ooo Novarese

Bodoni & Futura are also faves for me, with Univers in there. Caslon also. but that's more a 'grow where I was planted' thing. Gill Sans is the product of way too many creative directors loving the stuff.

Helvetica and I had a bad fight a couple years back and don't speak regularly anymore. I am flighty with my sans-serifs now. In moments of panic, I'll look at Century Gothic and think, I _could_ make it work. I know I could.

Then I go to FontFont and play with the text viewer, which is better/faster than Adobe's most days. Makes me feel better. [link] (eta: fixy link)

I am Charlie Brown in all this.

carry on.

Bodoni & Futura are also faves for me

Oooh, Bodoni. Definitely. I like Futura, too.

I used to love Frutiger, mostly for the roundedness of the lower-case "round" characters (a, o, g, etc.), but we used it for a book project that took THREE YEARS, and I got a little sick of it, which is a shame, because it really does have a nice clean, elegant look.

I love when we start a new book project here, because our journals never change primary font; continuity is very important. Plus there's not a lot of room for madcap font fun with scientific journals. But we have more leeway with the books, and so Chatty!Co-worker and I will sit for hours and debate the merits of different fonts.

lower-case "round" characters (a, o, g, etc.),

ok - so we're on visual-fetish letters? Mine are 'g' and 'W' I can hate a font if its 'g' doesn't swing me. And the W can't suck either. Yours?

I also have a fetish for the a. I like an open a, although I understand that the little arm on top helps distinguish it from an o. I also like a single tail g. The only font I've seen with both an open a and single tail g is Kabel, and it's too casual.

Did anyone here watch last night's Desperate Housewives? Because Nathan's entire storyline cracked me up. It seemed very Drive-esque.

I'll look at Century Gothic and think, I _could_ make it work. I know I could.

I love Century Gothic.

I am Charlie Brown in all this.

You got a rock?

I am Charlie Brown in all this.

You got a rock?

I'm thinking all she hears is "Wah-wah-wah-wah-wah."

you all read like wah wah wanh wah wah wah. it's type. I read it, I don't think much about it, I cannot name any by sight.