FontShop Presents: The 100 All Time Best Fonts
- Fontshop Presents: The 100 All Time Best Fonts Free
- Fontshop Presents: The 100 All Time Best Fonts 2017
Large original English version HERE
Spanish version HERE
Portuguese version HERE
PRINTS, SOURCE FILES, and other Periodic Table of Typeface related goodies are available
The Periodic Table of Typefaces is obviously in the style of all the thousands of over-sized Periodic Table of Elements posters hanging in schools and homes around the world. This particular table lists 100 of the most popular, influential and notorious typefaces today.
As with traditional periodic tables, this table presents the subject matter grouped categorically. The Table of Typefaces groups by families and classes of typefaces: sans-serif, serif, script, blackletter, glyphic, display, grotesque, realist, didone, garalde, geometric, humanist, slab-serif and mixed.
Each cnd a ranking of 1 through 100.
Ranking was determined by statistically sorting and combining lists and opinions from the the sites listed below. The final overall ranking was achieved depending on how many lists the particular typeface was presented on and it's ranking on the lists (if the particular source list used a ranking system; some did not, in which case just the typeface's presence on the list boosted it's overall score.) After averaging the typefaces appearances and rankings a composite score was given and the list was sorted on a spreadsheet then finally given an overall score of 1 through 100 based on its final resting position.
Unfortunately, the typefaces could not be sorted exactly numerically on the table while at the same time keeping them in groups of families and classes. It had to be one or the other. Of course it COULD have been done but I would have had to seriously sacrifice aesthetics of the overall design (i.e. it wouldn't have come out looking AT ALL like a traditional periodic table.) However, upon close inspection, you find that at least the typefaces are ordered within their family/class groupings.
The sites used to determine the rankings are as follows :
The 100 Best Fonts Of All Time -
(to include top ten personal favorites from designers:
Jan Middendorp [dorpdal.com], Roger Black [rogerblack.com], Bertram Schmidt-Friderichs [tdc.org], Stephen Coles [typographica.org], Veronica Elsner [www.fontshop.com/fonts/foundry/elsner_flake/], Ralf Herrmann [opentype.info], Claudia Guminski [fontshop.com])
Paul Shaws Top 100 Types survey -
21 Most Used Fonts By Professional Designers -
Top 7 Fonts Used By Professionals In Graphic Design -
30 Fonts That ALL Designers Must Know & Should Own -
Typefaces no one gets fired for using -
(to include all serious and reasonable opinions stated in the comments section)
Spanish version HERE
Portuguese version HERE
PRINTS, SOURCE FILES, and other Periodic Table of Typeface related goodies are available
The Periodic Table of Typefaces is obviously in the style of all the thousands of over-sized Periodic Table of Elements posters hanging in schools and homes around the world. This particular table lists 100 of the most popular, influential and notorious typefaces today.
As with traditional periodic tables, this table presents the subject matter grouped categorically. The Table of Typefaces groups by families and classes of typefaces: sans-serif, serif, script, blackletter, glyphic, display, grotesque, realist, didone, garalde, geometric, humanist, slab-serif and mixed.
Each cnd a ranking of 1 through 100.
Ranking was determined by statistically sorting and combining lists and opinions from the the sites listed below. The final overall ranking was achieved depending on how many lists the particular typeface was presented on and it's ranking on the lists (if the particular source list used a ranking system; some did not, in which case just the typeface's presence on the list boosted it's overall score.) After averaging the typefaces appearances and rankings a composite score was given and the list was sorted on a spreadsheet then finally given an overall score of 1 through 100 based on its final resting position.
Unfortunately, the typefaces could not be sorted exactly numerically on the table while at the same time keeping them in groups of families and classes. It had to be one or the other. Of course it COULD have been done but I would have had to seriously sacrifice aesthetics of the overall design (i.e. it wouldn't have come out looking AT ALL like a traditional periodic table.) However, upon close inspection, you find that at least the typefaces are ordered within their family/class groupings.
The sites used to determine the rankings are as follows :
The 100 Best Fonts Of All Time -
(to include top ten personal favorites from designers:
Jan Middendorp [dorpdal.com], Roger Black [rogerblack.com], Bertram Schmidt-Friderichs [tdc.org], Stephen Coles [typographica.org], Veronica Elsner [www.fontshop.com/fonts/foundry/elsner_flake/], Ralf Herrmann [opentype.info], Claudia Guminski [fontshop.com])
Paul Shaws Top 100 Types survey -
21 Most Used Fonts By Professional Designers -
Top 7 Fonts Used By Professionals In Graphic Design -
30 Fonts That ALL Designers Must Know & Should Own -
Typefaces no one gets fired for using -
(to include all serious and reasonable opinions stated in the comments section)
Fontshop Presents: The 100 All Time Best Fonts Free
Mar 02, 2008 A playful take on the traditional Table of Elements, organized in hierarchy determined by several sources including The 100 Best Fonts of All Time and 30 Fonts All Designers Must Know and Should Own. The Periodic Table of Typefaces is obviously in the style of all the thousands of over-sized Periodic Table of Elements posters hanging in schools and homes around the world. This particular table lists 100 of the m ost popular, influential and noto rious typefaces today. FontShop presents: The 100 all time Best Fonts since Guternberg, as selected by their users and an international. How we rated the fonts: The review of immeasurable qualities is tricky.
Fontshop Presents: The 100 All Time Best Fonts 2017
Mar 26, 2007 The best fonts in the world? Someone (at FontShop/Germany, it appears) has posted a list of the “ 100 best fonts.” If you click on a font name, a slide-out page offers information; or you can download a PDF at the lower right corner of the screen.
