Choosing the correct font is incredibly important to the design aspect. It ensures that the typeface is legible and gets its intended message across. So let me introduce some famous typefaces that were heavily used in the 1990s to 2000s.
COMIC SANS
Comic Sans was introduced in 1994 by the typeface designer known as Vincent Connare. Comic Sans can be argued as a successful font as it its greatly used in educational areas: kindergarten certificates, elementary and high school documents. “Comic Sans is unique: used all over the world, it’s a typeface that doesn’t really want to by type, (Garfield, 2010). However, Comic Sans is also the target of online hate and backlash including memes which can be found o the internet because of its misuse.
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| In the above example discusses how people view the typeface Comic Sans written in the typeface itself. Image: http://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/624/media/images/49584000/gif/_49584030_cs2_464.gif |
BREAKDOWN
- Casual
- Sans-serif
- Non-connecting script
- Similar to children’s handwriting
- “begs to be printed in multiple colours”
FUTURA
Futura was designed in 1927 by Paul Renner. Although this typeface was not designed in the late 1990s to early 2000s, it was excessively used in the works of Wes Anderson. Futura is part of his distinctive and unique visual aesthetic. Below are several examples of work that featured the use of this specific typeface in the specific era.
- Geometric
- Sans-serif
- Modern
- Clean and crisp
Fun Fact: The IKEA logo was
previously Futura, but then changed its typeface to Verdana in 2009.
Verdana & Georgia
These were screen fonts developed in 1996 by Matthew Carter for Microsoft. These typefaces were available to be downloaded and free to use on personal computers and on websites.
BREAKDOWN
-Typefaces designed for the screen (to be easily read on low-resoloution screens, bascially easy to read at small sizes)
- Humanist sans-serif
- wide proportions, loose letter spacing
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