The font biography of Helvetica that we watched in class was surprisingly cool and interesting. And I would just like to point out that spellcheck recognizes neither Helvetica nor its own name. How sad. Back to the video. It was personally interesting to me because when I was younger (much younger) my mom and I used two fonts: Geneva and Helvetica. We never used Times. But I can't remember the last time I've typed something in either of those fonts. Everybody wants Times or Times New Roman. I'm willing to bet that at least 90% of the assignment sheets I've been given since freshmen year in high school have specifically requested Times. Why? Blogger doesn't use Times, it's set at Arial right now. Okay, I take that back. I just switched it to Courier. But Times is one of the few options there. Where did Helvetica go? Did it disappear again? The video mentioned that people got tired of seeing the same old Helvetica so they went kind of crazy with fonts. Well, I'm not looking that closely (I've never thought to before) but I don't think that's happening now. So we're not using crazy fonts, but Helvetica is not a school standard. Is it just in schools, or is it more widespread? I'll admit it - I have a hard time telling some fonts apart. Mostly for two reasons: one, I don't know what's different about them, and two, I've just never really looked before. I think this is going to bother me for a while.
I'm not dead set on using this font, but I had been thinking of using Lucinda Handwriting for any text on my unit 1 project. It's not a messy handwritten font - it's still very neat and orderly, but it's not Times either. To me, it seems more real and soft or gentle or something like that. That's what I wanted for the poster. It's supposed to persuade viewers to help out or at least be aware of breast cancer, but I didn't want a big strong bold font that screams of masculinity. I wanted a more feminine style. That's why I choose Lucinda Handwriting, and not Lucinda Cursive. The Cursive is more loopy and intricate and all that, while the Handwriting is somewhat connected but also separate. I just think it works really well. However, I am still willing to reconsider. I really like the Papyrus and LegerD fonts, but I don't think either of those would really be right for this project. If I still have or can find it, Apple Chancery might be nice. It's kind of in between Lucinda Handwriting and a generic plain font. Looks kind of italicized, I think. Ah well. It all depends on what the poster looks like, I think.
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