I admit it. I'm a fontaholic. It's an occupational hazard, I guess. When I'm in a store, I look at packaging just to see if I can figure out the fonts. I do the same thing when I'm watching TV. I'm a believer that a font can make or break a design. So, I decided to compile a list of some of my favorite and least favorite fonts. I get almost all my fonts at
MyFonts, but there are some great free font sites out there like
dafont and
abstract fonts.
My favorite font at the moment is
Lily Wang. It's a beautiful, elegant script, but it still has an organic element to it that just makes it interesting.
Speaking of script fonts, and because I said I was going to list some of my LEAST favorite fonts, here's the first of them.
Edwardian Script is a very common script font, and while it's a classic, I'm not a big fan. I just feel that it's extraordinarily overused.
Here's another script font that I feel, while pretty, is overused.
Corinthia is more of a casual script, but I've seen it so many places it's gotten rather bla in my opinion.
One of my favorite fonts of all time is
Century Gothic. It's been around for a long time, but it's clean, it's simple, and it's versatile.
P22 Cezanne was love at first sight for me. Unfortunately, it's beginning to be one of those fonts that is seen everywhere from product packaging to a rather misused logo for Menken's on the
Mad Men television show.
Girls are Weird has got to be one of my very least favorite fonts. It has been used over and over in so many varied settings that it's become one those fonts that will make a design look dated.
What I just said about the Girls are Weird font....ditto for
Curlz MT.
Bleeding Cowboys has got to be one of the most original grunge-style fonts. There are many bands, including Daughtry, that are using this particular font.
I love this font.
Aviano is a beautiful serif font that is classic and elegant.
Ditto for
Trajan Pro.
A beautiful alternative to some of the boring and basic script fonts out there is
Mea Culpa. It's elegant and classic....but interesting.
I had to include a typewriter font in my list, and this one,
1942 Report, is my favorite of them all.
I just recently stumbled across this great quirky little font,
Arsenale White. If you're looking for a unique handwritten font, here you go.
And finally, one of my newest favorite fonts.
Chato Band Smooth is a grunge script font that should be used in a selective manner to avoid over saturation. It's one of those fonts where a little goes a long way.
There's my list for now. I hope you find it interesting at least, and would love to hear what some of your favorite fonts are!
