Tüm zamanların en iyi fontlarını sizler için yayınlıyoruz. En iyi font hangisidir sorusunu yanıtlarken uzmanlar üç ana kriter üzerinde durmuşlar. Bir fontu iyi yapan kriterler içinde öncelikli olarak;
- Yüzde 40 etkiyle, satış başarısı ,
- Tarih boyunca sahip olduğu anlam yüzde 30 etkiye
- ve estetik kalitesi yüzde 30 etkiye sahip.
Tüm zamanların en iyi 100 fontu listesi ise şu şekilde:
- Helvetica [1957 – Max Miedinger]
- Garamond [1530 – Claude Garamond]
- Frutiger [1977 – Adrian Frutiger]
- Bodoni [1790 – Giambattista Bodoni]
- Futura [1927 – Paul Renner]
- Times [1931 – Stanley Morison]
- Akzidenz Grotesk [1966 – Günter Gerhard Lange]
- Officina [1990 – Erik Spiekermann]
- Gill Sans [1930 – Eric Gill]
- Univers [1954 – Adrian Frutiger]
- Optima [1954 – Hermann Zapf]
- Franklin Gothic [1903 – Morris Fuller Benton]
- Bembo [1496 – Francesco Griffo]
- Interstate [1993 – Tobias Frere-Jones]
- Thesis [1994 – Lucas de Groot]
- Rockwell [1934 – Frank H. Pierpont]
- Walbaum [1800 – Justus Walbaum]
- Meta [1991 – Erik Spiekermann]
- Trinit [1982 – Bram De Does]
- Din [1926 – Ludwig Goller]
- Matrix [1986 – Zuzana Licko]
- OCR [1965 – American Type Founders]
- Avant Garde [1968 – Herb Lubalin]
- Lucida [1985 – Chris Holmes / Charles Bigelow]
- Sabon [1964 – Jan Tschichold]
- Zapfino [1998 – Hermann Zapf]
- Letter Gothic [1956 – Roger Roberson]
- Stone [1987 – Summer Stone]
- Arnhem [1998 – Fred Smeijers]
- Minion [1990 – Robert Slimbach]
- Myriad [1992 – Twombly & Slimbach]
- Rotis [1988 – Olt Aicher]
- Eurostile [1962 – Aldo Novarese]
- Scala [1991 – Martin Majoor]
- Syntax [1968 – Hans Eduard Meier]
- Joanna [1930 – Eric Gill]
- Fleishmann [1997 – Erhard Kaiser]
- Palatino [1950 – Hermann Zapf]
- Baskerville [1754 – John Baskerville]
- Fedra [2002 – Peter Bil’ak]
- Gotham [2000 – Tobias Frere-Jones]
- Lexicon [1992 – Bram De Does]
- Hands [1991 – Letterror]
- Metro [1929 – W. A. Dwiggins]
- Didot [1799 – Firmin Didot]
- Formata [1984 – Bernd M llenst dt]
- Caslon [1725 – William Caslon]
- Cooper Black [1920 – Oswald B. Cooper]
- Peignot [1937 – A. M. Cassandre]
- Bell Gothic [1938 – Chauncey H. Griffith]
- Antique Olive [1962 – Roger Excoffon]
- Wilhelm Klngspor Gotisch [1926 – Rudolf Koch]
- Info [1996 – Erik Spiekermann]
- Dax [1995 – Hans Reichel]
- Proforma [1988 – Petr van Blokland]
- Today Sans [1988 – Volker K ster]
- Prokyon [2002 – Erhard Kaiser]
- Trade Gothic [1948 – Jackson Burke]
- Swift [1987 – Gerald Unger]
- Copperplate Gothic [1901 – Frederic W. Goudy]
- Blur [1992 – Neville Brody]
- Base [1995 – Zuzana Licko]
- Bell Centennial [1978 – Matthew Carter]
- News Gothic [1908 – Morris Fuller Benton]
- Avenir [1988 – Adrian Frutiger]
- Bernhard Modern [1937 – Lucian Bernhard]
- Amplitude [2003 – Christian Schwartz]
- rixie [1991 – Erik van Blokland]
- Quadraat [1992 – Fred Smeijers]
- Neutraface [2002 – Christian Schwartz]
- Nobel [1929 – Sjoerd de Roos]
- Industria [1990 – Neville Brody]
- Bickham Script [1997 – Richard Lipton]
- Bank Gothic [1930 – Morris Fuller Benton]
- Corporate ASE [1989 – Kurt Weidemann]
- Fago [2000 – Ole Schafer]
- Trajan [1989 – Carol Twombly]
- Kabel [1927 – Rudolf Koch]
- House Gothic 23 [1995 – Tal Leming]
- Kosmik [1993 – Letterror]
- Caecilia [1990 – Peter Matthias Noordzij]
- Mrs Eaves [1996 – Zuzana Licko]
- Corpid [1997 – Lucas de Groot]
- Miller [1997 – Matthew Carter]
- Souvenir [1914 – Morris Fuller Benton]
- Instant Types [1992 – Just van Rossum]
- Clarendon [1845 – Benjamin Fox]
- Triplex [1989 – Zuzana Licko]
- Benguiat [1989 – Ed Benguiat]
- Zapf Renaissance [1984 – Hermann Zapf]
- Filosofia [1996 – Zuzana Licko]
- Chalet [1996 – House Industries]
- Quay Sans [1990 – David Quay]
- C zanne [1995 – Michael Want, James Grieshaber]
- Reporter [1938 – Carlos Winkow]
- Legacy [1992 – Ronald Arnholm]
- Agenda [1993 – Greg Thompson]
- Bello [2004 – Underware]
- Dalliance [2000 – Frank Heine]
- Mistral [1953 – Roger Excoffon]
