6 Typefaces
6 Typefaces
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- gramme0
I agree 100% with Rand that good typography is all about how fonts are used.
That being said, I think a quiver of only six typefaces for most work is very limiting. I didn't see any script faces in his arsenal, nor do I see any humanist faces. I think 10–12 is more reasonable. I personally don't even like half of Vignelli's standards, but that's just me. I think I could do just about any project with the following faces, in no particular order:
Helvetica Neue
Gotham
Franklin Gothic
Minion
Garamond Premier Pro
Baskerville
Mercury
Bauer Bodoni
Serifa
Bickham Script- Add TheSans and TheAntiqua to that list for a humanists sans and a contemporary slab serif.gramme
- he is a bit on the conservative side though..Meeklo
- Oh and Avenir Next. So that makes it 13 staples for me.gramme
- well that's the thing Meeklo, his work is almost always very good, but his palette is a bit too narrow imho.gramme
- The same small set of fonts and colors does not work so well for every client or project.gramme
- I agree w youMeeklo