So You Need a Typeface

In the past, I've posted cool freeware app links for students to go to. There are a plethora of like free type resources that you can turn to as well. TYPENOW, DAFONT and 1001 FREE FONTS are all great resources. Those who have had me as an instructor (and thusly been exposed to the great movie HELVETICA, may additionally ask the question, "Do I really need that many fonts?")

Whatever your inclination on the thesis of HELVETICA (the movie), there is a neat flowchart style  poster project cobbled together by a fellow named Julian Hansen, with aquite a bit of research on font usage trends via Font foundries and retailers.

I neither espouse nor reject the premise, but present it to you as a very well prepared flowchart that would still be preferable to randomly flipping through your favorite font browser or playing "eenie-meenie-minee-moe..."

So You Need a Typeface?