Comments on: Not your type?

By: Motherbird

Motherbird — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:08:40 +0000

Helvetica is honest and fair in the sense that it is a typeface for the people, it is accessible in its features. It has that anonymous feel to it that allows it to be translated into many different applications and styles. There is certainly a “no bullshit” attitude about it that captured modernist ideals.
Helvetica and typefaces alike are modern in the sense that they possess modernist values, but they’re certainly not ‘contemporary’ which is what some people might mean when they use the term modern. Akzidenz, being the first sans-serif face, screams modernism.
I’m not sure that Univers is as beautifully formed as Helvetica.

By: Julianhutton

Julianhutton — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 08:24:06 +0000

“…an honest, fair and functional typeface.”

Personally, I don’t see how it is honest and fair, the stigma attached to it is just too strong. You say functional, well yes, but this all depends on the job! I hate seeing it used in books – it simply has no place, by its nature it isn’t legible due to how uniform it is. Like Spiekermann said, that they are like soldiers on parade and that is detrimental to legibility. And the fact people coin it as modern annoys me too, it is clearly based off Akzidenz Grotesk, which was created in 1899 for godsakes. It’s unfortunate that that Univers didn’t have the marketing behind it like Helvetica got from Linotype…

By: DW

DW — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 04:48:07 +0000

gill sans.

I have to change my font to gill sans before working on word. Times is yuck and frustrating!

By: Matthew Smith

Matthew Smith — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 02:28:34 +0000

Eurostile, Impact, Century Gothic and Market Felt for sales…lol

By: Matthew Smith

Matthew Smith — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 02:26:06 +0000

I hope we are talking about body text here, do we have to put rules on type. I don’t use Helvetica myself but the common replacement is Arial. This is simply because everyone has it and the home user wants a page that looks exactly the same when they want to modify the document themselves in mundane programs such as Word and Publisher.

By: Brendan McKnight

Brendan McKnight — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 02:12:24 +0000

Ha! Funny you should mention that JR – I just asked font legend Stephen Banham about a comic sans revival for an interview in Desktop’s August issue! (not out yet).

Perhaps we should launch a campaign!

By: PD

PD — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 02:10:23 +0000

http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/322/322398.html

By: JR

JR — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 02:02:41 +0000

i’m secretly hoping for a comic sans revival myself.

By: res graphics

res graphics — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 01:54:15 +0000

Myriad Pro, Helvetica Neue and my own handwriting.