Most pleasing font to the human eye?

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  1. Kabrinski

    Kabrinski Senior member

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    My fav is Copperplate Gothic. Mainly b/c I write the same way that it looks.
     
    #26 Kabrinski, Jun 1, 2006
  2. UNCjigga

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    Tahoma is a nice, versatile font. Verdana is good for reading on the screen, but its a bit too 'wide' for print use.

    edit: forgot about Trebuchet, that's a nice one too
     
    #27 UNCjigga, Jun 1, 2006
  3. yobarman

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    Times New Roman of course... why do you think all books are written in something similar to it ? (serif of course)
     
    #28 yobarman, Jun 1, 2006
  4. Kenazo

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    Comic Sans looks nice, but a little unprofessional. I think Arial is the most versatile font. Hadn't really ever used Tahoma before, but it looks pretty good too.
     
    #29 Kenazo, Jun 1, 2006
  5. mercanucaribe

    mercanucaribe Banned

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    Comic Sans is one of the ugliest fonts. I like Lucida Sans Unicode, Verdana, Arial, and Tahoma, but only at some sizes. Once they get beyond about size 10, they all get ugly and messy looking.
     
    #30 mercanucaribe, Jun 1, 2006
  6. mercanucaribe

    mercanucaribe Banned

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    Most books aren't written in Times New Roman because it's an ugly font.
     
    #31 mercanucaribe, Jun 1, 2006
  7. Alienwho

    Alienwho Diamond Member

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    I have a human eye, and the most pleasant font to it is Arial 10. You know there were many other people who posted things quite similar to myself.

     
    #32 Alienwho, Jun 1, 2006
  8. us3rnotfound

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    don't forget, laser printers make the text that much more crisp and clean to the eye. I wish I had a laser printer, the ones at my school are really good.
     
    #33 us3rnotfound, Jun 1, 2006
  9. igowerf

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    I find that sans serif fonts are the easiest to read.
     
    #34 igowerf, Jun 1, 2006
  10. JEDI

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    comic sans serif?
    vs microsoft sans serif?

    why does comic appear like it's bolded?
     
    #35 JEDI, Jun 1, 2006
  11. LanceM

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    Old school journalists and designers (read: the profs I had in college) swore by serifs. Quite a bit of companies are starting to incorporate a LOT more sans serif typefaces.

    It really just depends on how large the blocks of text are, and whether it's print or screen.
     
    #36 LanceM, Jun 1, 2006
  12. tgx78

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    i am a graphic designer... my first choice is Franklin Gothic medium font

    I also like Avenir 55 and Optima TTFs
     
    #37 tgx78, Jun 1, 2006
  13. SleepWalkerX

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    Apparently I'm using Sans in Suse right now and its just fine with me.
     
    #38 SleepWalkerX, Jun 1, 2006
  14. mercanucaribe

    mercanucaribe Banned

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    I think I've seen Franklin Gothic used in magazines. Looks much cleaner than serifed fonts.
     
    #39 mercanucaribe, Jun 1, 2006
  15. clickynext

    clickynext Platinum Member

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    I've grown to hate comic sans because it just looks so silly and unprofessional in most places it's used.
     
    #40 clickynext, Jun 1, 2006
  16. PHiuR

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  17. grrl

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    I hate Times New Roman and anything else with serifs.

     
    #42 grrl, Jun 1, 2006
  18. moshquerade

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    naked font
     
    #43 moshquerade, Jun 1, 2006
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    jonessoda Golden Member

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    The rest of you bring shame to me. Try making a long study of design focusing on typography and then telling me how much you like Comic Sans. I may not be a pro designer (several years amateur hobby experience with a few paid pieces) but at least I don't favor the font of MS Bob.
     
    #44 jonessoda, Jun 1, 2006
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