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Helvetica, or Times New Roman. Or any of their relatives or clones. Modeled on fonts that were modeled on fonts that were, originally, modeled (for lower case
by retrac 3y ago
Helvetica, or Times New Roman. Or any of their relatives or clones. Modeled on fonts that were modeled on fonts that were, originally, modeled (for lower case) on Renaissance Italian scribal forms, and (for upper case) Roman monumental inscriptions. Typefaces are incredibly conservative, really: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/21/Trajan_inscription_duotone.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/21/Trajan_inscri...
- jamesliudotcc 3y agoTimes New Roman is less than 150 years old, Helvetica less than 100. Despite their ubiquity due to being the default fonts on personal computers, they aren't super common in publishing or signage. They're actually kind of special purpose typefaces. Times is specifically designed packing narrow columns, like newspapers, and Helvetica is for ... I dunno what, documentary filmmakers? (The documentary was great). As another commenter has said, Garamond has been around for many more centuries.