Comments on: 13 typefaces for graphic designers

By: Kristina

Kristina — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:57:54 +0000

Great info for those of us who venture into the unknown graphic design waters on rare occasions. Your suggestions are very helpful in creating professional looking results just by the font chosen for new brochures. I know I’ll be paying a lot more attention to font when designing future printing projects.

By: David Airey

David Airey — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 20:38:48 +0000

You’re right, Grant, and since publishing this blog post I feel my choice of topics has improved. Lists can be incredibly subjective, and although this was never aimed at professional graphic designers (but rather aspiring ones) I wouldn’t re-publish it today.

By: Grant

Grant — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 18:03:58 +0000

I have to admit, as a professional Graphic Designer, I hate when people tell me there are fonts I should or do need. That is completely opinionated and based on the tyoe of work you do. If all your work is meant to feel hand done this list is completely inappropriate.

Don’t get me wrong this is a great list of some classic fonts that have been used for a long time. I have used many of them myself at one point or another. But there are a lot of other great classics that aren’t on here. Things like Univers and Eurostile. Or serifs like Bookman.

Pick your typefaces by what’s appropriate for you and your project.

By: Ray K

Ray K — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:09:27 +0000

Has any one seen the documentary Helvetica? A Must see.

By: Jacques van Heerden

Jacques van Heerden — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 07:25:35 +0000

I will definitely be getting myself some of these, some I already have. Thanks for the great post-keep up the good work.

By: Jeriel

Jeriel — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:14:47 +0000

Great list! I like your site! good articles…^^

By: David Airey

David Airey — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 07:06:00 +0000

Julio,

Thanks for those additions. This list is by no means exhaustive, so I appreciate you commenting.

Wallace,

Glad to know you’ve found content of interest here. The topic of web-safe fonts is a good one, and deserves a post of its own. I’ll keep that in mind. Cheers.

By: Wallace Robinson

Wallace Robinson — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:06:42 +0000

Since I came across your site a couple of days ago, I’ve been glued to it. Very interesting, as I have spent 36 years in the graphic arts business, and am now experimenting with creating websites. Concerning your must-have font collection, I, too, wonder about New Times Roman and Arial. My advice from other sources is to not go too astray from standard fonts when creating web sites, as viewers may not be able to see the font, and it could get replaced with something else. Just how “unsafe” are “unsafe” web fonts? David, you’re the man!

By: Julio Ferro

Julio Ferro — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:39:00 +0000

Great selection, but I’m missing Times by Stanley Morrison, Sabon by Ian Tschichold, Palatino by Herman Zapf, Meta by Erik Spiekermann and why not, Trajan by Carol Twombly as exemplars of good classics for students.

For Supriya, check out Robert Bringhurst’s “Elements of Typographic Style”, Meggs, Carter and Day’s “Typographic Design: Form and Communication”, Ruari McLean’s “Typographers on Type: An Illustrated Anthology from William Morris to the Present Day” and “How Typography Happens”.

By: nerdd.net | news and opinion

nerdd.net | news and opinion — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:56:49 +0000

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