Renowned Italian designer Massimo Vignelli, creator of the classic American Airlines logo, once said that designers use far too many typefaces. But with so many great around, it's no surprise that creatives' collections are ever-growing. Vignelli's all-purpose toolkit features household names like Garamond, Bodoni, Helvetica, Univers, Futura, Caslon and Baskerville – between them spanning three centuries of type design history. And few designers would disagree that all of the above are timeless, albeit well-worn classics. But sometimes something a little different is required of a display face, to give it that extra punch.

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Sometimes the ubiquitous serifs of Times New Roman just don't quite cut it. Whatever your needs, the following list of top fonts that often get overlooked should really come in handy. We've split our list into display fonts, serif fonts, sans serif fonts and slab serif fonts to help you find the font you need. We'll start with display fonts. • Display fonts 01. This Bodoni display version from the 1920s is something extra special Okay, so Vignelli already ticked Bodoni off the list – and a beautifully classy Didone-style serif it is too, thanks to the craft skills of Giambattista Bodoni in the late 18th century.

But this display version from the 1920s is something extra special for setting large, high-impact type where the extreme contrast between the stem thickness really comes into its own. A top font that's perfect for setting large, high-impact type where the extreme contrast between the stem thickness really comes into its own. This surreal display font combines simple, ultra-thin lines with bulbous, cloud-like forms Designed by Stefan Kjartansson for YouWorkForThem, this utterly unique, quite surreal display font combines simple, ultra-thin lines with bulbous, cloud-like forms to give Cumulus & Foam its tagline, 'the most beautifully grotesque font of our time.' Although Kjartansson proudly asserts that it doesn't work as a typeface, this top font's 'ugly beauty' and 'disciplined chaos' can certainly add character to a project. Next page: serif fonts.

Typeface public class Typeface extends ↳ android.graphics.Typeface The Typeface class specifies the typeface and intrinsic style of a font. This is used in the paint, along with optionally Paint settings like textSize, textSkewX, textScaleX to specify how text appears when drawn (and measured). Summary Nested classes class A builder class for creating new Typeface instance. Constants int int int int Fields public static final The default NORMAL typeface object public static final The default BOLD typeface object. Public static final The NORMAL style of the default monospace typeface. Public static final The NORMAL style of the default sans serif typeface.

Public static final The NORMAL style of the default serif typeface. Public methods static ( family, int weight, boolean italic) Creates a typeface object that best matches the specified existing typeface and the specified weight and italic style Below are numerical values and corresponding common weight names.

Static ( family, int style) Create a typeface object that best matches the specified existing typeface and the specified Style. Static ( familyName, int style) Create a typeface object given a family name, and option style information. Static ( mgr, path) Create a new typeface from the specified font data. Static ( file) Create a new typeface from the specified font file. Static ( path) Create a new typeface from the specified font file.

Static (int style) Returns one of the default typeface objects, based on the specified style boolean ( o) Indicates whether some other object is 'equal to' this one. Int () Returns the typeface's intrinsic style attributes int () Returns the typeface's weight value int () Returns a hash code value for the object. Final boolean () Returns true if getStyle() has the BOLD bit set. Final boolean () Returns true if getStyle() has the ITALIC bit set. Inherited methods. From class () Creates and returns a copy of this object. Boolean ( obj) Indicates whether some other object is 'equal to' this one.

Void () Called by the garbage collector on an object when garbage collection determines that there are no more references to the object. Final () Returns the runtime class of this Object.

Int () Returns a hash code value for the object. Final void () Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's monitor. Final void () Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor. () Returns a string representation of the object. Final void (long millis, int nanos) Causes the current thread to wait until another thread invokes the method or the method for this object, or some other thread interrupts the current thread, or a certain amount of real time has elapsed.