Help Choosing a Font

There are so many fonts out there - good and bad - that choosing can be hard. Smashing magazine put out a useful little article. Want to add to your library? Some useful books:

Typography Essentials: 100 Design Principles for Working with Type

 1000 Fonts

Type: A Visual History of Typefaces and Graphic Styles, Vol. 1

 

 If you can't tell already, images from Amazon.com

Great Gatsby Business Card Print

From The Heads of State, a gorgeous poster of business cards for the characters in Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby.  It's beautiful typography and vintage aesthetic make it drool worthy.

Wedding Goods

I had the pleasure of working with the most relaxed bride ever - my new sister-in-law. I designed all the printed goods for their wedding - the invitations, place cards, table sign and programs. Randi wanted the theme to be black and white so I choose to emphasize the typography and a simple but recognizable pattern that could be used in the various pieces. 

More pictures to come!

Helvetica

How does a font become so popular and a cultural (worldly?) icon that a documentary is made about it?

So where have you seen this font? How about:

3M

American Airlines

American Apparel

BMW

Jeep

Microsoft

Target

Toyota

Verizon Wireless

From Etsy Seller Afavorite

Helbotica T-Shirt from Chopshopstore

From Etsy Seller Plastique