In this post I am going to list what I feel are some of the best fonts to have in a designers toolbox and – they cover a good diverse range but for the most part they are classic, ageless fonts. Some of the fonts listed may well already be installed with your operating system otherwise they are available to buy (click on the names).
You might also be interested in my other post, Design Inspiration: free fonts, that lists a number of recent “new kids on the block” of free and free for personal use font downloads.
At the very end of this post are some further resources too.
Ladies and gentlemen – the fonts…
1. Adelon Serial
2. Arial
3. Baskerville Old Face
4. Bradley Hand
5. Century Gothic
6. Cezanne
7. Constantia
8. Cooper Black
9. Copperplate Gothic
10. Corbel
11. Eras Medium
12. Felix Titling
13. Helvetica
14. Zapfino
15. Litho Pro
16. Lucida Grande
17. Maiandra
18. Myriad Pro
19. Optima
20. Palatino
21. Gill Sans
22. Rage Italic
23. Swiss 721
24. Trajan
25. Trebuchet
Resources:
Places to buy fonts
Other Font Related Websites
- 40+ excellent free fonts for professional design – smashingmagazine.com
- http://www.identifont.com – identify fonts
- http://www.dafont.com – free fonts
- http://www.urbanfonts.com – free fonts
- http://www.abstractfonts.com – free fonts
Font References
Hope you have found this list and the resources of use – let me know, as a designer, which font you find invaluable and feel free to list any other resources that you use regularly.
Some interesting ones, some that I think are a bit stereotypical and wayyy over used.
Helvetica, Swiss 721, Optima, Palatino, Copperplate Gothic…yes
Bradley Hand, Cezanne….no