These posters celebrate a sans serif love affair
This experiment set out to find which typeface is the most popular – and led to some wonderful posters.
What's the best font ever? Whilst there can never really be a definitive answer, we're sure plenty of you will have a strong opinion about your go-to typography choices. Here, South Africa based agency Monotono asked the public what their favourites were, resulting in a range of beautifully designed posters.
"The project was for Slanted magazine. It was an experiment of which typeface is the most popular, and then followed up by by designing some posters to show that information. Each person that voted had their name appear on the posters," explain the artists.
With Helvetica coming out on top, close contenders also feature Gotham, Futura and Arial. Do you agree with the chosen types in this particular project? Whether you do or not, you've got to love the occasionally racy posters...
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Sammy Maine was a founding member of the Creative Bloq team way back in the early 2010s, working as a Commissioning Editor. Her interests cover graphic design in music and film, illustration and animation. Since departing, Sammy has written for The Guardian, VICE, The Independent & Metro, and currently co-edits the quarterly music journal Gold Flake Paint.
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