Just Go to Helvetica

Posted By: typophile77 @ 04/23/2008 7:36:02 AM

Comment: To the student using Georgia for school papers: Georgia was designed for screen as a much more legible alternative to Times New Roman. It comes on all Macs and PCs to guarantee we'll all see see it when our browsers download Web pages designed using it. To GrahamCracker: Font does not refer to changes like italicizing. A font is actually all of the characters and glyphs available in a particular typeface, in a particular weight, in a particular style. FBut you're right, font does not refer to the "design" of the typeface.

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Posted By: typophile77 @ 04/23/2008 7:34:52 AM

Comment: To the student using Georgia for school papers: Georgia was designed for screen as a much more legible alternative to Times New Roman. It comes on all Macs and PCs to guarantee we'll all see see it when our browsers download Web pages designed using it. To GrahamCracker: Font does not refer to changes like italicizing. A font is actually all of the characters and glyphs available in a particular typeface, in a particular weight, in a particular style. FBut you're right, font does not refer to the "design" of the typeface.

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Posted By: DianeAtPace @ 04/10/2008 2:09:40 PM

Comment: Computer applications call typefaces "fonts"...another de-evolution brought about by technology. In the commercial printing industry, the desktop printout is becoming more and more the point of referece for a final product, rather than the printer's proof generated by the client's files or artwork. In my work as a commercial print salesperson, I hear over and over again, "I like how my printout looks better than the proof. Can you match it?" Thanks for a fine article about the fun side of typography.

Posted By: Center-Left @ 04/02/2008 6:06:37 PM

Comment: When I opened the 4/7 edition of Newsweek, I became resigned to perusing the same anti-Clinton drivel, as usual. I thought there would be respite to be found in the "non-political" articles, usually towards the back of each week's edition.
Imagine my surprise, then, to discover that the font used by Obama's campaign is hailed as the greatest of any political campaign - ever; while the font Hillary's campaign uses is denigrated as something best left to hemorrhoid cremes and bran flakes.
Hmmm... maybe the media really are as superficial as we Hillary supporters have always suspected.

Posted By: GrahamCracker @ 04/02/2008 1:36:39 PM

Comment: "Font" is not the same as typeface, the word this writer should have used. "Font" refers to changes (such as italicizing) to typeface (such as Helvetica, Verdana, etc.). Sorry, but this is a pet peeve, and something the copyeditor should have caught. Shame!

Posted By: GrahamCracker @ 04/02/2008 1:34:53 PM

Comment: It's not "font" it's 'typeface." Font refers to italilcs and other changes to typeface (typefaces such as Helvetica, Verdana, etc.)

Posted By: GrahamCracker @ 04/02/2008 1:33:46 PM

Comment: It's not "font" it's 'typeface." Font refers to italilcs and other changes to typeface (typefaces such as Helvetica, Verdana, etc.)

Posted By: magicofpi @ 04/02/2008 1:55:43 AM

Comment: Sorry, yes, it does say that... but look at the link anyway. Helvetica is a great movie.

Posted By: magicofpi @ 04/02/2008 1:47:57 AM

Comment: "Even Barack Obama has a custom font." I thought Obama uses Gotham, which was commissioned by GQ. See here: http://www.helveticafilm.com/blog/2008/02/19/a-font-we-can-believe-in/.

Posted By: Tolu @ 03/31/2008 3:21:48 PM

Comment: When we start indulging in articles about fonts, by either reading or writing them, we are too idle. Nuff said!

Posted By: forestdweller @ 03/31/2008 11:58:39 AM

Comment: Great article, but it sounds like the author is talking mainly about print fonts. Georgia is one of the few fonts designed specifically for viewing on screen, and is one of the more elegant choices for web text.

Posted By: Albert1690 @ 03/30/2008 9:23:26 PM

Comment: And with Microsoft Word 2007 having the beautiful Calibri by default, I'm happy to officicially say goodbye to the over-used Times New Roman.