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80 Beautiful Typefaces For ProfessionalDesign

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Every now and again designers stumble upon the very same problem:the choice of aunique and beautiful typefacewhich manages to fulfill three basic tasks. Support thecorporate identity, enrich the visual appearance and is compatible with the overall design.However, usually there are simply too many options you can consider, which is why you needtime to find the option you are most comfortable with. Although the choice usually dependson clients requirements, it isnecessary to have some pretty starting pointsfor your fontdecision.

So which typefaces are bulletproof? What fonts can be used effectively in almost everyCorporate Design? And what are the options for unique, but still incredibly beautifultypefaces?

We have answers.Over the last few days weve browsed through dozens of type foundries,read dozens of designers articles about typography, analyzed font rankings and visitedbookmarked font-related suggestions. So this post has em all. Well, OK, at least many ofthem.

Lets take a look atover 80 gorgeous typefaces for professional design, based upon

ByVitaly Friedman

August 8th, 2007 DownloadsFontsFreebies 219 Comments

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suggestions from designers and web-developers all over the world. Most screenshotsare taken from the foundries and provided specimens particularlyonVeer.comandFontshop.com.

Classic Typefaces

Classics of typography in a brief overview. You will find even more traditional typefaces onthe site100 Best Fonts, including history, development and related information.

1. Helvetica

2. Helvetica Neue

http://www.100besteschriften.de/http://www.fontshop.com/http://www.veer.com/

3. Univers

4. Frutiger

5. Avenir

6. Myriad Pro

7. Neuzeit

8. Syntax

9. Proxima Nova

10. Proxima Sans

11. Glasgow

12. Charlotte Sans

13. Precious Sans

14. Gill Sans

15. Lisboa

16. Franklin Gothic

17. Futura

18. EF TV Nord 1

19. FF Scala

20. Rockwell

21. Eurostile

22. Warnock

23. FF DIN

24. FF Meta

25. Officina

26. FF Dax

27. DF Dynasty

28. Akzidenz-Grotesk

29. AG Book

30. Precious Serif

Further Typefaces

The fonts listed below arent so well-known. Thus you can use them for unique corporateidentity or user interfaces which are supposed to have a fresh look.

31. Locator

ProcessTypeFoundry

32. Seravek

http://www.processtypefoundry.com/

ProcessTypeFoundry

33. FF Kievit

http://www.processtypefoundry.com/

Source

34. Ronnia

http://www.daidala.com/kievit.html

Typetogether

35. Stella

Feliciano Type Foundry

36. Le Monde Courrier

http://www.felicianotypefoundry.com/main/?page_id=23

Le Monde Courrier, 167.4 for 2 PCs

37. Parisine PTF

http://www.typofonderie.com/alphabets/view/LeMondeCourrierhttp://www.typofonderie.com/alphabets/view/LeMondeCourrier

Parisine PTF, 210 for 8 PCs

38. Freight

http://www.typofonderie.com/alphabets/view/ParisinePTFhttp://www.typofonderie.com/alphabets/view/ParisinePTF

Source

39. Guardian

Christian Schwartzl

40. Anomoly

http://christianschwartz.com/gdnsans.shtml

41. PMN Caecilia

42. Leitura

Source/ DSType

43. The Mix

http://www.spatium-magazin.de/

Source

44. Stalemate

http://www.daidala.com/themix.html

45. Neo Sans

Source

46. Felbridge

http://www.monotypefonts.com/

Felbridge, 29.00 per font

47. Trade Gothic

http://www.monotype.co.uk/felbridge/http://www.monotype.co.uk/felbridge/

48. Karmina

Typetogether

49. FF Milo

Source:Typographica.org

50. Auto

http://typographica.org/001103.php

Source

51. Soho

Source

52. Kepler

http://www.monotype.co.uk/sohoMF/

Source

53. Depot

http://www.daidala.com/17mar2004.html

Chris Dickinson

54. Relato Sans

http://www.moretype.co.uk/

Source

55. Priva Pro

http://www.emtype.net/relatosans_1.html

DSType

56. Relato Serif

Source

57. Alber

http://www.emtype.net/relato_1.html

Chris Dickinson

58. Palatino Sans & Informal


Source

59. Fedra Sans

http://www.kimeratype.com/

Source

60. Olga

http://www.typotheque.com/fonts/fedra_sans/

Source

61. Depot

http://www.tdc.org/news/2007Results/Olga.html

Chris Dickinson

62. Priva Pro


DSType

63. Whitman

Source

64. Productus

http://www.fontbureau.com/fonts/serif/Whitman

Source

65. Tempelhof

Gnter Schwarzmaier

http://www.t26.com/fonts/showcase/2006/08http://www.fontbureau.com/fonts/sans/Productus

66. Amira

Source

67. Krart

http://www.fontbureau.com/fonts/Amira

Source

68. Tang

Source

69. Dederon Sans

http://www.t26.com/fonts/Krarthttp://www.type.fi/SuomiHome.html

Source

70. Samuels Family

http://www.suitcasetype.com/page.php?lmut=en&section=font&font=dederon%20Sans

Images:MyFonts Newsletter

71. Untitled

Source

http://www.myfonts.com/newsletters/cc/200707.htmlhttp://www.tdc.org/news/2007Results/Untitled.html

72. Greta Text

Source

73. FF Sanuk

74. Houschka

http://www.typotheque.com/fonts/greta_text/

75. Scene

Source

76. Amplitude

http://www.fonts.com/findfonts/detail.asp?pid=400853

Source

77. Insider

http://www.fontbureau.com/fonts/Amplitude

Characters.nl

78. Preface

http://www.characters.nl/

79. Flex

Source

http://www.type-invaders.com/flex/

80. Halvorsen

Source

81. Xtra Sans

Source

Foretaste for one of our next posts:The Future of Typography

82. Obliqua (in development)

http://www.jarnolukkarila.com/template.php?yksikko=format_design&sivu=font_library&alasivu=xtra_sans&lang=en&catID=1http://www.t26.com/fonts/Halvorsen

Source

83. Muestra Urbana (in development)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cpuertas/543915014/

Source

83. Wingardium

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cpuertas/569466696/

Source

84. Tauran Regular

http://www.flickr.com/photos/macniaco/149614426/in/set-72057594139789886/

Source

85. Mello Sans

http://www.flickr.com/photos/macniaco/149615395/in/set-72057594139789886/

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