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Favorite desktop font

by FrostedFlames on August 19th, 2005

swiss721
17%
kroeger
8%
nu
5%
silkscreen
3%
arial
15%
tahoma
17%
times new roman
4%
hooge
4%
other
28%
Total votes: 133

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2396

Lately, I've liked Standard.

01:20 am (4 years ago)
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arial!
but doesnt look nu and silkscreen the same?

FOURIMPRESSIONS

02:38 am (4 years ago)
301

myriad actually, but arial is pretty similar

-Aphaits-

03:07 am (4 years ago)
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standard 07_57 caps.

07:59 am (4 years ago)
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arial or verdana, both are easy to look at for a long time. pixel fonts are kinda annoying to me after a while, and all-caps is like my computer is shouting at me o_O

but serif fonts, what a joke.

08:42 am (4 years ago)
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swiss721 and cure. to me, it is the perfect combination.

08:53 am (4 years ago)
545

swiss caps... yeah.

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09:40 am (4 years ago)
1560

i really like LucidaMAC but also swiss721

10:04 am (4 years ago)
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arial!

10:32 am (4 years ago)
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Lucida Grande, hands down.

And Arial is a cheap ripoff of Helvetica. ;)

10:54 am (4 years ago)
2311

"franklin gothic medium cond" is my current fav.

11:28 am (4 years ago)
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Lucida Grande, which looks decent in Windows, too. ;-)

. . . and of course, one of the most beautiful display fonts ever created: Frutiger.

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11:29 am (4 years ago)
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Yes, Arial IS a cheap ripoff of Helvetica.

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11:30 am (4 years ago)
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Lucida Grande 8pt Bold

Proverbs 19:96 -- Custo helps those who help themselves... use Google

11:55 am (4 years ago)
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segoe ui pt.10

12:13 pm (4 years ago)
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So what's the big deal about Segoe UI? It Looks fairly generic, kind of a poor ripoff of Frutiger.

But all I see is Segoe UI this, SegoeUI that, etc.

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Sgt. A. Apone
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12:29 pm (4 years ago)
954

Verdana 7 Bold.

12:41 pm (4 years ago)
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Well, I'm also liking Calibri (10pt.) ALOT. It's one of Windows Vista's new fonts, designed by Lucas De Groot.

It's a very nice screen font, much warmer and pleasurable to read than the standard Arial or Verdana.

I'm using it now. Very nice. Renders very smoothly.

"Nobody touch nothin'!"
Sgt. A. Apone
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12:44 pm (4 years ago)
1691

Arial & tahoma.

01:37 pm (4 years ago)
1984

SWISS721 or Arial Caps are probably my favorite at the moment.

05:22 pm (4 years ago)
2877

The new fonts for windows vista are pretty nice. I also like Calibri very much. I wish visual styles didnt set the taskbar font.

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06:18 pm (4 years ago)
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I like Tahoma 7pt, the best looking font with clear type on. :) Thanks to heylove for introducing it in SHADED vs, makes it more user-friendly compare to other pixel font.

12:37 am (4 years ago)
2397

did this poll before.>


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01:02 am (4 years ago)
2877

so?

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02:28 pm (4 years ago)
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Everybody knows that Times New Roman, kicks butt. ADMIT IT NOW!!

Yea, I know it's old, but it works.

08:33 pm (4 years ago)
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Actually, that's true. Times New Roman is very functional, yet elegant. Quite readable.

It won a "fonty" award in 2001:

"Despite such disagreements, no one objected when this year's show closed with the presentation of a Lifetime Achievement Award to Times New Roman, a proportionally spaced typeface designed in 1931 for The London Times. When the son of the font's deceased designer, Stanley Morrison, took the stage, the entire room rose in a standing ovation."

"Such strength of line, such firmness of contour, such economy of space," said Tolleson, his voice wavering with emotion. "I doubt there will ever be another font like Times New Roman."

Amen.


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Sgt. A. Apone
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10:29 pm (4 years ago)
2298

snap or nu


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echo "The revolution will not be analog."
www.unixpunx.org

03:34 am (4 years ago)
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You can view Microsoft's new font collection here (these are replacements for Arial, George, Verdana, etc.):

http://spaces.msn.com/members/zinph/Blog
/cns!1pR_MWXw7BZZA8W-amdQlrpg!417.entr
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Available for download at various places, just Google for them. Or just wait for Vista.

Calibri alone is worth the search.

"Nobody touch nothin'!"
Sgt. A. Apone
ALIENS____

09:25 am (4 years ago)
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LucidaMAC

09:54 am (4 years ago)
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tahoma is a good all around font and practical, it fits almost any VS you can throw at it, so that got my vote

03:51 pm (4 years ago)
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Calibri is a damn sexy font, yes it is.

11:53 pm (4 years ago)
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fixedsys

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Ran down Java street and formed a pool.
Manuela saw the moon in there.

06:43 am (4 years ago)
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Arial Caps!

09:40 am (4 years ago)
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Arial Rounded MT Bold :)

JONATHAN ` idioRHYTHM

11:09 am (4 years ago)
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Arial??? You mean Helvetica, right? Arial's just an abomination . . . . ;-)


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04:58 pm (4 years ago)


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