List your favorite fonts and why!

[Gare]

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...

-g-

[Soquili]

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]

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.

[Soquili]

Freehand Tool can be used to make some custom glyphs when needed.

[angelize]

yes it can. But as we are talking about fonts here....

[Soquili]

Ah...but did you notice the Cherokee font in the lower right?

One of my favorite fonts because it contains the Cherokee Syllabary. Three glyphs pronounced the same as the seven shapes representing English characters.

The Syllabary and pronunciation guide: http://www.cherokee.org/Extras/Downloads/syllabary.html
The existing syllabary is the result of using many lead type from several languages rather than creating new lead type to conform with Sequoyah's original symbols. Elias Boudinot made the changes when getting the language ready for the printing press and the Cherokee Phoenix news paper.

[angelize]

I wondered what that was. I thought it was some sort of initials.

[mwenz]

Hi Frances.

I leave a couple always installed and few sitting in a folder just in case. I like Nevison Casual the most and have found use for Holiday Springs a few times.

Nevison I like simply because it is similar to notes I read in the margins of a book we got from my wife's grandfather (not his writing however). There is similarities in mainly the lower case 'o' and the loop in the 'k'.



Holiday Springs I like simply because of its playful look.




Take care, Mike

[mwenz]

Ok. How about script fonts?

My favorite is Snell Roundhand. I think it is an elegant script. Now, Gary will likely know the designer and I fear I am painting a theme here...



Take care, Mike

[angelize]

One of my favourite script fonts is BlackJack I have found a few different uses for it. I'll bet Gary probably knows another name for this one too