60 Brilliant Typefaces For Corporate Design - Smashing Magazine Advertisement Typography is more than being legible and looking good. Among other things, effective typography manages to achieve two important objectives: a) to create an appropriate atmosphere and enable users to develop trust toward the site and b) to make sure visitors get the main message of the site and (if possible) become interested in the services offered on the site. To communicate effectively, typography requires appropriate typefaces. Below you’ll find over 60 first-class typefaces for corporate design. You might also want to take a look at the 60 Excellent Typefaces For Corporate Design Haptic The Haptic family is a sans serif typeface which was optimized for use in small sized text. FF Meta Serif A collaborative work by Erik Spiekermann, Christian Schwarty and Kris Sowersby. Museo A contemporary semi-slab serif font. Beorcana Beorcana is a calligraphic sans, or serifless roman. Gloriola Type System / Superfamily winning entry on TDC2 2008. Anziano A typeface for books. Fondo
Die besten Fonts 2011 Neues Jahr – neue Schriften. Und zuletzt hieß das auch: Neues Jahr – immer mehr Schriften! Umso wichtiger, einen unabhängigen Überblick über die besten unter den vielen zu bekommen, und Typefacts leistet dies gewohnt leidenschaftlich, unsortiert und garantiert streng subjektiv. Viel Spaß also mit der Ur-Helvetica, der Schrift mit den 28 A-Varianten, der Schrift, die unter zwei Namen veröffenticht wurde und sieben weiteren … GenathFrançois Rappo [Optimo] – Auch als Webfont! In einem ertragreichen Jahr wie 2011 ist es oft ein Foto-Finish, welche Schrift in meine Bestenliste rutscht und welche dafür draußen bleiben muß. RealistMartin Wenzel [MartinPlusFonts] – Auch als Webfont! Wer (wie ich) Martin Wenzels unterschätzte FF Profile liebt, aber merkt, daß ihre Anmutung für manche Anwendungen zu organisch und warm ist, wird (wie ich) hellauf begeistert sein, nun ihre seriösere Schwester kennenzulernen. Bookmania [Mark Simonson Studio] – Auch als Webfont! Was ist besser als Helvetica? Mehr Listen
Fontdeck web fonts: Real fonts for your website Open Flash Chart - Gallery - Width and Height New High-Quality Free Fonts (2012 Edition) - Smashing Magazine Advertisement Every now and then, we look around, select fresh free high-quality fonts and present them to you in a brief overview. The choice is enormous, so the time you need to find them is usually time you should be investing in your projects. We search for them and find them so that you don’t have to. In this selection, we’re pleased to present Homestead, Bree Serif, Levanderia, Valencia, Nomed Font, Carton and other quality fonts. Free Fonts HomesteadHomestead is a very distinctive Slab Serif typeface that leaves a lasting impression with its geometric forms and a modern, progressive look. Bree Serif RegularThis typeface is the serif cousin of the playful, charming and versatile type family Bree which was designed by Veronika Burian and José Scaglione back in 2008. LavanderiaLavanderia is a script font based on lettering found on Laundromat windows of San Francisco’s Mission District. JuraJura is an elegant serif typeface with narrow proportions and distinguishing details. (vf) (il)
Alternativschriften Nase voll von Helvetica? Sattgesehen an Gotham? Der Prof empfiehlt immer nur Rotis? Alternativen zu Helvetica Alternativen zu Gotham Alternativen zu Gill Sans Alternativen zu Garamond Wie bei den meisten alten Schriften gibt es nicht die eine Garamond, sondern sehr viele verschiedene Interpretationen. DTL Documenta – zeitgemäß und elegant (Frank E. Fabiol – ungeschliffen und charakterstark (Robert Strauch, 2005): FF Absara – kantig-modern (Xavier Dupré, 2006): Cronos – serifenlos-weich (Robert Slimbach, 1996): Siehe auch: Garamonds bis zum Abwinken: Auch die Leute von FontShop San Francisco haben eine Übersicht einiger Garamond-Varianten erstellt. Alternativen zu FF Dax Alternativen zu Univers
Top 13 Webfonts for Headline Use Today, webfonts abound. You can find them in a number of places: Google Font Directory, Typekit, Fontspring.com, and myriad other sites and font delivery services. A number are even free. And yet, like most things, much of what is free is not useful, and much of what is useful is not free. This article, then, focuses on the top 13 most useful free webfonts for headline use. One of the most common suggestions for combining headlines and body text is to set the headlines in a serif typeface and body copy in a sans-serif typeface, or vice versa. Because you’re typically only setting fewer than 100 characters in a headline, it doesn’t necessarily have the same requirements for readability as your text font. Nice Web Type has an excellent tutorial on @font-face embedding here. Available through Fontsquirrel, and designed by Typodermic, this pseudo-grotesque offers a generous x-height. License: License:
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Fresh Collection Of High Quality Free Fonts for Professional Designs Don't Forget to participate in a contest where you can win an amazing e-Commerce template from TemplateMonster. Fonts or typography holds critical importance in any web design, logo design, print advertisement, you name it. In the graphics and web designing field, fonts always play an important part in capturing the attention of the target audience. Therefore, having a good collection of high-quality fonts is a must when you are working on any design project, be it designing for the web or for the print media. Here in this section, we are presenting a collection of some creative and fine looking fonts that you can use for your design projects, logo designs, brochures, posters, reports, designing books, cover letters and so on. We hope that you will like this collection. RBNo2 free font ( Download Font ) Scruffy Regular and Scruffy Light ( Download Font ) Bohema ( Download Font ) Morning Glory ( Download Font ) Fuente Sketchy ( Download Font ) Code Free Font ( Download Font )
Print-/Bildschirmschriften Neben der Annmutung, die bestimmte Schriftarten für bestimmte Verwendungszwecke nahe legt, spielt natürlich auch das Medium, in dem die Schrift eingesetzt wird eine maßgebliche Rolle. Generell gilt die Regel: Serifenschriften wie die Antiquaschriften (z. Auch wenn die Vorzüge der Serifenschriftarten wie Times eindeutig im Printbereich liegen, für den sie entwickelt worden sind, hat man auch bestimmte Serifenschriftarten speziell für den Computerbildschirm entwickelt (z. Bildschirmschriftarten und ihre Leistung Zwischen den untersuchten Schriften gab es keine signifikanten Unterschiede hinsichtlich der Leseeffizienz. Die Schriften zeigten jedoch deutliche Unterschiede bei der Lesegeschwindigkeit. Die Schriften Times und Arial werden schneller gelesen als Courier New, Century Schoolbook und Georgia Die Schriftgröße 10pt wird langsamer gelesen als Schriftgröße 12pt. Hinsichtlich der Lesbarkeit der Schrift wurde ermittelt: 10 Pt.