Futura is often mistaken as the first geometric sans-serif font.
Origins: Frankfurt, 1927 at the Bauer Type Foundry. No list of fonts could be complete without it. It’s high legibility makes it great for copy. Included in every version of Microsoft since 1992. Often called “the font of least resistance”. Morison assisted in-house designer Lardent to create this font that would come to be highly read for copy worldwide.Ĭlaims to fame: Your college paper. Commissioned by British newspaper The Times after typeface designer Stanley Morison criticized the paper for their poor readability. After his death, his typesetting works were combined to create the font we now commonly know as Bodoni.Ĭlaims to fame: One of the older typefaces still in use as a font today. In his time he held the title “designer to the kings and king of designers”. These dukes were enamored of his work and encouraged him to start a printing press at the palace in Parma. Bodini was hired as the official typesetter for a number of Italian dukes. It is intended to fill a need for a neutral font that would work well for signage.Ĭlaims to fame: Often considered the world’s most-seen font. Miedinger took up type design and created Helvetica with Hoffman 30 years later. Miedinger originally wanted to be a painter, but his father told him that he needed to focus on a more practical occupation. Origins: Switzerland, 1957, at the Haas type foundry. Helveticaĭesigned by: Max Miedinger and Edouard Hoffman
See how some of these famous fonts came to be and the designers who took the bold steps to create what would go on to change our visual world. Each of these fonts you see comes with a story, a creator, a history and a fan base.
When you become a designer, these serifs and line weights begin to pop out and you start to recognize them in the landscape. The world’s most famous fonts are just about everywhere.
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