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Re: Fonts (best/worst)
Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2025 3:58 pm
by kicker_of_elves
In the same spirit as Comic Sans, Chiller and Jokerman are both awful.
Re: Fonts (best/worst)
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2025 9:36 am
by Nate Dort
I was a big fan of Bank Gothic for a while, used it on a lot of my gear designs.
Re: Fonts (best/worst)
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2025 9:57 am
by Gramsci
I work in architecture. If I really want someone to read a note put up anywhere in the studio I always use Comic Sans. It elicits such a visceral reaction that notes always gets read.
Re: Fonts (best/worst)
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2025 10:31 am
by kicker_of_elves
Bauhaus 93 is pretty cool. Not super practical, but cool.
Re: Fonts (best/worst)
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2025 10:44 am
by Lu Zwei
Papyrus always and forever is the answer on both questions!
Me doin' some light photoshop work!
Re: Fonts (best/worst)
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2025 11:04 am
by losthighway
Nate Dort wrote: Tue Dec 30, 2025 9:36 am
I was a big fan of Bank Gothic for a while, used it on a lot of my gear designs.
Very Batman looking.
Re: Fonts (best/worst)
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2025 11:06 am
by losthighway
kicker_of_elves wrote: Tue Dec 30, 2025 10:31 am
Bauhaus 93 is pretty cool. Not super practical, but cool.
Ooh yeah, for like a logo or a big heading looks great.
Re: Fonts (best/worst)
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2025 11:16 am
by Anonymous37
My font for the body of my last two novels has been
Valkyrie, and I suspect I'll be using it for the forthcoming ones.
Re: Fonts (best/worst)
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2025 6:26 pm
by adriansnergleman
Garamond and Caslon Pro make me feel like a writerly writer-type writer.
Re: Fonts (best/worst)
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2025 7:04 pm
by eephus
All free:
SansSerifBldFLF is on all the Mint Mile records, love it
Hiragino Kaku Gothic Std is like SSBF with a lil bit of serif, also great
MingLiu is essentially a classic Chinese-menu font, used it a lot for Bottomless Pit stuff
PTF Nordic Round, lovely blend of curvy, straightforward, and bold