Personally I don't believe there are any bad fonts by default. Depending on functionality, aesthetics, audience, medium, reason or intention e.t.c, every font fits a particular case. Some might fit well for a majority of daily purposes and some might not. In as much as there are standing rules for good prints, signage, screen e. t. c a good or bad font ends up been a function of purpose and choice. I like your choices though and Thanks for introducing some new fonts I don't use but will definitely try. Cheers.
@@kamilaantezana6374 I've been in goth ands and there are some fonts that are naturally curly or curvy that are perfectly acceptable for band logos or album titles, etc. I think the one thing weighing Curlz down is how said curlz are implemented. They are very basic and boring and repetitive, and take no chances. Not very stylistic. Just like the same thing over and over and over. I do like some things that are based on hand done lettering from albums by the Cure, but they are of course based on hand-drawn lettering so they have more individuality by nature than these do.
I have a love-hate relationship with this font. My CEO uses Comic Sans for his email - I am sure it is not by accident or done on a whim. It is especially funny because he is a powerful orator and has super communication skills.
Stephen Bloom That’s implicit in any discussion of design-that it’s subjective. Shouldn’t be necessary to state it. You’ve got to bring your own ‘processing’ when you take in ‘information.’
I actually do like your choice of typefaces a lot, however I dislike the totalitarian character of the statements "must use" as well as "stay away from". Form follows function - you do not pick a typeface to use in a design because it's pretty and fits the layout, but because it supports the goal and function of the layout, and you choose each time anew - and, in that regard, even Comic Sans can have its purpose. To generally rule out or count in a typeface one must or mustn't use is not good design. As I said, I do love your choice of 'good' typefaces though, and I like how you introduce them and give additional infos as well
Well, he is just offering his opinion. It will be a challenge for designers to use bad typefaces and make it look good! Usually it is the context in which they are used.
*Alexandra* *Gregor* It's called an "opinion". And condemning him as *"Totalitarian"* like it's a declaration, is about as dictatorial as it gets !!! _(And you _*_truly_*_ _*_need_*_ a nose job! ...how about that!)_
I recall hearing "to avoid or use with care" being used to describe generally "bad" things. It makes no mistake in saying these are bad, but acknowledges the user's own judgement may differ for the particular situation.
I have used comic sans for a logo design before and it seemed nice, I love this exposure to fonts to use and the ones not to use but I don't think comic sans should be among fonts not to use. Thanks Satori for all these beautiful lessons and exposures.
I am creating logos for different companies and one of the most versatile fonts that I use is Maverix font. very simple, proportional and timeless font.
My list of best fonts are 1. Museo Sans 2. Open Sans 3. Clarika 4. Lato 5. Raleway 6. Roboto 7. Didot 8. Caviar Dreams 9. Adam Pro CG 10. Gotham Pro 11. Bebas Neue
haha that is hilarious! You have been made 'font aware'! I don't understand why people go for Comic Sans, even people who are not designers.. it baffles me
@@SatoriGraphics i think its because its a standard Microsoft font that cones with the OS preinstalled, as a lot of these you mentioned, and the designers are either too lazy and or dont know where to get others. Microsoft have made terrible fonts.
Triple Condensed Gothic is actually an excellent typeface, that can serve many purposes when coupled with another typeface. Design is all about contrast, typography is no different.
Pretty good list! As a graphic designer of 38 years, I've only ONCE found a use for Blackoak (some kitsch cowboy party night thing), but I've been using Rockwell, Sabon & Din since the 80's. Bebas Neue and Knockout were the only ones I wasn't familiar with, so thanks for that! I have no argument with your "bad" fonts but surely it wouldn't have been difficult to come up with a 10th. Brush Script, perhaps?
It was a matter of time, this video took me way too long to make believe it or not, and when I realised I only had 9 fonts, I didn't want to go back and re-edit in another one. Thanks for the feedback though Derek
Helvetica didn't make the cut, but glad to see Futura still lives on. I used Courier New and Impact in the 90's. It was good for that time period. The kerning on "1451' though.
Personally, I like Courier New. But maybe that's only because I did some designs related to coding. I think it's just not that bad, although obviously there are nicer typewriter-style font alternatives.
lol I HATE coding so much, but the font for design purposes, is not liked that much in the community. But a lot of these choices are personal opinion of course
In my opinion the goodness or badness of a font shows just in the way it is employed in a defined communicative situation. This implies that there actually might not be no such a thing as ”the good font“ or ”the bad font“ - but I’ve got to admit that there certainly are fonts which make it very hard to do some really good design with...
I hsve been viewing all of yout videos since discovering your channel (love them, by the way). I agree with your selection. I am surprised, however, that Helvetica did not make your list of must haves. True, it may be overused but often with good reason, it just works. Aileron is also interesting. I never quite looked at it from your perspective. There are subtle likenesses from other fonts such as Raleway. The letter "L" for example has that same curvature at the bottom of the stroke but others resemble Helvetica. I'll see about using it in some of my designs.
Free download links for all the good fonts as mentioned: Rockwell(0:39): www.wfonts.com/font/rockwell Akzidenz Grotesk(1:04): www.downloadfonts.io/downloads/akzidenz-grotesk-font/ DIN 1451(1:32) : www.1001fonts.com/din-1451-fette-breitschrift-1936-font.html Alte DIN 1451 Mittelschrift: www.1001fonts.com/alte-din-1451-mittelschrift-font.html DIN 1451 Engschrift: fontsgeek.com/fonts/DIN-1451-Std-Engschrift Sabon(2:02): www.downloadfonts.io/sabon-font-family-free/ Garamond: www.wfonts.com/font/garamond Futura(2:24): www.wfonts.com/font/futura Bebas Neue(2:50): github.com/dharmatype/Bebas-Neue Knockout(3:09): profont.net/family/knockout.html Aileron(3:32): www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/aileron Lora(3:52): www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/lora Roboto: www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/roboto Brandon Grotesque(4:13): www.downloadfonts.io/downloads/brandon-grotesque-font/ All links are of free and legal downloads, many websites illegally charge fees for free fonts. In case of any dead links, faulty downloads or required payments, please notify me in the replies and I will update the link list accordingly. .
All the 'bad' fonts could be classed as 'over used' fonts, they've just been so common over the years cause they're mostly all free on any word type software. Your good fonts are amazing though! I love the Bauhaus style ones.
Agh! The font; Impact has been one of my favourites for years (used it about 5 times already this year) but from today I hate it! Thank you for another great video and for showing me things that I simply couldn't see before.
Class Graphics I think that Impact can still be useful. I love this channel, but sort of disagree that a font is “bad” because it totally depends on the application of the font-and that’s where you as the designer come in. I find it a pretty good option when I’m using for a more graphic application such as with a pattern fill or mask where I want the outline of the letters to be easily identifiable. I see what he means by the fact that the “bad” fonts might have connections to certain uses and/or been overused, but at the end of the day, fonts convey meaning and there might be appropriate times to keep using them :)
Yeah the font itself isn't actually that bad, it's quite a decent font in retrospect. It's just the label and 'image' that has been given to it in recent years. Many people will see a design with impact one, and in their minds subconsciously or not, they will have a different emotion or feeling given to them, simply because of stigma. Not everyone of course, just internet savvy people
lavieenlavande Now that I think about it, perhaps I was swayed a little too much by Tom's inclusion of it on his "bad" list and I agree that it is not so much the font itself but the application and environment in which it is used. Also, judging by Tom's follow-up comment, I think he has also slightly softened his position on it. I think it's good to have these design discussions from time to time and I very much appreciate your comments!
Yes typography can be quite a polarising subject, and quite rightly so. I keep emphasising how it can make or break a design, so it is very much important. The thing is, you need to consider your audience, and what the font and typeface says in a non verbal manner. I will be looking to go over this in more detail in a forthcoming video, on choosing fonts for your designs
Class Graphics cool! I’m glad Tom commented, too. I totally agree that audience and purpose play the biggest role in choosing typography. The font you choose has a huge impact (no pun intended) on the readability and how a piece feels. I think Tom had great choices for his top and bottom fonts in the list, but I just wanted to chime in that using a font isn’t bad if it’s the right one for the job so you shouldn’t feel bad about having used it in projects :)
satori: use these fonts that aren't installed on your computer by default me: let me select this font on my computer called cou- satori: no that's bad how about imp- satori: no stay away from that
I design racing car skins in videogames, and Impact is really practical for that. It doesnt really look like the meme font to me without the white and black colour scheme
I chose Bergell LET, but with a stylized dropped cap S for my band logo, and not 3 months later it seemed, it was in use at Target for signage. I was so pissed. Luckily they only used it for a few months and we outlived the signs haha.
My favorite font list is. 1. Helvetica 2. Gotham 3. Open sens 4. Lato 5. Calibri 6. Sabon 7. Futura 8. Aileron 9. Allura And some time 10. Trajan Pro 😂😂.
Ya, I was trying to use it for everything, and then realised the text was so hard to read because the lower cases have a really tiny bottom portion, they are good for decorative text, but not for reading
Great video, thanks! Great fonts! Downloaded the good ones. The IPadOS still have the Bradley Hand, Courier New and Papyrus...the Comic-ish is called Chalkboard, probably changed names for keeping us using it looolz.
Hello Mr Satori, I love this post! One of y main Design professors also loved Sabon (when I think I need beauty I always fall back on it). I can't wait for the chance to use DIN 1451 I never thought about it in the way you demonstrated. **Btw, a new Improved *Helvetica Now* has been released, but I'm kinda burnt out on Helvetica. I try to use fonts I've never used before so I am ecstatic about Aileron, will use. (I've used to Agency cuz I don't see anybody else use it. Thank You
Your choice of fonts is good but also very standard. And those absolute statements are just wrong. I love using Comic Sans just because everyone hates it. Even people with no design experience hate it because they are told to. The font is actually well made, it has a harmonic appearance in long texts and a good readability, and it works perfect in... comics. Courier New is a beautiful font if used cleverly. Why does everybody still choose Helvetica? It’s heavily overused and in most cases just a lazy choice. I could go on. But my point is - there is no recipe for choosing a font. I’d almost like to say there are no bad fonts just bad typography.
Funny enough Monotype corsiva used to be one of my best fonts till I watched this video. How can I unsee this 😭 Ps: I loved how blunt you were with your font reviews. It really helped a lot. Thanks
Your font videos are awesome! I totally nicked your "subscribe" watermark btw. I used Arial bold, and it took me a while to get everything centered. Yours looks better though :-)
Courier /Courier New used to the standard for programming IDEs, where you want a monospaced typeface. I also used it for ages, until I replaced it with Consolas. It was only then that I realized how horrible Courier really is 😊
There are no Bad Fonts. Just bad designers. A good typographer can read the character of a typeface and know how to leverage that character to help the content shine. Every font has it's correct usage, it just takes a discerning eye to decide when the time is right. For the 'bad' fonts, that time is almost never, but it doesn't make them bad.
@@benridler268 Algerian could be used as a drop cap in a book to evoke an fin de siecle frame of mind. Curlz could be used playfully in a n invitation to a child's party. Jokeman could be used in a retro 90s colour explosion. Easy. A good designer like a good craftsman, doesn't blame the tools, they know when and how to use them.
Sure, but still good. Especially if used in not-Americanadaustralinglandeustchland where it hasn't been used much. Heck, most people either use Calibri, Arial, Times New Roman, or Comic Sans (except in countries where the Latin script isn't used. In which case custom fonts are usually used...
I used to change with: Bradley Hand > Oregano Impact > Bebas Neue or Oswald Papyrus > Montserrat Courier New > Courier (original) or Source Code Pro or American Typewriter Curlz > Lobster or Blenda Script Comic Sans > Comic Neue or Tekton Monotype Corsiva > Alex Brush or Zapf Chancery Brush Script > Playball Mistral > Kaushan Script Blackoak > Alfa Slab One or Rockwell Extra Bold Arial > Helvetica Neue or Roboto or Akzidenz Grotesk Gill Sans > Proxima Nova or Myriad or Gotham Times New Roman > Minion or Adobe Caslon
fonts create different feels tho. It doesn't matter if its a "bad" or "good" font as long as it translate to the goal or vision of the designer and/or brand. like you dont use Curlz to a business or formal brand....You dont stay away from it, just use it wisely.
I really loved that Aileron Font😍😍. By the way I uses Bebas Neue and when it comes to bad I used to use Comic sans😅. Im gonna remove that now. Really great video to get new fonts.. Thank you so much Satori Bro. ☺️👌🏻
Amazing tutorials bro, I've checked out most of your videos and they are absolutely amazing and easy to understand. And with this video there is one thing I would really like to know, the whole 'negative' colours in the text(the blue and yellow) matching the yellow canvas, how did you manage to get that done, because I once tried it before and ended up with something else.
I was going to say... It's primarily used for albums (Monk and Backstreet famously used the font and those colors for their albums), but the legibility is fine. I'd strike this one from the list
Totally agree about the legibility. I found myself having to look each letter up and down to figure out what it was. That said, in fairly large print applications, with very strong contrast, I’ve seen it look beautiful and surprisingly legible (I think the designer of the example I’m thinking of edited the type a bit or did something with the tracking or kerning though)
Your choice of good fonts are unique. Have you considered Avenir Next? FF tisa, Roboto, PT Sans, Skolar and Skolar sans? And there's a sans that is widely popular now I can't even remember it's name. Typewolf's #1 item on his chart.
Thank you for this video, It’s very helpful. I just read the comments and may be can you let us know your 25 preferred fonts! I know how long time it’s take to make a video. Thanks again!
I’m a graphic design student, I’ve been watching a lot of your videos recently and they teach me better than my teachers do
haha! I know the feeling, college didn't help me all that much either...
I hope you keep learning
same here
Yea college was pretty useless
Same here 😩
Same here😅
Personally I don't believe there are any bad fonts by default. Depending on functionality, aesthetics, audience, medium, reason or intention e.t.c, every font fits a particular case. Some might fit well for a majority of daily purposes and some might not. In as much as there are standing rules for good prints, signage, screen e. t. c a good or bad font ends up been a function of purpose and choice. I like your choices though and
Thanks for introducing some new fonts I don't use but will definitely try. Cheers.
BARWA Peter While Papyrus exists, I’d have to disagree
I agree. Comic sans would look cool in a wacky artistic poster not taking itself seriously. I even stand with Curlz and Papyrus.
Except for comic sans and curlz, they are a failure, however check the new version of comic sans, comic neue, it looks less wonky
@@kamilaantezana6374 I've been in goth ands and there are some fonts that are naturally curly or curvy that are perfectly acceptable for band logos or album titles, etc. I think the one thing weighing Curlz down is how said curlz are implemented. They are very basic and boring and repetitive, and take no chances. Not very stylistic. Just like the same thing over and over and over. I do like some things that are based on hand done lettering from albums by the Cure, but they are of course based on hand-drawn lettering so they have more individuality by nature than these do.
Comic Sans is perfect for sarcasm situations.
So it does have a purpose!
There's a new and better version of font family:comic called comic neue.
www.comicneue.com
@@SatoriGraphics comic sans is used in the greatest inspirational video ever, it's called "motivational lizard"
*Megalovania plays in the background*
I have a love-hate relationship with this font.
My CEO uses Comic Sans for his email - I am sure it is not by accident or done on a whim. It is especially funny because he is a powerful orator and has super communication skills.
I'm a Graphic Design student in Argentina and you're saving my career with your tutorials, thank you!!!!!
Really glad to hear that bro!
All fonts are listed above in the description! Have a great day everyone 👌
Can you upload a zip file for all these fonts family?
Sorry I can't do that because some of them require a paid licence. Just google search every font and you should find download locations
MUST is a presumptuous personal opinion especially in design. jus sayin
Stephen Bloom That’s implicit in any discussion of design-that it’s subjective. Shouldn’t be necessary to state it. You’ve got to bring your own ‘processing’ when you take in ‘information.’
Saiyan*
I actually do like your choice of typefaces a lot, however I dislike the totalitarian character of the statements "must use" as well as "stay away from".
Form follows function - you do not pick a typeface to use in a design because it's pretty and fits the layout, but because it supports the goal and function of the layout, and you choose each time anew - and, in that regard, even Comic Sans can have its purpose. To generally rule out or count in a typeface one must or mustn't use is not good design.
As I said, I do love your choice of 'good' typefaces though, and I like how you introduce them and give additional infos as well
These sensationalist youtubers...
Well, he is just offering his opinion. It will be a challenge for designers to use bad typefaces and make it look good! Usually it is the context in which they are used.
*Alexandra* *Gregor*
It's called an "opinion". And condemning him as *"Totalitarian"* like it's a declaration, is about as dictatorial as it gets !!!
_(And you _*_truly_*_ _*_need_*_ a nose job! ...how about that!)_
Agree. The reasons why these fonts are "good" or "bad" are quite random and repetitive too.
I recall hearing "to avoid or use with care" being used to describe generally "bad" things. It makes no mistake in saying these are bad, but acknowledges the user's own judgement may differ for the particular situation.
I have used comic sans for a logo design before and it seemed nice, I love this exposure to fonts to use and the ones not to use but I don't think comic sans should be among fonts not to use. Thanks Satori for all these beautiful lessons and exposures.
"neue" (German for "new") is pronounced as "noye", with a "y"-sound.
Neun
Like Manuel Neuer! =D
Hey! Impact is my favorite. It's not bad when used correctly.
You must be a memer?
As I was a primary school student in the 1994-1999, I used impact for headings in all my assignments!
I am creating logos for different companies and one of the most versatile fonts that I use is Maverix font.
very simple, proportional and timeless font.
Good call there with the font choices, thanks for the feedback :D
i love the font Century Gothic, but i love the 10 fonts u show in this video :DD
I love Century Gothic too; however, I really, really dislike the silly “question mark”! Otherwise, it’s great.
My list of best fonts are
1. Museo Sans
2. Open Sans
3. Clarika
4. Lato
5. Raleway
6. Roboto
7. Didot
8. Caviar Dreams
9. Adam Pro CG
10. Gotham Pro
11. Bebas Neue
Right after watching this video, on the way going to work I counted at least 6 shops using comic sans font for their logo design :D Almost infuriating
haha that is hilarious! You have been made 'font aware'!
I don't understand why people go for Comic Sans, even people who are not designers.. it baffles me
Wow, that's terrible
@@SatoriGraphics i think its because its a standard Microsoft font that cones with the OS preinstalled, as a lot of these you mentioned, and the designers are either too lazy and or dont know where to get others. Microsoft have made terrible fonts.
I love Aileron, thank you for introducing it to me.
I liked it when I saw it here. But it's not in my Microsoft Office on default =(
Triple Condensed Gothic is actually an excellent typeface, that can serve many purposes when coupled with another typeface. Design is all about contrast, typography is no different.
Had almost forgotten about Sabon and Aleiron and how calm and useful they are. Thanks for reminding me.
No probs man, have a great weekend
Pretty good list! As a graphic designer of 38 years, I've only ONCE found a use for Blackoak (some kitsch cowboy party night thing), but I've been using Rockwell, Sabon & Din since the 80's. Bebas Neue and Knockout were the only ones I wasn't familiar with, so thanks for that! I have no argument with your "bad" fonts but surely it wouldn't have been difficult to come up with a 10th. Brush Script, perhaps?
It was a matter of time, this video took me way too long to make believe it or not, and when I realised I only had 9 fonts, I didn't want to go back and re-edit in another one.
Thanks for the feedback though Derek
To give the bad typefaces some light, you did give some examples of good-usage
I was strapped for time, this video took around 2 days to make
Helvetica didn't make the cut, but glad to see Futura still lives on. I used Courier New and Impact in the 90's. It was good for that time period. The kerning on "1451' though.
Good fonts
Rockwell-header
Akzidenz grotesk
DIN1451
Sabin-heading and main
Futura
Bebas neue
Knockout
Aileron
Lora -cursive serif
Brandon grotesque
I almost cry when I see that Bad Boy Red Velvet using the bad font. Why I don't relize this whole time.
5:20 peep red velvet lol
lol :P
Haven't seen half of the "good" ones but I'm glad I've been introduced to them!
Blackoak.. Very frustrating font..
You are absolutely correct.
It's crazy how it has become a font, it may even be someone trolling the design world
Bebas Neue and Brandon Grotesque are my absolute favs, and I'd add Roboto in as well because I absolutely love these three and probably overuse them.
Great video and thanks for the history and revelation of some fonts.
The relaxing music and your voice made my headache go away. Thanks. ❤
ITC Souvenir is a must have for me.
Thanks man
Personally, I like Courier New. But maybe that's only because I did some designs related to coding. I think it's just not that bad, although obviously there are nicer typewriter-style font alternatives.
lol I HATE coding so much, but the font for design purposes, is not liked that much in the community. But a lot of these choices are personal opinion of course
Now is courier prime
I really like your choices. It would be great to have objective arguments for the 9 not to use. Thanks
In my opinion the goodness or badness of a font shows just in the way it is employed in a defined communicative situation. This implies that there actually might not be no such a thing as ”the good font“ or ”the bad font“ - but I’ve got to admit that there certainly are fonts which make it very hard to do some really good design with...
I hsve been viewing all of yout videos since discovering your channel (love them, by the way). I agree with your selection. I am surprised, however, that Helvetica did not make your list of must haves. True, it may be overused but often with good reason, it just works. Aileron is also interesting. I never quite looked at it from your perspective. There are subtle likenesses from other fonts such as Raleway. The letter "L" for example has that same curvature at the bottom of the stroke but others resemble Helvetica. I'll see about using it in some of my designs.
Free download links for all the good fonts as mentioned:
Rockwell(0:39): www.wfonts.com/font/rockwell
Akzidenz Grotesk(1:04): www.downloadfonts.io/downloads/akzidenz-grotesk-font/
DIN 1451(1:32) : www.1001fonts.com/din-1451-fette-breitschrift-1936-font.html
Alte DIN 1451 Mittelschrift: www.1001fonts.com/alte-din-1451-mittelschrift-font.html
DIN 1451 Engschrift: fontsgeek.com/fonts/DIN-1451-Std-Engschrift
Sabon(2:02): www.downloadfonts.io/sabon-font-family-free/
Garamond: www.wfonts.com/font/garamond
Futura(2:24): www.wfonts.com/font/futura
Bebas Neue(2:50): github.com/dharmatype/Bebas-Neue
Knockout(3:09): profont.net/family/knockout.html
Aileron(3:32): www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/aileron
Lora(3:52): www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/lora
Roboto: www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/roboto
Brandon Grotesque(4:13): www.downloadfonts.io/downloads/brandon-grotesque-font/
All links are of free and legal downloads, many websites illegally charge fees for free fonts. In case of any dead links, faulty downloads or required payments, please notify me in the replies and I will update the link list accordingly.
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Thank you
@@momarfaruque8002 Happy to help! 😄
@@rockcliff1930 😁
Brilliant commentary and ideas! This really made my night.
hey thanks Emily, have a positive day
Solid video! I am bummed to see courier new on the bad listbut understand where you are coming from
I would really recommend Product Sans to any designer.
Google's font?
All the 'bad' fonts could be classed as 'over used' fonts, they've just been so common over the years cause they're mostly all free on any word type software.
Your good fonts are amazing though! I love the Bauhaus style ones.
Thank you so much for this wonderful video , I really loved it. One of my favorite is 'BEBAS NEUE' it's professional and clean.
For sure, Bebas and Antonio are 2 of my favourite tall sans serif fonts. Enjoy your Sunday :)
@@SatoriGraphics Yes, thank you for your reply.Really Appriciated.Have a nice day...
I always look forward to your content. Nice videos
That's awesome man, thanks a lot :)
Agh! The font; Impact has been one of my favourites for years (used it about 5 times already this year) but from today I hate it! Thank you for another great video and for showing me things that I simply couldn't see before.
Class Graphics I think that Impact can still be useful. I love this channel, but sort of disagree that a font is “bad” because it totally depends on the application of the font-and that’s where you as the designer come in. I find it a pretty good option when I’m using for a more graphic application such as with a pattern fill or mask where I want the outline of the letters to be easily identifiable. I see what he means by the fact that the “bad” fonts might have connections to certain uses and/or been overused, but at the end of the day, fonts convey meaning and there might be appropriate times to keep using them :)
Yeah the font itself isn't actually that bad, it's quite a decent font in retrospect. It's just the label and 'image' that has been given to it in recent years. Many people will see a design with impact one, and in their minds subconsciously or not, they will have a different emotion or feeling given to them, simply because of stigma. Not everyone of course, just internet savvy people
lavieenlavande Now that I think about it, perhaps I was swayed a little too much by Tom's inclusion of it on his "bad" list and I agree that it is not so much the font itself but the application and environment in which it is used. Also, judging by Tom's follow-up comment, I think he has also slightly softened his position on it.
I think it's good to have these design discussions from time to time and I very much appreciate your comments!
Yes typography can be quite a polarising subject, and quite rightly so. I keep emphasising how it can make or break a design, so it is very much important.
The thing is, you need to consider your audience, and what the font and typeface says in a non verbal manner. I will be looking to go over this in more detail in a forthcoming video, on choosing fonts for your designs
Class Graphics cool! I’m glad Tom commented, too. I totally agree that audience and purpose play the biggest role in choosing typography. The font you choose has a huge impact (no pun intended) on the readability and how a piece feels. I think Tom had great choices for his top and bottom fonts in the list, but I just wanted to chime in that using a font isn’t bad if it’s the right one for the job so you shouldn’t feel bad about having used it in projects :)
some Fonts work good for web related design and some others good on print designs like - Poster or T-shirt. By the way thanks for the sharing !!
i usually go with brandon grotesque or cera compact. I still use courier and impact frequently.
my go-to font is Montserrat. Just all around great font
Thank you for the video, your each video is fantastic
satori: use these fonts that aren't installed on your computer by default
me: let me select this font on my computer called cou-
satori: no that's bad
how about imp-
satori: no stay away from that
XD
In his defense several of these are free like beer, have to disagree with Impact though, pairs nicely with Mistral.
i'd tell my supervisor not to use Impact anymore lol.
we often use Futura though and i'm gonna get those fonts you mentioned. thank you!
haha thanks for the comment, I'm always happy to hep Lara
I really love the futura!
Looks nice! Love your piece.
I design racing car skins in videogames, and Impact is really practical for that. It doesnt really look like the meme font to me without the white and black colour scheme
I chose Bergell LET, but with a stylized dropped cap S for my band logo, and not 3 months later it seemed, it was in use at Target for signage. I was so pissed. Luckily they only used it for a few months and we outlived the signs haha.
Do check Montserrat too. Great font.
Yay so glad I generally use the first 8 of the good fonts 🙃
That is a good sign for you lol, have a great weekend!
My favorite font list is.
1. Helvetica
2. Gotham
3. Open sens
4. Lato
5. Calibri
6. Sabon
7. Futura
8. Aileron
9. Allura
And some time
10. Trajan Pro 😂😂.
1. Rockwell
2. Akzidenz Grotesk
3. Din 1251
4. Sabon
5. Futura
6. Bebas Neue
7. Knockout
8. Aileron
9. Lora
10. Brandon Grotesque
Im a bigfan of bebas neue font. To me the character is so strong in this one
Brandon Grotesque is such an amazing font. However, the lower case is hard to read when used as the font of a paragraph.
Yeah it can be tricky in that sense, that's for sure.
Ya, I was trying to use it for everything, and then realised the text was so hard to read because the lower cases have a really tiny bottom portion, they are good for decorative text, but not for reading
Great wee selection there, another well informed vid.
Cheers
Great video, thanks! Great fonts! Downloaded the good ones. The IPadOS still have the Bradley Hand, Courier New and Papyrus...the Comic-ish is called Chalkboard, probably changed names for keeping us using it looolz.
Ok, among the good ones I knew only one of them 😅 Mayne that'll help not struggle as much as I did with choosing fonts.
Hello Mr Satori, I love this post! One of y main Design professors also loved Sabon (when I think I need beauty I always fall back on it). I can't wait for the chance to use DIN 1451 I never thought about it in the way you demonstrated. **Btw, a new Improved *Helvetica Now* has been released, but I'm kinda burnt out on Helvetica. I try to use fonts I've never used before so I am ecstatic about Aileron, will use. (I've used to Agency cuz I don't see anybody else use it. Thank You
Your choice of fonts is good but also very standard. And those absolute statements are just wrong. I love using Comic Sans just because everyone hates it. Even people with no design experience hate it because they are told to. The font is actually well made, it has a harmonic appearance in long texts and a good readability, and it works perfect in... comics.
Courier New is a beautiful font if used cleverly.
Why does everybody still choose Helvetica? It’s heavily overused and in most cases just a lazy choice.
I could go on. But my point is - there is no recipe for choosing a font. I’d almost like to say there are no bad fonts just bad typography.
I’m so proud of myself that I’m using the right fonts! Whoohooo
haha yeah that is always a good sign Alicia! 👍
Funny enough Monotype corsiva used to be one of my best fonts till I watched this video. How can I unsee this 😭
Ps: I loved how blunt you were with your font reviews. It really helped a lot.
Thanks
It might have a use lol.. but hey thanks for the comment Esther
Your font videos are awesome! I totally nicked your "subscribe" watermark btw. I used Arial bold, and it took me a while to get everything centered. Yours looks better though :-)
As always, great content yet again! Thank you for your videos. So helpful!!!
what do you mean courier is a bad font
This font is good for scripts
Courier /Courier New used to the standard for programming IDEs, where you want a monospaced typeface. I also used it for ages, until I replaced it with Consolas. It was only then that I realized how horrible Courier really is 😊
I think Roboto is a good one too
Nice video ♥
Yeah that one is pretty solid. I would have liked to make a list of 25 fonts ideally, but had little time!
Satori Graphics make a part two! :D This topic is aways interesting
Thank you, thank you, thank you for this video. The first set of good fonts most are in my "to use" list. As always, have a great day.
Yeah it's all about learning and having more tools and resources for designing. Have a great Friday Sir
Comic sans and Papyrus in 1 video! This guy really hates undertale, huh?
Ok no, good video!
thanks for type separately bad or good font in your description
There are no Bad Fonts.
Just bad designers.
A good typographer can read the character of a typeface and know how to leverage that character to help the content shine.
Every font has it's correct usage, it just takes a discerning eye to decide when the time is right. For the 'bad' fonts, that time is almost never, but it doesn't make them bad.
Glenn Toddun I challenge you to design something good using Algerian or Curlz. Better yet, use joker!
@@benridler268 Algerian could be used as a drop cap in a book to evoke an fin de siecle frame of mind. Curlz could be used playfully in a n invitation to a child's party. Jokeman could be used in a retro 90s colour explosion.
Easy.
A good designer like a good craftsman, doesn't blame the tools, they know when and how to use them.
@Glenn Toddun: well said. I happen to have had occasion to use Black Oak in a design, and I thought that it suited the particular purpose admirably.
Great suggestions. I’m shocked you didn’t mention Gotham. It’s overused.
I have about half the knockout family. Anybody have the rest?
Sure, but still good. Especially if used in not-Americanadaustralinglandeustchland where it hasn't been used much. Heck, most people either use Calibri, Arial, Times New Roman, or Comic Sans (except in countries where the Latin script isn't used. In which case custom fonts are usually used...
I used to change with:
Bradley Hand > Oregano
Impact > Bebas Neue or Oswald
Papyrus > Montserrat
Courier New > Courier (original) or Source Code Pro or American Typewriter
Curlz > Lobster or Blenda Script
Comic Sans > Comic Neue or Tekton
Monotype Corsiva > Alex Brush or Zapf Chancery
Brush Script > Playball
Mistral > Kaushan Script
Blackoak > Alfa Slab One or Rockwell Extra Bold
Arial > Helvetica Neue or Roboto or Akzidenz Grotesk
Gill Sans > Proxima Nova or Myriad or Gotham
Times New Roman > Minion or Adobe Caslon
fonts create different feels tho. It doesn't matter if its a "bad" or "good" font as long as it translate to the goal or vision of the designer and/or brand. like you dont use Curlz to a business or formal brand....You dont stay away from it, just use it wisely.
1:44 ugh!!!! kerning
Glad I stumbled upon your site! Nice tips and thanks, I subscribed.
Hey that's awesome. Welcome and I hope you enjoy my content from here on out
I really loved that Aileron Font😍😍. By the way I uses Bebas Neue and when it comes to bad I used to use Comic sans😅. Im gonna remove that now.
Really great video to get new fonts.. Thank you so much Satori Bro. ☺️👌🏻
Bebas, good.. Comic Sans, bad :P
Glad to see you found this one useful man, and have a tip top day!
:D was just waiting for comic sans in the bad list
I learned something new today.
Greetings from California!!!
thanks for sharing!!!
That is great, always nice to see people learning things from my channel
Amazing tutorials bro, I've checked out most of your videos and they are absolutely amazing and easy to understand. And with this video there is one thing I would really like to know, the whole 'negative' colours in the text(the blue and yellow) matching the yellow canvas, how did you manage to get that done, because I once tried it before and ended up with something else.
6:35 lol I guess you proved you really can’t read anything with ‘’triple CONDENSED gothic’’ by calling it triple CONSENDED gothic
I guess I should go back to school and study English a wee bit more? 🙃
I was going to say...
It's primarily used for albums (Monk and Backstreet famously used the font and those colors for their albums), but the legibility is fine. I'd strike this one from the list
Totally agree about the legibility. I found myself having to look each letter up and down to figure out what it was. That said, in fairly large print applications, with very strong contrast, I’ve seen it look beautiful and surprisingly legible (I think the designer of the example I’m thinking of edited the type a bit or did something with the tracking or kerning though)
He's being too condensed to us.
wow aren’t you a very CONDESCENDING person
thank you very much it was very helpful
Ah, I ready have all of these. Whew.
That's a good sign for sure Lauren
Bleeding Cowboys should be in the bad fonts as well.
For sure, I 100% agree
Love your tutorials ^_^
I do see you comment nearly every day, so I appreciate that and hope you keep learning here :)
hahahaha! looking up the fonts on google as you introduce them here! :)
hope you find them all..
And also make sure to have a great day too!
thanks for the nice video,
can you please make a video based on the best logo fonts?
Your choice of good fonts are unique. Have you considered Avenir Next? FF tisa, Roboto, PT Sans, Skolar and Skolar sans? And there's a sans that is widely popular now I can't even remember it's name. Typewolf's #1 item on his chart.
Apercu (popular sans)
Thanks for this was waiting since yesterday
Yeah there were some suggestions on font choice, so I am happy the video was well received :)
Thanks friend, greetings from Bogotá
Hey Julian, thanks for the feedback and have a great weekend in Bogotá
Your voice would be great for ASMR or guided meditations.
TinyPandaRed yeah makes me sleep really
Thank you for this video, It’s very helpful. I just read the comments and may be can you let us know your 25 preferred fonts! I know how long time it’s take to make a video. Thanks again!
haha yeah this video took more than an actual day to make, so it would have taken me 3-4 days to make I think if I made it with 25!
Thanks buddy
💙💙 nice video
much appreciated Mifta!
Raleway and american typewriter is nice
Thanks bro
My favorite font is Montserrat
As usual great knowledge to gain from you
That is the main focus here, so I'm happy to hear that! Enjoy your day
Exo, Swiss, or Arial are good fonts for me.