Anne-Marie Concepcion spotted the interesting post “19 top fonts in 19 top combinations,” written by Douglas Bonneville for the blog BonFX.
Doug says, “I recently compiled a list of the 19 most popular fonts according to usage by graphic designers from all over the web. I could have had 100, but I got it down to under 50, and from there whittled it down to just the 19… What we have here is that list of 19 top fonts once again, but this time combined into pairs to give us 19 excellent font combinations.”
• Helvetica / Garamond
• Caslon / Univers
• Frutiger / Minion
• Futura / Bodoni
• Garamond / Futura
• Gill Sans / Caslon
• Minion / Gill Sans
• Univers / Caslon
• Bodoni / Futura
• Myriad / Minion
• Avenir / Warnock
• Caslon / Franklin Gothic
• FF Din / Baskerville
• Trade Gothic / Clarendon
• Baskerville / Univers
• Akzidenz Grotesk / Garamon
• Clarendon / Trade Gothic
• Franklin Gothic / Baskerville
• Warnock / Univers
For an explanation of how Doug did his whittling, and for a downloadable PDF of the combinations in action, go to BonFX.
Would you pair Helvetica with Garamond? What about Minion with Gill Sans or FF Din with Baskerville? Click the word “Comments” below and let us know what you think!
This article was last modified on August 15, 2021
This article was first published on October 20, 2009
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