designers and web-developers all over the world. Most screenshots are taken from the foundries and provided specimens – particularly on Veer.com and Fontshop.com.
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Classic Typefaces
Classics of typography in a brief overview. You will find even more traditional typefaces on the site 100 Best Fonts, including history, development and related information.
1. Helvetica
2. Helvetica Neue
3. Univers
4. Frutiger
5. Avenir
6. Myriad Pro
7. Neuzeit
8. Syntax
9. Proxima Nova
10. Proxima Sans
11. Glasgow
12. Charlotte Sans
13. Precious Sans
14. Gill Sans
15. Lisboa
16. Franklin Gothic
17. Futura
18. EF TV Nord 1
19. FF Scala
20. Rockwell
21. Eurostile
22. Warnock
23. FF DIN
24. FF Meta
25. Officina
26. FF Dax
27. DF Dynasty
28. Akzidenz-Grotesk
29. AG Book
30. Precious Serif
Further Typefaces
The fonts listed below aren’t so well-known. Thus you can use them for unique corporate identity or user interfaces which are supposed to have a “fresh” look.
31. Locator
32. Seravek
33. FF Kievit
34. Ronnia
Typetogether
35. Stella
36. Le Monde Courrier
Le Monde Courrier, € 167.4 for 2 PCs
37. Parisine PTF
Parisine PTF, € 210 for 8 PCs
38. Freight
Source
39. Guardian
40. Anomoly
41. PMN Caecilia
42. Leitura
Source / DSType
43. The Mix
44. Stalemate
45. Neo Sans
46. Felbridge
Felbridge, £29.00 per font
47. Trade Gothic
48. Karmina
Typetogether
49. FF Milo
Source: Typographica.org
50. Auto
Source
51. Soho
52. Kepler
53. Depot
54. Relato Sans
55. Priva Pro
DSType
56. Relato Serif
57. Alber
58. Palatino Sans & Informal
59. Fedra Sans
60. Olga
61. Depot
62. Priva Pro
DSType
63. Whitman
64. Productus
65. Tempelhof
66. Amira
67. Krart
68. Tang
69. Dederon Sans
70. Samuels Family
(Images: MyFonts Newsletter)
71. Untitled
72. Greta Text
73. FF Sanuk
74. Houschka
75. Scene
76. Amplitude
77. Insider
78. Preface
79. Flex
80. Halvorsen
81. Xtra Sans
Foretaste for one of our next posts:
The Future of Typography
82. Obliqua (in development)
83. Muestra Urbana (in development)
83. Wingardium
84. Tauran Regular
85. Mello Sans
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/08/08/80-beautiful-fonts-typefaces-for-professional-design/
I found that the majority of these typefaces are in fact sans serif so this should be considered in designing.
Similarly on this list of top 21 the same typefaces appear:
http://www.instantshift.com/2008/10/05/21-most-used-fonts-by-professional-designers/
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