Serif, Sans Serif or Mono , Show me some most beautiful fonts that are unique.
Open Source or Free fonts are appreciated.
Ask HN: Show me some most beautiful fonts
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Re: Ask HN: Show me some most beautiful fonts
#2There are some listed here - https://computecuter.com/
Re: Ask HN: Show me some most beautiful fonts
#3Gentium is an open and free font with amazing quality and character coverage: https://software.sil.org/gentium/
Deja Vu is also open, and pretty nice for screen usage.
As for non-free fonts, I love Gill Sans.
Re: Ask HN: Show me some most beautiful fonts
#4My all-time favorite is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bembo
Look at that gorgeous capital R!
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#6Perhaps it's only because of Knuth's books, but I've always liked the fonts in the Computer Modern series.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Modern
Note that the plain serif font in Computer Modern is a beautiful font for high resolution screens or printing, but has thin serifs not as suitable for low resolution at small font sizes.
Re: Ask HN: Show me some most beautiful fonts
#7This one is quite well-known already, but I think Univers is beautiful: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Univers
Apparently, Frutiger said that "Helvetica is the jeans, and Univers the dinner jacket." I think that's appropriate.
I'm also fond of FF Scala and FF Scala Sans: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FF_Scala
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FF_Scala_Sans
Sadly, these are not open source. But they all have a relatively large number of glyphs.
If you want something open-source and with a ̶H̶U̶U̶U̶G̶E̶ largish number of glyphs, here is Junicode: https://github.com/psb1558/Junicode-New
Re: Ask HN: Show me some most beautiful fonts
#8Since 2017 I have used the Go (Golang) Monospace TrueType fonts:
https://blog.golang.org/go-fonts
They are clear, unambiguous, and pleasing to the eye!
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#9I personally really like Bespoke Slab
Re: Ask HN: Show me some most beautiful fonts
#10Of the three, my favorites:
* Serif: Bitter (https://www.huertatipografica.com/en/fonts/bitter-ht) or maybe Vollkorn (http://vollkorn-typeface.com)
* Mono: Iosevka
* Sans-serif: maybe Fira Sans Condensed, previously perhaps DTL Prokyon.
I haven't seen any sans-serif fonts I've really loved in recent memory. I feel like most sans-serifs just influence from Helvetica and are really boring, lack character or creativity. I'd love to see if anyone here has any examples of novel or interesting sans serifs.
(I also know that good typography doesn't distract from the content, but even under that ideal I still find most modern sans serifs boring).