# The most famous typefaces in history

Helvetica, Futura, Times New Roman, Garamond and even Comic Sans: the typefaces that shaped newspapers, logos and screens. Which one is your favourite?

- 2 votes · 24 items
- May 17, 2026 · fussballgott_stuttgart
- https://even.best/en/l/2760/the-most-famous-typefaces-in-history

## Top 24

1. **Cooper Black** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Oswald Cooper, 1922, the round typeface of 70s album covers.
2. **Helvetica** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Max Miedinger and Eduard Hoffmann, 1957: the most used typeface in the world.
3. **Futura** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Paul Renner, 1927, geometric in the spirit of the Bauhaus.
4. **Times New Roman** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — For The Times of London, 1932.
5. **Garamond** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — After Claude Garamond of the 16th century, revived again and again.
6. **Baskerville** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — John Baskerville, around 1757.
7. **Bodoni** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Giambattista Bodoni, 1768, the fashion magazines' favourite.
8. **Caslon** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — William Caslon, around 1725.
9. **Gill Sans** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Eric Gill, 1928, quintessentially British.
10. **Frutiger** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Adrian Frutiger, the typeface of airport signs.
11. **Univers** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Also by Adrian Frutiger, 1957.
12. **Akzidenz-Grotesk** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The Berlin grotesque of 1898, Helvetica's model.
13. **Franklin Gothic** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Morris Fuller Benton, early 20th century.
14. **Clarendon** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Robert Besley, 1845, the mother of slab serifs.
15. **Rockwell** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The striking slab serif of 1934.
16. **Comic Sans** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Vincent Connare, 1994: loved and hated.
17. **Trajan** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Carol Twombly, 1989, the typeface of film posters.
18. **Verdana** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Matthew Carter, 1996, made for the screen.
19. **Minion** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Robert Slimbach, 1990.
20. **Gotham** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Tobias Frere-Jones, the typeface of Obama's campaign.
21. **Avenir** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Adrian Frutiger, 1988.
22. **Arial** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Robin Nicholas and Patricia Saunders, 1982.
23. **The Coca-Cola script** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Frank Mason Robinson's Spencerian script, 1886.
24. **Didot** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Firmin Didot, 1784.

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