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Fonts of wisdom

SipechSipech Shipmate
in Heaven
I may be no fan of Marco Rubio, but I do appreciate someone who has strong opinions when it comes to typefaces.

I'm rather fond of Calibri and spent some time reverting all my work defaults back to it when Microsoft imposed their utterly horrific Aptos typeface as standard on their products.

One new typeface introduced this year that I think works quite well in banner headlines is Seaford.

Which fonts/typefaces deserve to be banished to one of the circles of Hell and which ought to be elevated to the heights of Paradise?

Comments

  • BoogieBoogie Heaven Host
    I use one designed for dyslexic people. It 'sits' the words down and stops them floating around so much.
  • HedgehogHedgehog Shipmate
    For email, I prefer Baskerville Old Face, 14 pt. It is elegantly retro.

    Any font that makes a small l (as in "look!") and capital I (the perpendicular pronoun) look exactly the same should be banished.
  • ArethosemyfeetArethosemyfeet Shipmate, Heaven Host
    If I bother to choose then Tahoma is usually my go-to, but mostly I use whatever the default is in the program I'm using. I will confidently assert, however, that Comic Sans should remain in comic books.
  • HeavenlyannieHeavenlyannie Shipmate
    edited December 12
    My work presentations/lectures have to be accessible for people with various disabilities so I use Arial.
    I actually don’t like the one Boogie recommends for dyslexic people as I find it distracting as a presenter. My own disability can’t cope with distraction!
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