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Start a design career The typophiles were asked in 2003 to list the 20 essential typefaces to start a design career. Here we go, unedited: Sean Glenn: MetaPlus (FontShop), Helvetica Neue (Adobe), Mrs. Eaves (Emigre), Gotham (Hoefler Type Foundry), 20th Century (Monotype), Base (Emigre), Agency (Font Bureau), Simian (House Industries), Agenda (Font Bureau), OCR-B (Adobe), Formata (Adobe), Caxton (Adobe), Scala Sans (FontShop) Letter Tiep: Akzidenz Grotesk BQ, Univers, Frutiger Next (or Avenir?), Today Sans (or Syntax / Gill Sans?), The Sans, Trade Gothic (or News Gothic/Vectora?), Futura, Minion, Palatino, Berthold Baskerville (or Storm's John Baskerville / Monotype Bulmer), Filosofia, Lexicon nr2 ($$$), Officina Sans&Serif (or the FF Info series), Adobe Caslon, Bembo (or HTF Requiem), Stempel Garamond, Joanna (or Scala?), Clarendon (or Giza?) Jay Wilkinson: Akzidenz Grotesk BQ, Helvetica neue, Avenir (or Futura), Frutiger, Trade Gothic, Franklin Gothic, Optima, Bodoni (or Didot but not filosofia), Adobe Garamond, Adobe Caslon, Minion, Hoefler, Dante, Sabon, Perpetua, Requiem (or Bembo), Centaur, Clarendon, Shelly (or Snell Roundhand), Fette Fraktur (or Goudy Text) John Gordon: Blackletter, Centaur, Janson, HTF Requiem, Bembo, Caslon, Garamond, Baskerville, Palantino, HTF Didot, Perpetua, Electra, Clarendon, Akzidenz Grotesque, Helvetica Neue, Futura, Franklin Gothic, Trade Gothic, Poetica, Shelly Keith Chi'hnag tam: Minion Pro, Myriad Pro, Sabon Next, Monotype Baskerville (or Berthold), HTF Didot, Perpetua, Monotype Gill Sans, Berthold Akizidentz Grotesk, Thesis Sans, Swift, ITC Charter, FF Meta, PMN Caecilia, Adobe Caslon Pro, FB Miller, Adobe Syntax, ITC Franklin Gothic, Bitstream Futura, Monotype Bembo, Snell Roundhand H.D. Schnellnack: Neue Helvetica, FF DIN, Clarendon, Thesis Sans, Garamond Pro OTF or Neue Sabon, Myriad Pro OTF, Mrs Eaves OTF, FF OCR or FF Letter Gothic, Rotis Sans and SemiSans, Futura, Scala, TAZ III OTF, Univers, Bauer Bodoni, Franklin Gothic or Bureau Grotesque, Bell Gothic or Interstate (1993, Tobias Frere-Jones), Jenson Pro OTF or Warnock Pro or Kepler, Thesis Serif or Thesis Mono, Zapfino	EXTERNAL LINKS MyFonts search Monotype search Fontspring search Google search INTERNAL LINKS Choice of fonts ⦿ Modern style [Bodoni, Didot, Walbaum, Thorowgood, Computer Modern, etc.] ⦿ DIN ⦿ Lapidary typefaces ⦿ Caslon ⦿ Caxton ⦿ Clarendon ⦿ Baskerville ⦿ Bembo ⦿

file name: Jackson Burke Trade Gothic 1948 Poster by Michelle Uyeda 2015

file name: Jackson Burke Trade Gothic 1948 Poster by Michelle Uyeda 2015b

file name: Ole Schaefer Erik Spiekermann F F Info 1998

file name: Robert Slimbach Minion Pro Black 1990

file name: Robert Slimbach Minion Pro Condensed 1990

file name: Monotype Gill Sans W G L 1990 1998

file name: Lucas De Groot The Sans 1994 Poster by Carolina Moreira 2016

file name: Hugo Ugaz Helvetica Neue Poster 2013

file name: Edouard Hoffmann Max Miedinger Helvetica Neue Linotype Version 1983

file name: Edouard Hoffmann Max Miedinger Helvetica Neue Linotype Version 1983b

file name: U R W Franklin Gothic after Morris Fuller Benton 1902

file name: Morris Fuller Benton Franklin Gothic 1902 poster by Daniela Carusone 2016

file name: Morris Fuller Benton Franklin Gothic 1902 Poster by Lica Eugen 2015

file name: Monotype Franklin Gothic Extra Condensed after Morris Fuller Benton 1904

file name: T D C2006 Robert Slimbach Garamond Premier Pro

file name: Robert Slimbach Garamond Premier Pro 2005 Poster by Yaiza Ortiz 2015

file name: Robert Slimbach Garamond Premier Pro 2005 Poster by Yaiza Ortiz 2015b

file name: Hermann Zapf Linotype Zapfino 1998 Poster by Sebastian Marquez 2014

file name: Myriad Pro Cyrillic 2015

file name: Myriad Pro Cyrillic 2015b

file name: Robert Slimbach Carol Twombly Fred Brady Christopher Slye Myriad Pro 1992

file name: Robert Slimbach Carol Twombly Fred Brady Christopher Slye Myriad Pro 1992b

file name: Robert Slimbach Carol Twombly Fred Brady Christopher Slye Myriad Pro 1992d

file name: Robert Slimbach Carol Twombly Fred Brady Christopher Slye Myriad Pro 1992e

file name: Hermann Zapf Zapfino

file name: Bram De Does Lexicon 1992b

file name: Bram De Does The Enschede Font Foundry Teff Lexicon No1 Roman C Med 1992

file name: Bram De Does The Enschede Font Foundry Teff Lexicon No1 Roman F Exp Med 1992

file name: Bram De Does The Enschede Font Foundry Teff Lexicon No2 Italic A Txt Med 1992

file name: Bram De Does The Enschede Font Foundry Teff Lexicon No2 Italic A Txt Med 1992b

file name: Berthold Akzidenz Grotesk Poster by Natasha Zraikat 2014

file name: Berthold Akzidenz Grotesk Poster by Natasha Zraikat 2014b

file name: Berthold Akzidenz Grotesk Poster by Natasha Zraikat 2014c

file name: H Berthold Akzidenz Grotesk 1898 Poster by Lochlainn Kane 2018

file name: Berthold Akzidenz Grotesk Cond 2007

file name: Berthold Akzidenz Grotesk Next Black 2007

file name: Berthold Akzidenz Grotesk Next Cond 2007b

file name: Berthold Akzidenz Grotesk Next Cond Extra Bold 2007

file name: Berthold Akzidenz Grotesk Next Med 2007

file name: Berthold Akzidenz Grotesk Poster by Andrea Canelo 2016

file name: Hoefler H T F Didot 1991 Poster by Tony Mungiguerra

file name: Hoefler H T F Didot 1991

file name: Hoefler H T F Didot 1991b

file name: Hoefler H T F Didot 1991c

file name: Tobias Frere Jones Interstate Cond Bold 1993

file name: Tobias Frere Jones Interstate 1993

file name: Tobias Frere Jones Interstate Ultra Black Compressed 1993b

file name: Tobias Frere Jones Interstate Hairline 1993

file name: Zuzana Licko Mrs Eaves 2002

file name: Zuzana Licko Mrs Eaves Bold 2002

file name: Zuzana Licko Mrs Eaves Caps 2002

file name: Otl Aicher Rotis Semi Sans 1989

file name: Otl Aicher Rotis Semi Sans 1989b

file name: Otl Aicher Rotis Semi Sans Std Light 1989

file name: Otl Aicher Rotis Semi Serif 1988

file name: Otl Aicher Rotis Serif 1988

file name: Otl Aicher Rotis Serif 1988b

file name: Otl Aicher Rotis Serif 1988c

file name: Otl Aicher Rotis Serif Std65 Bold 1988

file name: Robert Slimbach Poetica 1992

file name: Robert Slimbach Poetica 1992b

file name: Robert Slimbach Poetica 1992c

file name: Matthew Carter Cyrus Highsmith Tobias Frere Jones Font Bureau Miller 1997

file name: Matthew Carter Cyrus Highsmith Tobias Frere Jones Font Bureau Miller 1997b

file name: Adobe Garamond Pro

file name: Robert Slimbach Adobe Garamond 1989 2001

file name: Robert Slimbach Adobe Garamond 1989 2001b

file name: Robert Slimbach Adobe Garamond Poster by Eva Antoinette 2015

file name: Robert Slimbach Adobe Garamond Poster by Eva Antoinette 2015b

file name: Robert Slimbach Adobe Garamond 1989 2001d

file name: Robert Slimbach Adobe Garamond Bold 1989 2001

file name: Robert Slimbach Kepler 1996

file name: Robert Slimbach Kepler Semibold 1996

file name: Robert Slimbach Kepler Semibold 1996b

file name: Robert Slimbach Kepler Semibold 1996c

file name: Peter Matthias Noordzij Caecilia Etext Bold 2013

file name: Peter Matthias Noordzij Caecilia 2

file name: Peter Matthias Noordzij Caecilia

file name: Peter Matthias Noordzij P M N Caecilia 1991

file name: Adobe Caslon Pro

file name: Adobe Caslon Pro Poster by Rebecca Rapp 2017

file name: Adobe Caslon a

file name: Adobe Caslon Pro Poster by Abilash Lobo

file name: Jan Tschichold Sabon M T 1966

file name: Stempel Garamond 1925 1936 Stempel Garamond 1925 1936

file name: Stempel Garamond 1925 1936 Stempel Garamond Bold 1925 1936

file name: Stempel Garamond 1925 1936 Stempel Garamond Italic O S F 1925 1936

file name: Tobias Frere Jones Jesse M Ragan Gotham 2003 01

file name: Tobias Frere Jones Jesse M Ragan Gotham 2003 02

file name: Tobias Frere Jones Jesse M Ragan Gotham 2003 03

file name: Tobias Frere Jones Jesse M Ragan Gotham 2003 04

file name: Tobias Frere Jones Jesse M Ragan Gotham 2003 05

file name: Tobias Frere Jones Jesse M Ragan Gotham 2003 06 B

file name: Tobias Frere Jones Jesse M Ragan Gotham 2003 07

file name: Tobias Frere Jones Jesse M Ragan Gotham 2003 08

file name: Tobias Frere Jones Jesse M Ragan Gotham 2003 09

file name: Tobias Frere Jones Jesse M Ragan Gotham 2003 12

file name: Tobias Frere Jones Jesse M Ragan Gotham 2003 14

file name: Tobias Frere Jones Jesse M Ragan Gotham 2003 15

file name: Tobias Frere Jones Jesse M Ragan Gotham 2003 16

file name: Tobias Frere Jones Jesse M Ragan Gotham 2003 17

file name: Albert Jan Pool F F D I N Poster by Grace Boyle 2014

file name: Albert Jan Pool F F D I N Poster by Grace Boyle 2014b

file name: Gerard Unger Swift L T 1985

file name: Gerard Unger Swift L T 1985 Poster by Elena Palafox 2016

file name: Peter Matthias Noordzij P M N Caecilia 1990

file name: Hoefler Gotham Black 2003

file name: Zuzana Licko Filosofia

file name: I T C Officina Sans

file name: Emigre Filosofia Grand Bold

file name: Linotype Trade Gothic

file name: J F Porchez Sabon Next 2006d

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