Comments on: Interesting typefaces

By: Robert Roue

Robert Roue — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 00:49:00 +0000

http://julianhansen.com/index.php?/alternative-type-finder/

By: Andrew Butler

Andrew Butler — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 20:38:24 +0000

Hi There

The term web-safe is used with good reason. Due to the relatively low resolving powers of screens, some letterforms may break up at their more delicate or fine points if they were not designed for screen. this isn’t unreasonable given that many typefaces were created centuries ago.

Can I recommend Michael Bierut’s words about Helvetica seen here http://bit.ly/bzvLvB

You may or may not agree,

Andrew

By: noah

noah — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 18:04:48 +0000

Hey there “subha”

you need to invest in a book called “Graphic Master version 8″

It has all of the proofreading marks in there amongst everything else in the world.

By: subha

subha — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:59:21 +0000

sir,
ur website is very useful for learners.i would like to know the difference fonts style.and ,i need
the symbols of the proof reading.
i am learner proof reader,so, i am very thankful
to our website.

By: Laurens

Laurens — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 19:56:53 +0000

Trebuchet is one of the so-called web safe fonts, fonts that can be found on virtually all systems used to access the web. That expalins why you’ll find it used on many sites. It does however not necessarily make it an interesting font.
Your question about whether it is a good corporate font is an interesting one. There is no easy answer to that as there are many things that need to be considered when choosing a corporate font. Some thoughts:
- I wouldn’t know if the style of Trebuchet fits with the image and look that your company wants to give.
- One disadvantage of any commonly used font is that it is not very exclusive. It might lead to artwork that looks a bit bland. This is one of the reasons why many companies use tailor made fonts that are slight variations of well-known typefaces.
- The fact that Trebuchet is available on both Mac and PC is a definite advantage for a corporate font. Even if everyone within the corporation uses PCs, it is likely that outsourced design work is done of Macs. This makes it useful to use a cross-platform compatible font as a corporate font.
- Licensing is a major concern for any font that is supposed to be used company-wide. It is not just the cost of the license that is important but also the overhead of getting it installed on user’s systems. By choosing a font that by default ships with the operation system, you avoid this issue.
- Personally I prefer corporate fonts for which a wide range of faces are available. That used to be the case when my employer used Univers as the corporate font. Later on they switched to a font for which there was no italic and heavy version. That proved to be pretty restrictive in some design work.

By: Ginette

Ginette — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:25:49 +0000

I find it funny that your list doesn’t include “Trebuchet” seeing that all your subtitles are made with that font.

I’m in the process of rebuilding my employers Visual Identity, ie Corporta brand. The typeface they had in the past is Trebuchet.

Is this a good corporate font?

Thanks

By: Laurens

Laurens — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:50:17 +0000

I think you are misinterpreting search results. The fact that there is information on the eps and font file formats on this site does not imply there are any freebie files to be found. Refine your search to include words like ‘free’ and ‘download’ and you’ll see that this site does not get listed any longer.

By: Tammy

Tammy — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:42:13 +0000

I can not make heads or tails of this site. It says on the web search that you have eps files or vector files for fonts….. WHERE ARE THEY? I have looked in every corner of your site adn can not even find any fonts at all. Just leads you to another thing talking about font history.. I need the font it self. I need to download a font. If you dont have fonts PLEASE remove it from the web search.