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What is your “Go to font” when you’re doing a quickie or something that isn’t a master piece? Like a simple coro sign, banner, or simple sub copy.
I find I tend to use Euro/Microgramma more often than any other.
Jeff
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Arthur Vanson's American Sans. Makes even a "quickie" LOOK like a masterpiece. That and Impact. love....Jill
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Hiya Jeff, My favorite is the Antique Olive family. A few more would be Eras, Frutiger, and Univers.
Havin' fun,
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Gill Sans, Impact and Stone Informal for a serif.
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I tend to make my type selections based on the format I'm working with.
If the format is horizontal, I'll probably use more extended styles like Eurostyle, Antique Olive Nord, or Handel Gothic. I try to use more than one weight for contrast, and to distinguish the priority established for the most important information.
If the format is vertical, I'm more likley to use Compacta Bold, combined with Univers 57 or 67. Again, the bolder styles are used to feature the most important information.
For more formal type layouts, I tend to stick with the Caslon Family, and use Caslon Black as the "heavyweight".
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Impact, Futura, Optima, and some of the casual fonts like House Slant. Judy
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Friz quadrata, aurora bold condensed, Optima bold Helvetica Bold italicized and my own letterstyles. Bill
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Parade, if a lot on one line, Frutgar 77, all the Virtual's are easy to read. Quick signs still need to be "legable" -anything but Times roman huh ? where do folks buy contemporary TT fonts ? i love SignDNA & LHF's,goodd night all MZ
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Buzz, by Crazy Jack! (also A&S' Bone Casual...and Impact/Eras...)
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If speed weeding is important, Helvetica or VAG roundeds; Dom or Flash weed fast, too. Brewer's Bold is a sure pleaser. Alternate Gothic and Microgramma for condensed and expanded. A quickie script would be Script MT. That's as many fonts as my first sign program had.
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i was pretty much nodding my head at all the others, and it got me thinking. (and yes, i really DO like Helvetica. its still one of the best fonts ever designed, but --sadly-- it takes some skill to use it really well)
i tend to use what i know best, so probably Futura or Univers for the sans serifs, and Baskerville, Times, and Caslon for the serifs.
my "cheap quicky" jobs are usually the ones where i go crazy and try out wacky fonts that i wouldn't normally try on a more "sofisticaded" sign. seems almost backwards, but maybe i guess i feel more able to take risks when there is less money involved and when i know its for a short term use. ("Its ok to use that, if it sux it will be down in a day anyway, and besides, they're not paying me enuff to think about it...")
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