I'm sick to death of the font Arial. Any suggestions for default change?

[Atlas Mugged]

I've only been using it for about 15 years. My old one was Helvetica, but they're so damned similar. Should I ditch the sans serif look for a while?

[DrDebug]

1. I like Bookman Old Style n/t

[terrya]

2. Times New Roman is always a classic.

Simple, but elegant.

[Mizmoon]

3. Times New Roman

accept no other font

[ghostsofgiants]

4. Helvetica = sexiest font ever

Hands down.

If you're sick of sans serif, try Times New Roman maybe?

8. my helvetica's missing!

where'd it go?

[jmowreader]

25. Remind me never to look at your porn collection

Helvetica is about as sexy as a tub of axle grease--which is to say Not At All.

You use Helvetica because it's easy to read and because you can print it on some really shitty equipment without fucking it up.

If I had to pick one font (my full list is downthread), and it HAD to be on a Windows box as it comes from the factory, I'd use Century Schoolbook. That's a good meat-and-potatoes font.

[ghostsofgiants]

29. It's simple and clean

There's a lot to be said for clean and simple design.

[jmowreader]

30. It's also boring as all get out

If I am setting a parts catalog with page after page of charts, and there are so many parts I have to go to 6-point type, a good sans is always a good way to go. My fallback sans: Frutiger. Clean, easy to read and it isn't common enough that people are bored with it.

But if setting something you're going to read (as opposed to "refer to" like a parts catalog), serifs are always better.

Two fonts I have a love-hate relationship with are Friz Quadrata and Optima. They're wonderful fonts. They're also so easy to distort that you need to go to film to get them to look right--your laser printer won't do them justice.

[Rockholm]

5. I like Book Antiqua.

[KurtNYC]

6. Gill Sans

[Lavender Brown]

7. Wingdings

:silly:

[RebelOne]

9. I like Antique Olive. n/t

[mcscajun]

10. Give Papyrus 12 pt a try.

http://www.coralason.freewebspace.com/help/fonts.html

It's got a bit more character, but is still a sans serif font.

My rule: Sans serif online -- serif offline.

[SmokingJacket]

11. Bembo's great if you can get it.

Otherwise, I'm a Garamonder.

Sans serif is so 1977.

[Wilber_Stool]

12. Batang Che

Fancy but easy to read.

[alarcojon]

18. Can't find it anywhere

Got a link?

[Wilber_Stool]

21. If you

can't see this in BatangChe, then it is not installed on your 'puter. It's in my Word 2000.

[Atlas Mugged]

13. Wow - thanks a million!!!

I've been doing this so damned long that my "Font Freak" nature has been repressed for some time. I can't wait to hunt some of these down and try them!

The last font I got excited about was 'Snipple', so that tells you how long it's been.

[alarcojon]

14. Verdana

[hlthe2b]

15. I used to work at a Federal Agency that was required to use Courier...

God, I hate that font with a passion! Of course, I'm using it right now to type this, given it is the message entry font on DU!

I'll be interested to see what suggestions you get. I do tend to use arial because it is so readable. Sans Serif might be a good alternative.

[Deja Q]

16. Futura Book BT

:9

Or Verdana at 10pt, it looks tackier as its size is increased.

[lukasahero]

17. I like verdana - it's wider than Arial. eom

[lpbk2713]

19. Have you tried Comic Sans?

I use it as a default with large and small caps.

[jmowreader]

23. Comic Sans sucks rocks!

I have considered finding the guy who created Comic Sans, the most trite font created in the last 500 years, and drowning him. I hate that fucking font.

A font set containing Adobe Caslon, Adobe Garamond, Cochin, Baskerville, Veljovic, Antique Olive, Franklin Gothic, Frutiger, Gill Sans, Univers, Tekton, Commercial Script, Shelley Script, Linotext, Universal Pi and Zapf Dingbats will handle just about anyone's needs. Throw in your corporate font if it's not on that list and you'll be set for life.

Note what's not on there: No Times. No Helvetica or Arial. No Comic Sans. These fonts have been used so much in the last twenty years, we've worn them out.

[sybylla]

20. I'm a font freak and I beg you not to use Times, please...

I'm currently putting all my creative writing in Tw Cen MT but I have to convert it to boring old Arial or Times to share it with my writing group. I've seen it under other names like Two Cent also. I've also enjoyed using Saturday Sans, Century Gothic, Tahoma and Trebuchet, depending on the purpose of the document.

If you prefer serif fonts, I use California FB for my newsletter. It's very readable and has a bit of style. But anything in the Dutch 801 family is good and I like QuintessenceSSK, but it might be a little showy for everyday use. My fall back is AGaramond or Garamond. Makes me think of olden days as does Bookman Old Style.

Have fun with it, I say.

[gauguin57]

22. I'm not sick of it, because it's absolutely the most readable font

i've ever tried.

[leftofthedial]

24. Comic Sans

[XNASA]

32. I second.

I use Comic Sans as much as possible. I think it's the easiest font to read.

[trackfan]

26. Wingdings

[uppityperson]

31. Wingdings would bring better understanding to us all

I like Wingdings

[AngryAmish]

27. The Economist

You have to buy it, but it is an exceeding pleasing font.

[Vladimir]

28. Try Tahoma, or Garamond n/t

[trof]

33. MS Serif

I like serifs.

[bicentennial_baby]

34. I like Lucida Sans

and lucida bold

[lies and propaganda]

35. Trebuchet and Tahoma are my faves n/t