By Dennis Engel
Top 100 fonts/type
Since we not only start to craft our idea developing skills but also our poster crafting skills I thought it would be a cool idea to come up with my third top 100 list:01. Helvetica [1957 - Max Miedinger]02. Garamond [1530 - Claude Garamond]03. Frutiger [1977 - Adrian Frutiger]04. Bodoni [1970 - Giambattista Bodoni]05. Futura [1927 - Paul Renner]06. Times [1931 - Stanley Morison]07. Akzidenz Grotesk [1966 - Günter Gerhard Lange]08. Officina [1990 - Erik Spiekermann]09. Gill Sans [1930 - Eric Gill]10. Univers [1954 - Adrian Frutiger]11. Optima [1954 - Hermann Zapf]12. Franklin Gothic [1903 - Morris Fuller Benton]13. Bembo [1496 - Francesco Griffo]14.Interstate TT [1993 - Tobias Frere-Jones]15. Thesis [1994 - Lucas de Groot]16. Rockwell [1934 - Frank H. Pierpont]17. Walbaum [1800 - Justus Walbaum]18. Meta [1991 - Erik Spiekermann]19. Trinité [1982 - Bram De Does]20. Din [1926 - Ludwig Goller]21. Matrix [1986 - Zuzana Licko]22. OCR [1965 - American Type Founders]23. Avant Garde [1968 - Herb Lubalin]24. Lucida [1985 - Chris Holmes & Charles Bigelow]25. Sabon [1964 - Jan Tschichold]26. Zapfino [1998 - Hermann Zapf]27. Letter Gothic [1956 - Roger Roberson]28. Stone [1987 - Summer Stone]29. Arnhem PS [1998 - Fred Smeijers]30. Minion [1990 - Robert Slimbach]31. Myriad [1992 - Carol Twombly & Robert Slimbach]32. Rotis [1988 - Olt Aicher]33. Eurostile [1962 - Aldo Novarese]34. Scala [1991 - Martin Majoor]35. Syntax [1968 - Hans Eduard Meier]36. Joanna [1930 - Eric Gill]37. Fleischmann TT [1997 - Erhard Kaiser]38. Palatino [1950 - Hermann Zapf]39. Baskerville [1754 - John Baskerville]40. Fedra [2002 - Peter Bil’ak]41. Gotham [2000 - Tobias Frere-Jones]42. Lexicon PS [1992 - Bram De Does]43. Hands PS [1991 - Letterror]44. Metro [1929 - W. A. Dwiggins]45. Didot [1799 - Firmin Didot]46. Formata [1984 - Bernd Möllenstädt]47. Caslon [1725 - William Caslon]48. Cooper Black [1920 - Oswald B. Cooper]49. Peignot [1937 - A. M. Cassandre]50. Bell Gothic [1938 - Chauncey H. Griffith]51. Antique Olive [1962 - Roger Excoffon]52. Wilhelm Klngspor Gotisch [1926 - Rudolf Koch]53. Info PS [1996 - Erik Spiekermann]54. Dax [1995 - Hans Reichel]55. Proforma [1988 - Petr van Blokland]56. Today Sans [1988 - Volker Küster]57. Prokyon [2002 - Erhard Kaiser]58. Trade Gothic [1948 - Jackson Burke]59. Swift [1987 - Gerald Unger]60. Copperplate Gothic [1901 - Frederic W. Goudy]61. Blur PS [1992 - Neville Brody]62. Base [1995 - Zuzana Licko]63. Bell Centennial [1978 - Matthew Carter]64. News Gothic [1908 - Morris Fuller Benton]65. Avenir [1988 - Adrian Frutiger]66. Bernhard Modern [1937 - Lucian Bernhard]67. Amplitude PS-TT [2003 - Christian Schwartz]68. Trixie [1991 - Erik van Blokland]69. Quadraat PS [1992 - Fred Smeijers]70. Neutraface [2002 - Christian Schwartz]71. Nobel [1929 - Sjoerd de Roos]72. Industria [1990 - Neville Brody]73. Bickham Script [1997 - Richard Lipton]74. Bank Gothic [1930 - Morris Fuller Benton]75. Corporate ASE PS [1989 - Kurt Weidemann]76. Fago [2000 - Ole Schafer]77. Trajan [1989 - Carol Twombly]78. Kabel [1927 - Rudolf Koch]79. House Gothic 23 [1995 - Tal Leming]80. Kosmik [1993 - Letterror]81. Caecilia PMN [1990 - Peter Matthias Noordzij]82. Mrs Eaves [1996 - Zuzana Licko]83. Corpid PS [1997 - Lucas de Groot]84. Miller [1997 - Matthew Carter]85. Souvenir [1914 - Morris Fuller Benton]86. Instant Types PS [1992 - Just van Rossum]87. Clarendon [1845 - Benjamin Fox]88. Triplex [1989 - Zuzana Licko]89. Benguiat [1989 - Ed Benguiat]90. Zapf Renaissance PS [1984 - Hermann Zapf]91. Filosofia [1996 - Zuzana Licko]92. Chalet [1996 - House Industries]93. Quay Sans PS [1990 - David Quay]94. Cézanne [1995 - Michael Want, James Grieshaber]95. Reporter [1938 - Carlos Winkow]96. Legacy [1992 - Ronald Arnholm]97. Agenda [1993 - Greg Thompson]98. Bello [2004 - Underware]99. Dalliance [2000 - Frank Heine]100. Mistral [1953 - Roger Excoffon]