Five Fonts

My personal font choices are here:

A font that I like is Helvetica Neue; especially the UltraLight member of its family. It fascinates me how many feelings this font evokes. It can be cheeky or professional, modern or classic. Its versatility is useful for many purposes. I have used this before for a résumé and would not hesitate if another opportunity calls for a delightfully thin and wide font with medium descenders.

A font, which I am confused about, is Times New Roman. This is a widely used font to say the least. Its history does not elude me. It has become a reference, a standard (American legal documents) and automatic placeholder (Microsoft Word 97-2003). If any neutral fonts exist this may be one for this group. New fonts base themselves on TNR and elaborate on its shapes. Should this be considered type crime or is standing on the shoulders of giants accepted in this case?

A font, which I do not like, is Bush Script Std. This font has unfortunately become overused. It has become cliché thanks to postcards either virtual or analogue and any other opportunity where a handwriting script is desired. I find that the weight of this font is often inappropriate for its use. Fonts of this type: included with popular application, are often misused by uninformed users. A more natural inspired script with more careful openings may easily replace this very clean script.

Here are two other fonts which I have considered for my list:

Baskerville Old Face

HenryMorganHand

Here are fonts selected from dafont.com

Our group is composed of Manuela Della Posta, John Mouradian and Emmanuel Lalande.

 Cafe Lounge 19 – A font our group is confused about

• Why add curls to a serif font when this can be done in illustrator later
• In longer words, it does not display nicely
• Some presentations of this font are attractive (like the sample above)

Kreepshow Frigid – A font our group does not like

• Too many details make it difficult to read
• High contrast make letters hard to distinguish
• No lower case characters
• Bad optical effect

Bellerose – A font our group likes

• Delicate sans serif
• Even characters (no contrast)
• Elegance in original character placement
• Simplicity with touches of elevation

Here is a photo of our group with fonts for

• Angry: Mostwasted
• Happy: Blackoak Std
• Embarrassed: Scriptina