The 100 all time Best Fonts

**zeus** · 22-11-2008, 20:59

FontShop presents: The 100 all time Best Fonts since Guternberg
As selected by their users and an international jury | 90 MB | RS & FF

The review of immeasurable qualities is tricky. How does one measure aesthetic quality, the benefit of an item, its value to humanity? How does one determine a list of the best fonts of all time? We tried to do this by using on objective and two subjective measurement patters weighted as follows:
FontShop Sales Figures: 40%
Historical Value/Meaning: 30%
Aesthetic Qualities: 30%

The evaluation consisted exclusively of licensed or ‘commercial’ fonts. Free fonts or operating system fonts were not considered, nor were fonts integral to standard software (i.e. Arial, Verdana, etc.). Font variations, which over the centuries have been individually interpreted by various Foundries, were uniquely evaluated as a class and the best variant was entered into the main judging process.

And now the list:

1. Helvetica [1957 - Max Miedinger]
2. Garamond [1530 - Claude Garamond]
3. Frutiger [1977 - Adrian Frutiger]
4. Bodoni [1970 - Giambattista Bodoni]
5. Futura [1927 - Paul Renner]
6. Times [1931 - Stanley Morison]
7. Akzidenz Grotesk [1966 - Gunter Gerhard Lange]
8. Officina [1990 - Erik Spiekermann]
9. Gill Sans [1930 - Eric Gill]
10. Univers [1954 - Adrian Frutiger]
11. Optima [1954 - Hermann Zapf]
12. Franklin Gothic [1903 - Morris Fuller Benton]
13. Bembo [1496 - Francesco Griffo]
14. Interstate [1993 - Tobias Frere-Jones]
15. Thesis [1994 - Lucas de Groot]
16. Rockwell [1934 - Frank H. Pierpont]
17. Walbaum [1800 - Justus Walbaum]
18. Meta [1991 - Erik Spiekermann]
19. Trinite [1982 - Bram De Does]
20. Din [1926 - Ludwig Goller]
21. Matrix [1986 - Zuzana Licko]
22. OCR [1965 - American Type Founders]
23. Avant Garde [1968 - Herb Lubalin]
24. Lucida [1985 - Chris Holmes / Charles Bigelow]
25. Sabon [1964 - Jan Tschichold]
26. Zapfino [1998 - Hermann Zapf]
27. Letter Gothic [1956 - Roger Roberson]
28. Stone [1987 - Summer Stone]
29. Arnhem [1998 - Fred Smeijers]
30. Minion [1990 - Robert Slimbach]
31. Myriad [1992 - Twombly & Slimbach]
32. Rotis [1988 - Olt Aicher]
33. Eurostile [1962 - Aldo Novarese]
34. Scala [1991 - Martin Majoor]
35. Syntax [1968 - Hans Eduard Meier]
36. Joanna [1930 - Eric Gill]
37. Fleishmann [1997 - Erhard Kaiser]
38. Palatino [1950 - Hermann Zapf]
39. Baskerville [1754 - John Baskerville]
40. Fedra [2002 - Peter Bil'ak]
41. Gotham [2000 - Tobias Frere-Jones]
42. Lexicon [1992 - Bram De Does]
43. Hands [1991 - Letterror]
44. Metro [1929 - W. A. Dwiggins]
45. Didot [1799 - Firmin Didot]
46. Formata [1984 - Bernd Mollenstadt]
47. Caslon [1725 - William Caslon]
48. Cooper Black [1920 - Oswald B. Cooper]
49. Peignot [1937 - A. M. Cassandre]
50. Bell Gothic [1938 - Chauncey H. Griffith]
51. Antique Olive [1962 - Roger Excoffon]
52. Wilhelm Klngspor Gotisch [1926 - Rudolf Koch]
53. Info [1996 - Erik Spiekermann]
54. Dax [1995 - Hans Reichel]
55. Proforma [1988 - Petr van Blokland]
56. Today Sans [1988 - Volker Kuster]
57. Prokyon [2002 - Erhard Kaiser]
58. Trade Gothic [1948 - Jackson Burke]
59. Swift [1987 - Gerald Unger]
60. Copperplate Gothic [1901 - Frederic W. Goudy]
61. Blur [1992 - Neville Brody]
62. Base [1995 - Zuzana Licko]
63. Bell Centennial [1978 - Matthew Carter]
64. News Gothic [1908 - Morris Fuller Benton]
65. Avenir [1988 - Adrian Frutiger]
66. Bernhard Modern [1937 - Lucian Bernhard]
67. Amplitude [2003 - Christian Schwartz]
68. Trixie [1991 - Erik van Blokland]
69. Quadraat [1992 - Fred Smeijers]
70. Neutraface [2002 - Christian Schwartz]
71. Nobel [1929 - Sjoerd de Roos]
72. Industria [1990 - Neville Brody]
73. Bickham Script [1997 - Richard Lipton]
74. Bank Gothic [1930 - Morris Fuller Benton]
75. Corporate ASE [1989 - Kurt Weidemann]
76. Fago [2000 - Ole Schafer]
77. Trajan [1989 - Carol Twombly]
78. Kabel [1927 - Rudolf Koch]
79. House Gothic 23 [1995 - Tal Leming]
80. Kosmik [1993 - Letterror]
81. Caecilia [1990 - Peter Matthias Noordzij]
82. Mrs Eaves [1996 - Zuzana Licko]
83. Corpid [1997 - Lucas de Groot]
84. Miller [1997 - Matthew Carter]
85. Souvenir [1914 - Morris Fuller Benton]
86. Instant Types [1992 - Just van Rossum]
87. Clarendon [1845 - Benjamin Fox]
88. Triplex [1989 - Zuzana Licko]
89. Benguiat [1989 - Ed Benguiat]
90. Zapf Renaissance [1984 - Hermann Zapf]
91. Filosofia [1996 - Zuzana Licko]
92. Chalet [1996 - House Industries]
93. Quay Sans [1990 - David Quay]
94. Cezanne [1995 - Michael Want, James Grieshaber]
95. Reporter [1938 - Carlos Winkow]
96. Legacy [1992 - Ronald Arnholm]
97. Agenda [1993 - Greg Thompson]
98. Bello [2004 - Underware]
99. Dalliance [2000 - Frank Heine]
100. Mistral [1953 - Roger Excoffo]

Code:

http://rapidshare.com/files/166170063/FS_Best100_heroturko.rar

OR

Code:

http://www.filefactory.com/file/b52df0/n/FS_Best100_heroturko_rar

TheBrain · 29-01-2009, 23:16

Can someone please re-upload this one?
I'm looking for the mistral font and according to the description above, it should be part of the package.

Thanks in advance!!

TheBrain · 29-01-2009, 23:24

Found them!

For others, here are new links:

Code:

http://rapidshare.com/files/179991833/100BstFnts.part1.rar

Code:

http://rapidshare.com/files/179992536/100BstFnts.part2.rar

21-02-2009, 11:33

files are gone, can some one reup again plz ?

09-03-2009, 01:45

Yep - a re-up would be appreciated

09-03-2009, 02:11

It's available everywhere, just google '100 best fonts' or go to sites like Heroturko or Tehparadox.

Available as torrents too, for instance this one:

Code:

http://www.demonoid.com/files/details/1806781/4258401/

Here is the torrent file:

Code:

http://rapidshare.com/files/206997699/Fonts.rar

You're welcome.

slackye · 11-03-2009, 13:26

rs found link

Code:

http://rapidshare.com/files/202292977/100Fonts.7z.001
http://rapidshare.com/files/202292890/100Fonts.7z.002

Password:allyoulike.com

Gazzooks · 09-03-2010, 14:06

I dont know what the deal is but these fonts are hard to get: - Please reupload.

TIA

22-11-2008, 20:59	#1
zeus Administrator Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: KolbenWerke Posts: 36,660 : 1 For This Post 57,843 Total	The 100 all time Best Fonts FontShop presents: The 100 all time Best Fonts since Guternberg As selected by their users and an international jury \| 90 MB \| RS & FF The review of immeasurable qualities is tricky. How does one measure aesthetic quality, the benefit of an item, its value to humanity? How does one determine a list of the best fonts of all time? We tried to do this by using on objective and two subjective measurement patters weighted as follows: FontShop Sales Figures: 40% Historical Value/Meaning: 30% Aesthetic Qualities: 30% The evaluation consisted exclusively of licensed or ‘commercial’ fonts. Free fonts or operating system fonts were not considered, nor were fonts integral to standard software (i.e. Arial, Verdana, etc.). Font variations, which over the centuries have been individually interpreted by various Foundries, were uniquely evaluated as a class and the best variant was entered into the main judging process. And now the list: 1. Helvetica [1957 - Max Miedinger] 2. Garamond [1530 - Claude Garamond] 3. Frutiger [1977 - Adrian Frutiger] 4. Bodoni [1970 - Giambattista Bodoni] 5. Futura [1927 - Paul Renner] 6. Times [1931 - Stanley Morison] 7. Akzidenz Grotesk [1966 - Gunter Gerhard Lange] 8. Officina [1990 - Erik Spiekermann] 9. Gill Sans [1930 - Eric Gill] 10. Univers [1954 - Adrian Frutiger] 11. Optima [1954 - Hermann Zapf] 12. Franklin Gothic [1903 - Morris Fuller Benton] 13. Bembo [1496 - Francesco Griffo] 14. Interstate [1993 - Tobias Frere-Jones] 15. Thesis [1994 - Lucas de Groot] 16. Rockwell [1934 - Frank H. Pierpont] 17. Walbaum [1800 - Justus Walbaum] 18. Meta [1991 - Erik Spiekermann] 19. Trinite [1982 - Bram De Does] 20. Din [1926 - Ludwig Goller] 21. Matrix [1986 - Zuzana Licko] 22. OCR [1965 - American Type Founders] 23. Avant Garde [1968 - Herb Lubalin] 24. Lucida [1985 - Chris Holmes / Charles Bigelow] 25. Sabon [1964 - Jan Tschichold] 26. Zapfino [1998 - Hermann Zapf] 27. Letter Gothic [1956 - Roger Roberson] 28. Stone [1987 - Summer Stone] 29. Arnhem [1998 - Fred Smeijers] 30. Minion [1990 - Robert Slimbach] 31. Myriad [1992 - Twombly & Slimbach] 32. Rotis [1988 - Olt Aicher] 33. Eurostile [1962 - Aldo Novarese] 34. Scala [1991 - Martin Majoor] 35. Syntax [1968 - Hans Eduard Meier] 36. Joanna [1930 - Eric Gill] 37. Fleishmann [1997 - Erhard Kaiser] 38. Palatino [1950 - Hermann Zapf] 39. Baskerville [1754 - John Baskerville] 40. Fedra [2002 - Peter Bil'ak] 41. Gotham [2000 - Tobias Frere-Jones] 42. Lexicon [1992 - Bram De Does] 43. Hands [1991 - Letterror] 44. Metro [1929 - W. A. Dwiggins] 45. Didot [1799 - Firmin Didot] 46. Formata [1984 - Bernd Mollenstadt] 47. Caslon [1725 - William Caslon] 48. Cooper Black [1920 - Oswald B. Cooper] 49. Peignot [1937 - A. M. Cassandre] 50. Bell Gothic [1938 - Chauncey H. Griffith] 51. Antique Olive [1962 - Roger Excoffon] 52. Wilhelm Klngspor Gotisch [1926 - Rudolf Koch] 53. Info [1996 - Erik Spiekermann] 54. Dax [1995 - Hans Reichel] 55. Proforma [1988 - Petr van Blokland] 56. Today Sans [1988 - Volker Kuster] 57. Prokyon [2002 - Erhard Kaiser] 58. Trade Gothic [1948 - Jackson Burke] 59. Swift [1987 - Gerald Unger] 60. Copperplate Gothic [1901 - Frederic W. Goudy] 61. Blur [1992 - Neville Brody] 62. Base [1995 - Zuzana Licko] 63. Bell Centennial [1978 - Matthew Carter] 64. News Gothic [1908 - Morris Fuller Benton] 65. Avenir [1988 - Adrian Frutiger] 66. Bernhard Modern [1937 - Lucian Bernhard] 67. Amplitude [2003 - Christian Schwartz] 68. Trixie [1991 - Erik van Blokland] 69. Quadraat [1992 - Fred Smeijers] 70. Neutraface [2002 - Christian Schwartz] 71. Nobel [1929 - Sjoerd de Roos] 72. Industria [1990 - Neville Brody] 73. Bickham Script [1997 - Richard Lipton] 74. Bank Gothic [1930 - Morris Fuller Benton] 75. Corporate ASE [1989 - Kurt Weidemann] 76. Fago [2000 - Ole Schafer] 77. Trajan [1989 - Carol Twombly] 78. Kabel [1927 - Rudolf Koch] 79. House Gothic 23 [1995 - Tal Leming] 80. Kosmik [1993 - Letterror] 81. Caecilia [1990 - Peter Matthias Noordzij] 82. Mrs Eaves [1996 - Zuzana Licko] 83. Corpid [1997 - Lucas de Groot] 84. Miller [1997 - Matthew Carter] 85. Souvenir [1914 - Morris Fuller Benton] 86. Instant Types [1992 - Just van Rossum] 87. Clarendon [1845 - Benjamin Fox] 88. Triplex [1989 - Zuzana Licko] 89. Benguiat [1989 - Ed Benguiat] 90. Zapf Renaissance [1984 - Hermann Zapf] 91. Filosofia [1996 - Zuzana Licko] 92. Chalet [1996 - House Industries] 93. Quay Sans [1990 - David Quay] 94. Cezanne [1995 - Michael Want, James Grieshaber] 95. Reporter [1938 - Carlos Winkow] 96. Legacy [1992 - Ronald Arnholm] 97. Agenda [1993 - Greg Thompson] 98. Bello [2004 - Underware] 99. Dalliance [2000 - Frank Heine] 100. Mistral [1953 - Roger Excoffo] Code: http://rapidshare.com/files/166170063/FS_Best100_heroturko.rar OR Code: http://www.filefactory.com/file/b52df0/n/FS_Best100_heroturko_rar __________________ Sorry, I Speak only Czech and scullionly.

29-01-2009, 23:24	#3
TheBrain Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 39 : 0 For This Post 100 Total	Found them! For others, here are new links: Code: http://rapidshare.com/files/179991833/100BstFnts.part1.rar Code: http://rapidshare.com/files/179992536/100BstFnts.part2.rar

09-03-2009, 02:11	#6
Necati Guest Posts: n/a : 0 For This Post 0 Total	It's available everywhere, just google '100 best fonts' or go to sites like Heroturko or Tehparadox. Available as torrents too, for instance this one: Code: http://www.demonoid.com/files/details/1806781/4258401/ Here is the torrent file: Code: http://rapidshare.com/files/206997699/Fonts.rar You're welcome.

11-03-2009, 13:26	#7
slackye Banned User Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 46 : 1 For This Post 285 Total	rs found link Code: http://rapidshare.com/files/202292977/100Fonts.7z.001 http://rapidshare.com/files/202292890/100Fonts.7z.002 Password:allyoulike.com Last edited by slackye; 11-03-2009 at 13:28.

09-03-2010, 14:06	#8
Gazzooks Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 20 : 0 For This Post 202 Total	Links Down I dont know what the deal is but these fonts are hard to get: - Please reupload. TIA

29-01-2009, 23:16	#2
TheBrain Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 39 : 0 For This Post 100 Total	Can someone please re-upload this one? I'm looking for the mistral font and according to the description above, it should be part of the package. Thanks in advance!!

21-02-2009, 11:33	#4
pixeltn Guest Posts: n/a : 0 For This Post 0 Total	files are gone, can some one reup again plz ?

09-03-2009, 01:45	#5
vito9 Guest Posts: n/a : 0 For This Post 0 Total	Yep - a re-up would be appreciated

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