As professional writers, lawyers ought to rely on professional fonts. They’re the quickest and easiest way to upgrade your typography. More about that in font recommendations.
Download the Bauhaus 93 free font. Detailed information on the Bauhaus 93 font: license; glyphs; specimens; for OS: Windows, Mac, Linux; for programs: Microsoft Word.
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But professional fonts aren’t always an option. Certain projects demand system fonts , which are the fonts already installed on your computer. In printed documents, they present three problems.
- Many system fonts aren’t good. The Windows and Mac OS libraries have improved, but they’re still minefields of awful fonts. I won’t name names, but my least favorite rhymes with Barial.
- Moreover, fonts like Georgia were optimized for the
coarse monochrome screens of the 1990s. As we shift into the
age of high-resolution color screens, these fonts have a declining comparative advantage.Many system fonts have been optimized for the screen, not print. This comes at the cost of design details, which have been sanded off because they don’t reproduce well on screen. Screen-optimized fonts look clunky on the printed page.Compare the two fonts above. In basic appearance, they’re similar. But Georgia was optimized for the screen; Miller was optimized for print. See the difference? - All system fonts are overexposed. Because these fonts are included with billions of computers, they’re used all the time. Not every typography project demands novelty. But if yours does, look elsewhere. For instance, please don’t adopt the slogan
“A Law Firm Unlike Any Other” and then set it in Helvetica.
WARNING
This chart is offered only as a harm-reduction device. In the long term, a diet of system fonts can be harmful to your health. My official advice remains the same: professional writers should use professional fonts. In the pages following, I suggest professional alternatives to the most common system fonts.
This chart is offered only as a harm-reduction device. In the long term, a diet of system fonts can be harmful to your health. My official advice remains the same: professional writers should use professional fonts. In the pages following, I suggest professional alternatives to the most common system fonts.
If you’re limited to system fonts, consult this chart and choose wisely. For print, the A list is best. For screen display, like presentations and websites, the A and B lists are fine. They’re also suitable for sharing draft documents. Avoid the C list if you can. F list, kapu.
Fonts plausible for body text are marked with ★. Others are usable for special purposes (for instance, letterhead).
This chart includes all the common Windows and Mac system fonts, plus the Microsoft Office fonts. System configurations differ, so not every font will be on your computer.
These rankings represent a blend of practical and aesthetic considerations, not absolute merit. Some fonts on the F list aren’t bad. They’re just inapt for a law office. Similarly, some fonts on the A list are not my favorites, but they’re reasonably useful.
Bauhaus 93 Font History
The A list: Generally tolerable
Athelas ★
Avenir ★
Bell MT ★
Book Antiqua ★
Californian FB ★
Calisto MT ★
Century Schoolbook ★
Charter ★
Franklin Gothic ★
Garamond ★
Gill Sans ★
Gill Sans MT ★
Goudy Old Style ★
Helvetica ★
Helvetica Neue ★
Hoefler Text ★
Iowan Old Style ★
Optima ★
Palatino ★
Seravek ★
Sitka ★
Avenir ★
Bell MT ★
Book Antiqua ★
Californian FB ★
Calisto MT ★
Century Schoolbook ★
Charter ★
Franklin Gothic ★
Garamond ★
Gill Sans ★
Gill Sans MT ★
Goudy Old Style ★
Helvetica ★
Helvetica Neue ★
Hoefler Text ★
Iowan Old Style ★
Optima ★
Palatino ★
Seravek ★
Sitka ★
The B list: OK in limited doses
Agency FB
Big Caslon
Bodoni MT
ITC Bodoni 72
Calibri ★
Candara
Centaur
Constantia
Corbel
Futura ★
Geneva
Gloucester MT Extra Cond.
High Tower Text ★
Modern No. 20
Perpetua ★
Rockwell
Segoe UI ★
Tw Cen MT ★
Big Caslon
Bodoni MT
ITC Bodoni 72
Calibri ★
Candara
Centaur
Constantia
Corbel
Futura ★
Geneva
Gloucester MT Extra Cond.
High Tower Text ★
Modern No. 20
Perpetua ★
Rockwell
Segoe UI ★
Tw Cen MT ★
Fonts Similar To Bauhaus 93
The C list: Questionable
Andale Mono
Baskerville ★
Berlin Sans FB
Bernard MT Condensed
Cambria ★
Castellar
Century Gothic
Cochin
Consolas
Cooper Black
Courier
Courier New
Didot
Elephant
Engravers MT
Eras ITC
Felix Titling
Georgia
Haettenschweiler
Impact
Lucida (all styles)
Maiandra GD
Menlo
Niagara Solid & Engraved
Onyx
Plantagenet Cherokee
Skia
Times New Roman ★
Baskerville ★
Berlin Sans FB
Bernard MT Condensed
Cambria ★
Castellar
Century Gothic
Cochin
Consolas
Cooper Black
Courier
Courier New
Didot
Elephant
Engravers MT
Eras ITC
Felix Titling
Georgia
Haettenschweiler
Impact
Lucida (all styles)
Maiandra GD
Menlo
Niagara Solid & Engraved
Onyx
Plantagenet Cherokee
Skia
Times New Roman ★
The F list: Fatal to your credibility
Algerian
American Typewriter
Apple Casual
Apple Chancery
Arial (all styles)
Bauhaus 93
Blackadder
ITC Bradley Hand
ITC Britannic Bold
Broadway
Brush Script MT
Bookman Old Style
Century
Chalkboard
Chalkduster
Chiller
Colonna MT
Comic Sans MS
Copperplate
Curlz MT
Edwardian Script ITC
Footlight MT Light
Forte
Freestyle Script
French Script MT
Gabriola
Gigi
Goudy Stout
Harlow Solid Italic
Harrington
Herculanum
Imprint MT Shadow
Informal Roman
Jokerman
Juice ITC
Kristen ITC
Kunstler Script
Luminari
Magneto
Marker Felt
Matura MT Script Capitals
Mistral
Monaco
Monotype Corsiva
Noteworthy
OCR A Extended
Old English Text MT
Palace Script MT
Papyrus
Parchment
Playbill
Phosphate
Poor Richard
Pristina
Rage Italic
Ravie
Savoye
Script MT Bold
Segoe Print
Segoe Script
SignPainter
Snap ITC
Snell Round
Stencil
Showcard Gothic
Tahoma
Tempus Sans ITC
Trattatello
Trebuchet MS
Verdana
Viner Hand ITC
Vivaldi
Vladimir Script
Wide Latin
Zapfino
… and all others
American Typewriter
Apple Casual
Apple Chancery
Arial (all styles)
Bauhaus 93
Blackadder
ITC Bradley Hand
ITC Britannic Bold
Broadway
Brush Script MT
Bookman Old Style
Century
Chalkboard
Chalkduster
Chiller
Colonna MT
Comic Sans MS
Copperplate
Curlz MT
Edwardian Script ITC
Footlight MT Light
Forte
Freestyle Script
French Script MT
Gabriola
Gigi
Goudy Stout
Harlow Solid Italic
Harrington
Herculanum
Imprint MT Shadow
Informal Roman
Jokerman
Juice ITC
Kristen ITC
Kunstler Script
Luminari
Magneto
Marker Felt
Matura MT Script Capitals
Mistral
Monaco
Monotype Corsiva
Noteworthy
OCR A Extended
Old English Text MT
Palace Script MT
Papyrus
Parchment
Playbill
Phosphate
Poor Richard
Pristina
Rage Italic
Ravie
Savoye
Script MT Bold
Segoe Print
Segoe Script
SignPainter
Snap ITC
Snell Round
Stencil
Showcard Gothic
Tahoma
Tempus Sans ITC
Trattatello
Trebuchet MS
Verdana
Viner Hand ITC
Vivaldi
Vladimir Script
Wide Latin
Zapfino
… and all others
Font Bauhaus For Windows
- Rapidly improving screen quality is another reason to prefer print-optimized fonts. See screen-reading considerations.
“My PDF will probably be read on screen. Shouldn’t I use a screen-optimized system font?” No. In Windows, certain system fonts (e.g., Georgia, Calibri) have been optimized by Microsoft for user-interface purposes.But Adobe Acrobat—what most people use to read PDFs—draws text on screen using its own technology that eliminates the screen-legibility advantage of these system fonts. Moreover, any PDF could also end up being printed. Therefore, as a rule, you’re better off using print-optimized fonts for PDFs. “But if I use a print-optimized professional font in my PDF instead of a system font, my readers probably won’t have the same font installed.” Right. But it doesn’t matter. If you know how to make a PDF correctly, your fonts will be embedded in the PDF to preserve the formatting.- Yes, I dislike Arial more than Comic Sans. Though it’s the undisputed king of the goofy fonts, Comic Sans is at least honest about what it is. But Arial is merely a bland, zero-calorie Helvetica substitute.For many, the two are indistinguishable. But for typographers, Arial contains none of the consistency and balance that makes Helvetica successful.Still, the main issue is overuse. After 25 years as a system font, Arial has achieved a ubiquity that rivals Times New Roman. And like Times New Roman, Arial is permanently associated with the work of people who will never care about typography.You’re not one of those people. So use Avenir. Use Franklin Gothic. Use Gill Sans. But don’t use Arial. It’s the sans serif of last resort.