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80 Beautiful Professional Fonts

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Every now and again designers stumble upon the very same problem: the choice of a unique and beautiful typeface which manages to fulfill three basic tasks. Support the corporate identity, enrich the visual appearance and is compatible with the overall design. However, usually there are simply too many options you can consider, which is why you need time to find the option you are most comfortable with. Although the choice usually depends on clients’ requirements, it is necessary to have some pretty starting points for your font decision.

Every now and again designers stumble upon the very same problem: the choice of a unique and beautiful typefaces which manages to fulfill three basic tasks. Support the corporate identity, enrich the visual appearance and is compatible with the overall design. However, usually there are simply too many options you can consider, which is why you need time to find the option you are most comfortable with. Although the choice usually depends on clients’ requirements, it is necessary to have some pretty starting points for your font decision.

So which typefaces are “bulletproof”? What fonts can be used effectively in almost every Corporate Design? And what are the options for unique, but still incredibly beautiful typefaces?

We have answers. Over the last few days we’ve browsed through dozens of type foundries, read dozens of designers’ articles about typography, analyzed font rankings and visited bookmarked font-related suggestions. So this post has ‘em all. Well, OK, at least many of them.

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Let's take a look at over 80 gorgeous typefaces for professional design, based upon suggestions from designers and web-developers all over the world. Most screenshots are taken from the foundries and provided specimens - particularly on Veer.com and Fontshop.com.

Classic Typefaces

Classics of typography in a brief overview. You will find even more traditional typefaces on the site 100 Best Fonts, including history, development and related information.

1. Helvetica

2. Helvetica Neue

3. Univers

4. Frutiger

5. Avenir

6. Myriad Pro

7. Neuzeit

8. Syntax

9. Proxima Nova

10. Proxima Sans

11. Glasgow

12. Charlotte Sans

13. Precious Sans

14. Gill Sans

15. Lisboa

16. Franklin Gothic

17. Futura

18. EF TV Nord 1

19. FF Scala

20. Rockwell

21. Eurostile

22. Warnock

23. FF DIN

24. FF Meta

25. Officina

26. FF Dax

27. DF Dynasty

28. Akzidenz-Grotesk

29. AG Book

30. Precious Serif

Further Typefaces

The fonts listed below aren’t so well-known. Thus you can use them for unique corporate identity or user interfaces which are supposed to have a “fresh” look.

31. Locator

ProcessTypeFoundry

32. Seravek

ProcessTypeFoundry

33. FF Kievit

Source

34. Ronnia

Typetogether

35. Stella

Feliciano Type Foundry

36. Le Monde Courrier