Well, with a few exceptions like Linotype's Helvetica Neue. But to get you started, try Tempo, Cheltenham, Franklin Gothic (not ITC), Cooper Black, Alternate Gothic, Post Roman, Copperplate, Radiant, Agency Gothic, Poster Gothic, Bank Gothic, or the ineluctable Goudy Old Style.' Ī list of links to good free clean legible fonts collected by someone in Edmonton.

Jonathan recommends these fonts as representatve of 1930s American midwestern typography: 'If you're going for museum-piece accuracy, look for typefaces issued by the Ludlow or Barnhart Brothers&Spindler type foundries- you can probably do some sleuthing at. The list:Ĭredit for some images below: Danielle West.

PDF file compiled by the jury: Stephen Coles, Jan Middendorp, Veronika Elsner, Roger Black, Ralf Herrmann, Claudia Guminski (FontShop) and Bernard Schmidt-Friderichs. There is a lot of good information about each of the fonts mentioned. German FontShop-sponsored site listing the hundred best fonts of all times, compiled by a jury in 2007. This list contains these free fonts: Caitlyn, VTKS 36, Sketchy, Sketch Rockwell, Mia's Scribblings, FFF Tusj, Pointy, Urban Sketch, Karabine, Kraboudja. TYPE DESIGN INFORMATION PAGE last updated on

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