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Andrew Plato wrote:
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> Could somebody suggest some fonts and some methodologies I can
> use to select fonts.
> [...]
> Incidentally, our font select methodology is CMM Level 92 Certifed.
>
> Yes, I actually spent time today fondling fonts. I feel so dirty.
> I need to be kerned.
>
> Andrew Plato
My font selection methodology is this: gather with other
font snobs like unto myself in front of a computer and use
Photoshop to display some sample text in nice big letters.
Then we run through the entire font list, one at a time, to
see what it looks like. The fonts we point to and snicker at
don't make the cut. The Buffy the Vampire Slayer font, for example http://www.ajfenton.com/eternalflame/download_buffy_angel_fonts.asp
didn't pass muster. I personally prefer Palatino, but you can't
use it for everything.
So, I guess you could say we employed a ridicule-empowered
font selection methodology. heh.
P.S.: This time, Bank Gothic Medium was the least ridiculed
of the fonts under our consideration....
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