List your favorite fonts and why!

**mwenz** · 19 March 2012, 08:53 PM

My favorite italicized text is ... Engravers' Old Style 205. Why? I love the details, especially of the lower case letter forms. It appears to me to be both a formal style appropriate for books to announcements, yet not as much as perhaps a formal script font.

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Take care, Mike

**Gare** · 19 March 2012, 09:24 PM

What foundry, Mike? I'd love to add Engraver's to my collection.

It might be the only font I don't own

My current fave italic is Galliard, after Matthew Carter.

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**mwenz** · 19 March 2012, 09:30 PM

http://www.paratype.com/btstore/font...dStyle-205.htm

Note who updated the style lastly

Take care, Mike

**mwenz** · 19 March 2012, 09:35 PM

Here's a sample sheet...Mike

**Gare** · 19 March 2012, 10:02 PM

Oh, erm, that would be Mr. Carter, eh?

Bitstream has fronted for so many companies, including Adobe systems, that I can hardly keep the "real" names of typefaces straight. For example, their Exotic 350 is Pegnoit, and they offer three weights.

I thought CorelDRAW had basically bought Bitstream...good to see they're still kicking in the age of fontface...

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**Soquili** · 19 March 2012, 10:38 PM

If you only want the Italic font you can find it at:
http://www.fontshop.com/fonts/single...le_205_italic/
The single font is only $24.75 USD.

**angelize** · 19 March 2012, 10:48 PM

How about handwriting fonts? does anyone have a favourite handwriting font? One of my favourites is Ladylike by Blambot. I like it because it gives a feminine touch and yet is very readable Another new favourite is one of the fonts from the Xara offer Aglio handwriting.