Business card fonts

looking to start designing my business card and would love some font suggestions

so basically it would be great if you guys make lists of good fonts and bad/overused fonts


thanks a lot

Don't use 'Papyrus'....please.

I used 'Optimus Princeps' for my logo and 'Salernomi J' for the contact info. You can check out this thread from last week. He posted some nice fonts: https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=861555

Hikin Mike wrote in post #10065407
Don't use 'Papyrus'....please.

I used 'Optimus Princeps' for my logo and 'Salernomi J' for the contact info. You can check out this thread from last week. He posted some nice fonts: https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=861555

lol checked it. some nice ones in there but some didnt load for me

Whatever you do dont use comic sans

as a designer here is my list:

Use: Bodoni, Garamond, Trebuchet, Helvetica, Mrs Eaves,

DO NOT USE: Papyrus, Comic Sans, Trajan, Times, Arial, brush Script, (I don't remember the name but it's the tybeface used for Creative Memories)

some resources for fonts: http://www.dafont.com/ and http://www.fontsquirre​l.com/

You can really use what looks good to you, just remember to think about these things: Is it easy to read, how will it look reversed out, and does it represent you.

Seif typefaces are more traditional and elegant, Sans-Serif typefaces are more clean and modern, Script Typefaces are elegant and romantic, strange typefaces are, well strange but can be used in conjunction with a Serif or Sans-Serif for an edgy look. If you start with the feel you are looking for it will help direct your type search.
I hope this helps.

ditto mhart008.

If you want to look as a professional, never use the fonts that came with your PC, MS Office, etc.

I buy fonts on myfonts.com. I bought Extension for my logo, Aaux for brochures, and recently Olicana Smooth and Ministry for album designs.

+1 for not using the fonts that came with your PC, and please please, avoid Comic Sans.

I am glad to see that the mutual hatred of Comic Sans and Papyrus here. I have joked with friends about finding someone to create a virus that deleted those fonts from peoples computers. Any takers?

mhart008 wrote in post #10082037
I am glad to see that the mutual hatred of Comic Sans and Papyrus here. I have joked with friends about finding someone to create a virus that deleted those fonts from peoples computers. Any takers?

LOL!!

I used Papyrus on my first logo.

I think we all did Mike