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Final Projects for Font Design Summer Course - Siena Art Institute. Slanted - Typo Weblog & Magazin - Das Gefühl Typografie - Alles über Schriften, Fontlabels & Design. Type at work in the real world. Web fonts. Commercial fonts or free fonts? , this is a big dilemma that afflicts many designers as they find difficult to decide between beautiful but expensive fonts such as Helvetica or Futura and free fonts like the ones featured on Google Web Fonts, which also have a really nice design but will never be like the originals.

This post more than being an extensive article where we discuss the benefits of free and commercial fonts wants to offer you a pleasant time through an amusing game where you must choose between different options and find out which option is the correct, just like the old Pepsi vs Coke commercials that we saw many years ago. Let’s see how much you know about typefaces!. After the game, you will find a great list featuring some of the nicest web fonts available nowadays for your inspiration. Neue Helvetica® Std 25 vs Raleway So, what’s the commercial one? Neue Helvetica® Std 25: 29 USD Raleway: Correct answer: Right Futura PT Book vs Didact Gothic Futura PT Book: 30 USD Cabin: Play: