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Here is an article I wrote

Capnhud — Tue, 13 May 2008 07:43:09 -0700

Here is an article I wrote about the most used German Annual Report typefaces for the business year 2005 – http://www.typeoff.de/?p=122

This is the exact article I was looking for.

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Here is an article I wrote

dan_reynolds — Tue, 13 May 2008 01:13:39 -0700

Here is an article I wrote about the most used German Annual Report typefaces for the business year 2005 – http://www.typeoff.de/?p=122

I doubt that German design habits have changed much for the 2006 or 2007 reports, but I didn’t do the repeat research yet.

Thanks james for pointing me

Capnhud — Mon, 12 May 2008 13:57:40 -0700

Thanks james for pointing me in the direction of Vialog. There was an article about the most used fonts in annual reports, but I could not find it so I thought I would seek help in the forum. You rock.

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Take a look at FF Info—it

James Puckett — Mon, 12 May 2008 12:42:52 -0700

Take a look at FF Info—it does what you want and has fonts designed for office use. Aptifer, Vialog, and Compatil from Linotype would also be great solutions.

Could you explain what you

Gus Winterbottom — Mon, 12 May 2008 12:41:01 -0700

Could you explain what you mean by getting away from “windows based fonts”? For instance, do you mean fonts that aren’t bundled with Microsoft products, like XP, Vista, and Office, this being based on a perception that MS core fonts are overexposed, overused, and not distinctive enough?

I was hoping to get away

Capnhud — Mon, 12 May 2008 12:03:56 -0700

I was hoping to get away from programmer and windows based fonts.

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Calibri?

D. Wiewauters — Mon, 12 May 2008 11:35:00 -0700

Calibri?

Thanks for pointing me in

Capnhud — Mon, 12 May 2008 10:55:36 -0700

Thanks for pointing me in the direction of slashed zero fonts but I was I was hoping to get away from programmer and windows based fonts.

I was looking for something that was attractive and elegant while at the same time had the following characteristics:

1. Crisp clear characters.
2. Extended characterset.
3. ’l’, ’1’ and ’i’ are easily distinguished
4. ’0’, ’o’ and ’O’ are easily distinguished

forward quotes from back quotes are easily distinguished -prefer mirrored appearance
Clear punctuation characters, especially braces, parenthesis and brackets.

And whether on screen or printed looks fabulous and is a san serif.

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There are versions of Arial

Gus Winterbottom — Mon, 12 May 2008 08:15:03 -0700

There are versions of Arial and Tahoma with slashed zeros. Search for “slashed zero Arial” or “Tahoma slashed.” T93Y and Monaco are other possibilities, and Technical Slashed would provide that hand-lettered blueprint look.

Best typeface for business presentations and spreadsheets

Capnhud — Mon, 12 May 2008 06:05:44 -0700

What would be the best choice of typeface that is distinct like Consolas, but not monospaced and would be attractive in business presentations and spreadsheets. The reason I mention Consolas because the zero has a slash to clearly show that is not an O.