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German FontShop-sponsored site listing the hundred best fonts of all times, compiled by a jury in 2007. There is a lot of good information about each of the fonts mentioned. PDF file compiled by the jury: Stephen Coles, Jan Middendorp, Veronika Elsner, Roger Black, Ralf Herrmann, Claudia Guminski (FontShop) and Bernard Schmidt-Friderichs. Visualization of the list. The list:

(1) Helvetica
Garamond
Frutiger
Bodoni
Futura
Times
Akzidenz Grotesk
Officina
Gill Sans
Univers
(11) Optima
Franklin Gothic
Bembo
Interstate (1993, Tobias Frere-Jones)
Thesis
Rockwell
Walbaum
Meta
Trinité
DIN
(21) Matrix
OCR A und B
Avant Garde
Lucida
Sabon
Zapfino
Letter Gothic
Stone
Arnhem
Minion

(31) Myriad
Rotis
Eurostile
Scala
Syntax
Joanna
Fleischmann
Palatino
Baskerville
Fedra
(41) Gotham
Lexicon
Hands
Metro
Didot
Formata
Caslon
Cooper Black
Peignot
Bell Gothic
(51) Antique Olive
Wilhelm Klingspor Gotisch
Info
Dax
Proforma
Today Sans
Prokyon
Trade Gothic
Swift
Copperplate Gothic

(61) Blur
Base
Bell Centennial
News Gothic
Avenir
Bernhard Modern
Amplitude
Trixie
Quadraat
Neutraface
(71) Nobel
Industria, Insignia, Arcadia
Bickham Script
Bank Gothic
Corporate ASE
Fago
Trajan
Kabel
House Gothic 23
Kosmik
(81) Caecilia
Mrs Eaves
Corpid
Miller
Souvenir
Instant Types
Clarendon
Triplex
Benguiat
Zapf Renaissance

(91) Filosofia
Chalet
Quay Sans
Cézanne
Reporter
Legacy
Agenda
Bello
Dalliance
Mistral

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Credit for some images below: Danielle West.

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Choice of fonts ⦿ Avant Garde typefaces ⦿ Modern style [Bodoni, Didot, Walbaum, Thorowgood, Computer Modern, etc.] ⦿ Copperplate ⦿ DIN ⦿ Typefaces inspired by the Trajan column in Rome ⦿ Cooper Black ⦿ Garalde or Garamond typefaces ⦿ Akzidenz Grotesk ⦿ Caslon ⦿ Clarendon ⦿ Baskerville ⦿ Eric Gill and his typefaces ⦿ Bembo ⦿

file name: Morris Fuller Benton Franklin Gothic 1902 Poster by Camila H Perez 2014

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

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

file name: Morris Fuller Benton Franklin Gothic 1902 Poster by Zekai Saltoglu 2016

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: Linotype Trade Gothic

file name: Christian Schwartz Amplitude 2002 Poster by Maria Paz Carvajal 2015

file name: Christian Schwartz Amplitude 2002 Poster by Maria Paz Carvajal 2015b

file name: Monotype Gill Sans W G L 1990 1998

file name: Eric Gill Gill Sans 1929 Poster by Jane Chang 2015

file name: H Berthold Akzidenz Grotesk 1896 Poster by Danielle West 2014

file name: H Berthold Akzidenz Grotesk 1896 Poster by Danielle West 2014b

file name: Bitstream News Gothic B T

file name: Richard Lipton Bickham Script 1997

file name: Richard Lipton Bickham Script 1997 Poster by Fernanda D Andrea 2013 e

file name: Richard Lipton Bickham Script 1997 Poster by Fernanda D Andrea 2013

file name: Richard Lipton Bickham Script 1997 Poster by Fernanda D Andrea 2013b

file name: Richard Lipton Bickham Script 1997 Poster by Stephen Coles 2013

file name: Linotype Bickham Script 2011

file name: House Industries Neutraface Display 2021

file name: House Industries Neutraface Display 2021 1

file name: House Industries Neutraface Display 2021 4

file name: House Industries Neutraface Display 2021 5

file name: House Industries Neutraface Text 2021

file name: House Industries Neutraface Text 2021 1

file name: House Industries Neutraface Text 2021 4

file name: Adrian Frutiger Avenir 1988 Poster by Vanessa Venegas 2017

file name: Adrian Frutiger Avenir 1988 Poster by Vanessa Venegas 2017b

file name: Adrian Frutiger Avenir 1988 Poster by Vanessa Venegas 2017c

file name: Adrian Frutiger Avenir 1988

file name: Adrian Frutiger Avenir 1988 Poster by Martin Lindner 2017

file name: Adrian Frutiger Avenir 1988b

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: William Addison Dwiggins Metro 1929 Poster by Priscilla Vozella 2014

file name: Erik Van Blokland Trixie 1991 Poster By Sol Kazin 2014

file name: Chauncey Griffith Bell Centennial Address 1937 Bitstream Version 1978

file name: Chauncey Griffith Bell Centennial Bold Listing 1937 Bitstream Version 1978

file name: Matthew Carter Bell Centennial Sub Caption 1978

file name: Aldo Novarese Eurostile 1962 Poster by Sam Vogenauer 2014

file name: Zuzana Licko Filosofia

file name: Emigre Filosofia Grand Bold

file name: Zuzana Licko Triplex 1990 Poster by May Arguello 2014

file name: Zuzana Licko Triplex 1990 Poster by Amanda Nogueira 2015

file name: Tobias Frere Jones Interstate Cond Bold 1993

file name: Tobias Frere Jones Interstate 1993

file name: Tobias Frere Jones Interstate Hairline 1993

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

file name: David Quay I T C Quay Sans 1990

file name: David Quay I T C Quay Sans Black 1990

file name: Neville Brody Insignia 1990 Poster by Rosalie 2014

file name: Neville Brody Insignia 1990 Poster by Rosalie 2014b

file name: Eric Gill Joanna 1931 Poster by Camille Allen 2014

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 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: Hoefler Gotham Black 2003

file name: Tobias Frere Jones Nobel Black 1993 after Sjoerd Hendrik De Roos

file name: Tobias Frere Jones Nobel Book 1993 after Sjoerd Hendrik De Roos

file name: Tobias Frere Jones Nobel Cond Bold 1993 after Sjoerd Hendrik De Roos

file name: Tobias Frere Jones Nobel Cond Book 1993 after Sjoerd Hendrik De Roos

file name: Tobias Frere Jones Nobel Extra Light 1993 after Sjoerd Hendrik De Roos

file name: Frank Hinman Pierpont Rockwell Std Bold 1934 Monotype Version

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

file name: Petr Van Blokland Proforma 1988

file name: Stempel Antique Olive

file name: Gerard Unger Swift L T 1985

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

file name: Zuzana Licko Mrs Eaves 1996 Poster by Craig Johnston 2015

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: Wilhelm Klingspor Schrift

file name: Jan Tschichold Sabon M T 1966

file name: Jan Tschichold Sabon 1964 1967 Poster by Pamela Cruz 2017

file name: Jan Tschichold Sabon 1964d

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