What Font Best Represents You?

[Sentama Lin]

I considered posting this in the main forum but figured this was specific enough to go here.

Out of all the fonts (free, preinstalled on computers, paid, or whatnot) out there, what font best represents you? Typography is, after all, an important message and the fonts that we use can tell a lot about who the person is.

Discuss:

• What font best describes you?
  
• What font would you like to be?
  
• What are your other favourite fonts?

I'm a big fan of Helvetica. It's sharp, chic, bold, simple, serious, and yet elegant and classy. Though it doesn't represent me at all, it's harsh beauty and elitist style, coupled with it's international allure, makes me wish Helvetica was me represented as a font.

In reality, I'm probably more of a Georgia or possibly Times New Roman (I REALLY hope Georgia) because it's simple, elegant, but it's not as harshly elitist as Helvetica is. I can be casual and simple but still have elegance without being Look-At-Me-I'm-Elitist-Helvetica.

Other favourites... I have way too many that I use. It really depends on the situation for me.  

[124-C]

Ok, I've been very excited about this topic since you posted it, and after much introspection (and filtering through 700+ fonts...) I've narrowed my selection down to TWO fonts...

They are: Phrixus and Port Credit.

They are both generally upright fonts, which lends them an air of respectability and class, but neither of them is too stiff. They both have just a touch of flare to them.

Personally, I like Port Credit a little more. It seems slightly more formal and classy. It's also more complete. Unfortunately, Phrixus probably represents me a little better. It is fundamentally flawed by being a small caps only font, relating to fundamental personal character flaws. It's unrefined by lacking Euro-characters, relating to a lack of world experience. And I don't like the "O", relating to my dislike of certain things about me...

As for favorite fonts? Whew... Where to begin...

That's just my take on it, and a cursory one at that...  

[Elcia]

I can't posibly decide. I love the fancy ones with curllyques and frilly stuff.
And the ones that look like illuminated manuscript samples.

*drools all over site*  

[Jafthasleftthebuilding]

Apparently there's a Jaft font. =3  

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Jaft

Apparently there's a Jaft font. =3

http://www.fonts.com/findfonts/detail.htm?pid=204243  

[Thaliat Everwood]

I like this one for me:

Amanda Font  

[Sentama Lin]

Oddly enough the Jaft font seems to work really well for Jaft. :3

I'd probably concur with Tsuj's opinion on Phrixus, though in my opinion, despite its lack of other characters, it's still very classy. I like the general harshness of small caps with the sharp lines of the font.  

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Sentama Lin

Oddly enough the Jaft font seems to work really well for Jaft. :3

I was quite disturbed as to just how well it seemed to fit him.

Thally's as well... I believe Thaliat's name is Amanda, no?.  

[tyaselax]

I actually create my own font. However I have to say that Iron Maiden font is close to representing me. Both simplistic style and attitude.  

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xalesayt

I actually create my own font. However I have to say that Iron Maiden font is close to representing me. Both simplistic style and attitude.

http://www.maiden-world.com/articles/iron-maiden-fonts-typography.html

Available for download here

I'm quite curious as this font that you create...  

[Erverain]

Bah. I prefer the Gothic Type font, but it's such a chore to write in...  

[tyaselax]

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xalesayt

I actually create my own font. However I have to say that Iron Maiden font is close to representing me. Both simplistic style and attitude.

http://www.maiden-world.com/articles/iron-maiden-fonts-typography.html

Available for download here

I'm quite curious as this font that you create...

I've created fonts similar to that for my own projects, but I have used that font from Iron Maiden for random things.  

[t0pey]

my own blue pen handwriting  

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edda hitachiin

my own blue pen handwriting

That's an interesting answer. Very concise, self-explanatory. Would care to upload an example? I'm curious as to what it looks like, now...  

[XxReflected_StarsxX]

This is a very interesting topic truely and after a long and tiresome search I absolutely love the gothic style fonts, or the medevil bolded ones. but they are so hard to find I couldn't get a clear or very good sample of any I'm sorry.

As far as what best describes me it woul dhave to be Alcira. Here's a sample from www.myfonts.com



On the one hand it's harsh and rather hard to read. Much like my personally it would you first meet me.

But then again you can see a fluid motion in the letters, and they mirror other varing fonts. I'm much like that as well. I adjust to different people or situations as I see fit. I tend to morph into different situations differently then most.

I have reinvented myself more then once. In fact it's almost a weekly to daily thing for me to make a sudden and unexpected change without giving anyone any kind of notice. Hence the repeated lines and styles over the same letters.

It's a rather sloppy font and reflects my life of organized chaos. I do in a way like this font for the creativness, which I am not lacking in by the way.

But the lack of authority, order or neatness is not a plus. I am a bit disorganised, but no more then the next person. And where as I don't like being told want to do all the time (Hence the lack of Authority) I would like my chaos a little more organized thank you.