Renowned Italian designer Massimo Vignelli, creator of the classic American Airlines logo, once said that designers use far too many typefaces. But with so many great around, it's no surprise that creatives' collections are ever-growing. Vignelli's all-purpose toolkit features household names like Garamond, Bodoni, Helvetica, Univers, Futura, Caslon and Baskerville – between them spanning three centuries of type design history. And few designers would disagree that all of the above are timeless, albeit well-worn classics. But sometimes something a little different is required of a display face, to give it that extra punch.
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Sometimes the ubiquitous serifs of Times New Roman just don't quite cut it. Whatever your needs, the following list of top fonts that often get overlooked should really come in handy. We've split our list into display fonts, serif fonts, sans serif fonts and slab serif fonts to help you find the font you need.
Fonts - F37 Bella by Rick Banks - HypeForType Font Shop. About this font. Exclusive to HypeForType, Bella is a classical Didot-inspired beauty suggesting the best of Paris and New York in a single package.
We'll start with display fonts. Display fonts 01. This Bodoni display version from the 1920s is something extra special Okay, so Vignelli already ticked Bodoni off the list – and a beautifully classy Didone-style serif it is too, thanks to the craft skills of Giambattista Bodoni in the late 18th century. But this display version from the 1920s is something extra special for setting large, high-impact type where the extreme contrast between the stem thickness really comes into its own. A top font that's perfect for setting large, high-impact type where the extreme contrast between the stem thickness really comes into its own. This surreal display font combines simple, ultra-thin lines with bulbous, cloud-like forms Designed by Stefan Kjartansson for YouWorkForThem, this utterly unique, quite surreal display font combines simple, ultra-thin lines with bulbous, cloud-like forms to give Cumulus & Foam its tagline, 'the most beautifully grotesque font of our time.'
Although Kjartansson proudly asserts that it doesn't work as a typeface, this top font's 'ugly beauty' and 'disciplined chaos' can certainly add character to a project. Next page: serif fonts.
Hits: 169 Font design for the F37 Foundry and exclusively sold at Hype For Type. Designed in the classical French Didot style but with a contemporary geometrical twist. F37 Bella is based on letterforms of American typographers; John Pistilli and Herb Lubalin, and Swiss typographer Jan Tschichold.
Due to the extreme thinness of the hairlines, it is recommended to use F37 Bella at large display sizes only. F37 Bella contains alternatives and covers an extensive range of Latin-based languages, including Western and Eastern European.
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In 2012, F37 Bella was awarded the TDC Tokyo Award. Award: TDC Tokyo Award, 2012 Published: Creative Review, Herb Lubalin, IDEA, Computer Arts, Wired.