Perhaps it may be the only appropriate font for a classic meme, but designers owe it to themselves to be subversive and try something a bit different. Uncial and Papyrus are probably running neck-and-neck for most overused church fonts of all time. If you design for churches or for old-school nerd brands, this font is almost impossible to avoid. Unfortunately, it was so overused in the decadent 80’s that it seems to hark back to that decade rather than to Ancient Rome. This is the go-to font for an “elegant” or “luxury” vibe. If you can tell them apart at all! That said, here are a few of the more popular alternatives.Īlright, it might be weird to also include Helvetica in this list, but chances are fair you’re sick of it and want something else that’s sort of like it but isn’t Arial.
Hate Arial all you want, you can barely tell it apart from Helvetica when used as body text. It’s not the only font that matches those ideas.Īdmit it. The font James Cameron’s famously used in Avatar is also a favorite among churches and businesses that want to project a “natural” vibe in their brand. When you do find an appropriate place to use Comic Sans, consider of you can find something different to do the job. The font even non-designers have learned to hate nevertheless remains incredibly ubiquitous in a wide variety of inappropriate situations. That’s the only reason you might consider using it. That’s the only reason you’ve heard of it. But Arial, only by Microsoft imposing it upon us for 20+ years as the main user-interface font in Windows. The fonts below are some of the most common ones we encounter on a day-to-day basis. Helvetica & Arial alternatives Neutral need not mean dull. It can however, detract from its power if we keep seeing it everywhere. That said, there are definitely overused fonts.
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