tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5773962.post2647520020711213858..comments2024-02-11T00:01:56.451+05:30Comments on zigzackly’s omnium-gatherum: What type type are you?zigzacklyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16061386367303982262noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5773962.post-22752079067056231022007-06-30T01:14:00.000+05:302007-06-30T01:14:00.000+05:30With all this talk of Trebuchet...A small geeky fa...With all this talk of Trebuchet...<BR/><BR/>A small geeky factoid that was news to me last night (overheard during a Nat'l Geo programme about the building of the cathedral at Chartres).....a trebuchet is actually a massive catapult type object, typically used for storming and destroying castles.<BR/><BR/>In the case of Chartres, they used it to place large stone slabs.<BR/><BR/>(The name comes from the French term 'trebucher', to throw over.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5773962.post-48118497209796339742007-06-18T13:14:00.000+05:302007-06-18T13:14:00.000+05:30My personal favourite is Verdana. The clean, strai...My personal favourite is Verdana. The clean, straight typeface looks crisp, professional and is reader friendly. Have also found it reads well in small font size.Namita Arorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08728446907268722271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5773962.post-14933924091314987392007-06-17T01:52:00.000+05:302007-06-17T01:52:00.000+05:30At sixteen I wouldn’t write OneSingleWord unless i...At sixteen I wouldn’t write OneSingleWord unless it was forty percent gray letters on a plum background and my monitor looked like a high class youknowwho. The font then was Footlight MT Light, 13 pt.<BR/>Now, at twenty one, it is Verdana, eight point (and i colour it red to ward off lazy days, black when i am alright, and blue when i am depressed).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5773962.post-71887965347828278092007-06-15T14:05:00.000+05:302007-06-15T14:05:00.000+05:30Fascinating topic. Depending on my mood (yes, real...Fascinating topic. <BR/><BR/>Depending on my mood (yes, really) either Georgia or Trebuchet, to write text in. <BR/><BR/>To caption pictures and things one of the Futura Bold variants. Sometimes Bodoni poster type.Norquest Brands Private Limitedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17881630412471972204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5773962.post-46290219566628101392007-06-15T10:03:00.000+05:302007-06-15T10:03:00.000+05:30IMO, a good font is more important from the reader...IMO, a good font is more important from the readers perspective than the typist. I find verdana the best in this regard and honestly have not been able to find anything better. For functionality, I'd place TNR and Arial at the top. Verdana takes that readability and adds some beauty too. <BR/><BR/>I find that while a lot other fonts are beautiful while typing (or even view when enlarged) but they fall short while reading. And here I include the "C" series of fonts that Vista has introduced (calibri, casa blanca whatever). <BR/><BR/>Nice post Peter.Bombay Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17813763491251675343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5773962.post-42772919629294455322007-06-14T22:29:00.000+05:302007-06-14T22:29:00.000+05:30Oh, quite a mix I must say...Trebuchet MS, Tahoma ...Oh, quite a mix I must say...<BR/>Trebuchet MS, Tahoma (for most stuff); Comic Sans (when I'm in the mood);<BR/>Arial or Verdana for easy readability in official documents...<BR/>and Times New Roman, when I'm being plain lazy to change the font! :)Wandererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17231015438073639431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5773962.post-58504753310783758482007-06-14T21:33:00.000+05:302007-06-14T21:33:00.000+05:30Verdana by choice. It is such a clear and neat fon...Verdana by choice. It is such a clear and neat font.<BR/><BR/>Times New Roman 12 pt by dead habit. All official documents happen in that, so all thinking gets strait-jacketed by that now.Ozymandiashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13511131076572113582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5773962.post-68123084720970799732007-06-14T15:18:00.000+05:302007-06-14T15:18:00.000+05:30I like Sylfaen, 11 pt [for now]. It’s blurred and ...I like Sylfaen, 11 pt [for now]. It’s blurred and gives one the feeling that the contents written in it are not for keeps and can be changed many times over. Bodoni MT, 12 and Palatino Linotype, 11 for hurried sure-footed drafts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5773962.post-91045735303536360092007-06-13T22:15:00.000+05:302007-06-13T22:15:00.000+05:30Pete, first of all, I do all my typing in a basic ...Pete, first of all, I do all my typing in a basic text editor. I don't even know what font it is in. <BR/><BR/>If I have to format something and print, like a letter, it usually goes out in Times NR, though like some of your other clients here I really don't like it. Seems sort of insipid to me. <BR/><BR/>One font I've always found elegant is Goudy Old Style. And I also like Lucida Casual, though it seems to be difficult to find these days (there are all manner of other Lucidas, some of which are nice). <BR/><BR/>I also like my own handwriting, but I suppose perhaps you didn't mean that...Dilip D'Souzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08221707482541503243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5773962.post-10934070852753900762007-06-13T19:28:00.000+05:302007-06-13T19:28:00.000+05:30I am amazed as to just how much thought some peopl...I am amazed as to just how much thought some people give to the typeface, font whatever. If you had asked me before I read the postings on the blog, my instant reaction would have been "who gives a s**t." Obviously I am wrong. You live and learn.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17257277271049922280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5773962.post-42107304318142462032007-06-13T18:03:00.000+05:302007-06-13T18:03:00.000+05:30I don't have a favourite -- it would depend on wha...I don't have a favourite -- it would depend on what I was doing with the typeface, surely. <BR/><BR/>Is it a love letter? A legal notice? A banner? A headline? Body copy? Targeting men? Women? Children?Anant Rangaswamihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10475133274273866634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5773962.post-54554098610360932962007-06-13T17:01:00.000+05:302007-06-13T17:01:00.000+05:30BTW, there are a lot of typefaces created by tweak...BTW, there are a lot of typefaces created by tweaking Helvetica ( just to avoid copyright infringments)<BR/> Arial and Swiss are amongst them.<BR/><BR/>;)neomatrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03329738658472750840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5773962.post-11120417977766647892007-06-13T15:04:00.000+05:302007-06-13T15:04:00.000+05:30Hi,I prefer Tahoma or Century Gothic. I like the r...Hi,<BR/>I prefer Tahoma or Century Gothic. I like the roundedness - the no edges feeling. Do not like Times New Roman at all. It is so strange - I convert all documents to my favorite typeface before reading. I mean, imagine being so biased about a typeface?!?!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5773962.post-22187791004727767782007-06-13T12:37:00.000+05:302007-06-13T12:37:00.000+05:30arial, for the poetry, has worked for me till now....arial, for the poetry, has worked for me till now. its clean, good and keeps my eq in check.<BR/>;)balihaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08787473564732829934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5773962.post-75437713726018625022007-06-13T12:36:00.000+05:302007-06-13T12:36:00.000+05:30Helvetica works like a Swiss knife. There is a fil...Helvetica works like a Swiss knife. There is a film made on the typeface<BR/>http://www.helveticafilm.com/<BR/><BR/>Amongst the new ones I like “Myrid” and Meta.<BR/><BR/> But I would always choose my font depending on its end use and the kind of image I want to create.<BR/><BR/>I strongly disagree with people on the "Serif Brigade". My argument being the new technology and exposure to sans serif has made it equally legible, so please give it a chance. (Not that I am against using serif typeface)neomatrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03329738658472750840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5773962.post-57982348936230936912007-06-13T12:05:00.000+05:302007-06-13T12:05:00.000+05:30Hate - Times New RomanLove - TrebuchetWas obsessed...Hate - Times New Roman<BR/><BR/>Love - Trebuchet<BR/><BR/>Was obsessed with at one point of time - Meta.Kraz Arkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09704082621753449372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5773962.post-9487435992354028442007-06-13T10:59:00.000+05:302007-06-13T10:59:00.000+05:30We made a smallish spelling error. Our crush was o...We made a smallish spelling error. Our crush was on Helvetica Neue. Not Nueve. We regret the mistake, but then, our crush was ages ago and we'd like to forget the people who hurt us.Ravages/CChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16652864017812270505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5773962.post-12776500370382259752007-06-13T10:34:00.000+05:302007-06-13T10:34:00.000+05:30Times New Roman. Would use Ray Roman if I could ge...Times New Roman. Would use Ray Roman if I could get it on my machine.<BR/><BR/>Nothing else seems to work for me. Obsessive, I fear.<BR/><BR/>J.A.P.J. Alfred Prufrockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16446127543417759542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5773962.post-31924342939987122322007-06-13T10:27:00.000+05:302007-06-13T10:27:00.000+05:30I'd plump for Verdana by default. But seeing some ...I'd plump for Verdana by default. But seeing some passionate preferences here, I'm all set to try some of the others.J Ramanandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03700969855424872769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5773962.post-3903094427744365672007-06-13T10:14:00.000+05:302007-06-13T10:14:00.000+05:304-5 years ago, I used Trebuchet MS for titles and ...4-5 years ago, I used Trebuchet MS for titles and subheads, with a bit of Arial or Tahoma for the copy. Now use Trebuchet and Verdana, with Georgia for highlights/quotes.<BR/><BR/>That's at home. At work, no art-director lets me near their collection of type. I make suggestions of course - Headlines are in Gill Sans condensed or Trajan Pro, depending on job. Copies are to be rendered in Myriad pro or Tahoma, again depending on other factors. Switch to Goudy Old Style when the need of the hour is old-world styles.<BR/><BR/>Of course, no art-director will seriously consider my suggestions. Till I bung them one on the head. Or...<BR/><BR/>Just realised - for a while, I had a humongous crush on a font called Helvetica Nueve.Ravages/CChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16652864017812270505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5773962.post-23083130342409464662007-06-13T09:20:00.000+05:302007-06-13T09:20:00.000+05:30The one font which should be banned is Comic Sans....The one font which should be banned is Comic Sans. It is a lazy font--especially in children's books, used when one does not want to think. I confess to a partiality for Bookman Old Style and Trebuchet.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09927432418826554782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5773962.post-91919144053418942922007-06-13T09:18:00.000+05:302007-06-13T09:18:00.000+05:30I have always used Times New Roman and now I am no...I have always used Times New Roman and now I am not comfortable with anything else. I remember a time about 10 years ago when I liked to use Comic Sans MS because I felt it was a 'fun" option. <BR/><BR/>What's really funny is if my husband and I work on a document there is always a conflict with us changing the entire document each time we pass it to each other. <BR/><BR/>He says TNR is the most boring "typeface" on earth. He is more fickle than me, his current favourite is Trebuchet. <BR/><BR/>RushinaRushinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03410410539474649922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5773962.post-48858293477444612352007-06-13T07:10:00.000+05:302007-06-13T07:10:00.000+05:30yay! eureka!it's fruiteger: http://www.fontseek.co...yay! eureka!<BR/><BR/>it's fruiteger: http://www.fontseek.com/fonts/frutiger.htm<BR/><BR/>*phew* now i can get on wht my day!Space Barhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08251329008160756254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5773962.post-12746097327909358082007-06-13T07:00:00.000+05:302007-06-13T07:00:00.000+05:30Interesting post, Z.As a copywriter and journalist...Interesting post, Z.<BR/><BR/>As a copywriter and journalist, onw would think I would have an inclination towards serifs, but it's not so.<BR/><BR/>I like to use Arial because it's contemporary, clean and does not look like the default font. Also, it's usually installed in all computers and usually is found at the top of the typeface list.<BR/><BR/>Anything that is default, in my opinion, becomes too commonplace. And I hate it when MS Word keeps changing my Arial preferences to Times New Roman in the most sneaky ways.<BR/><BR/>Any client who does product for kids inevitably finds Comic Sans cute. It gives me the creeps to see that typeface in an ad. I believe there are many 'Save the world from Comic Sans' clubs out there ;-)<BR/><BR/>If I had to choose serifs, I gravitate towards Garamond.<BR/><BR/>farrukhAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5773962.post-42810921002746653122007-06-13T06:47:00.000+05:302007-06-13T06:47:00.000+05:30you know what? my day's effectively ruined. there ...you know what? my day's effectively ruined. there used to be a font on my comp that someone gave me, that i liked a lot. i used it on win messenger and stuff. now you asked, and i looked to see waht on eath that font was called, i can't find it anywhere! it seems to have disappeared after i upgraded, and i'm left with fonts called autralian surise and poor richard.<BR/><BR/>gah!<BR/><BR/>but in gen, times new roamn for work; verdana for the web, though i'm also partial to trebuchet ms.Space Barhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08251329008160756254noreply@blogger.com