Daxĭax, now famously used for the branding of UPS, was originally created by Hans Reichel. Mrs Eaves is a recent design of a traditional serif typeface style by Zuzana Licko in 1996. Overall it’s commonly used for body text in books. Probably one of the most famous names for serif fonts, Garamond can be found in a number of variations. Famous uses include the London Underground signage. Gill Sansĭesigned by Eric Gill in 1926, Gill Sans is another widely used font in graphic design. Meta is another of my personal favourites. MetaįF Meta is another member of the modern classic collection, designed by Erik Spiekermann in 1986. Remember Adrian Frutiger? Needless to say he was also the designer behind the classic Frutiger typeface. News Gothic was designed by Morris Fuller Benton in 1908, and has the most amazing fact of being the typeface used during the Star Wars opening credits. It was originally created in the 1920’s by Paul Renner. Futuraįutura is another widely used font that can be seen in countless logos. FF DINįF Din is a relatively new typeface compared to the veterans mentioned so far with it being created in 1995 by Albert-Jan Pool. AvenirĪvenir is a geometric sans-serif typeface designed by Adrian Frutiger (recall the name? He’s also famous for another classic font, I’ll let you guess which one). Berthold AG type foundry and was used as inspiration in 1957 for the Helvetica typeface. Akzidenz GroteskĪkzidenz Grotesk was designed in 1896 by the H. ClarendonĬlarendon is a fantastically fat slab serif, created by Robert Besley in 1845.
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Iconically used for the Goodfellas gangster movie poster.
Originally designed 1957 by Swiss designer Max Miedinger and Eduard Hoffmann Bodoniīodoni is a serif typeface designed by Giambattista Bodoni in 1798. Who hasn’t heard of Helvetica? It’s probably the most recognised classic typeface.
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