Adobe Garamond for sure. It is such a beautiful font. Probably Myriad as sans.

If I were stranded on a desert island, and only had two fonts... :)

Serif:

Sans:

Terry Thornhill

e-zign Design Group

Helvetica Neue
Symphosia CE

Futura Condensed
Goudy Old Style

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Gill Light
Bodoni Book

I assume we're picking font families, right?

For my serif, you can't beat Adobe Garamond Pro. It's got a nice family of fonts and a plethora of ligatures and embellishments.

As for my sans-serif... that's a bit tougher. There's so many that I like that no single font stands out head and shoulders. If I absolutely must choose, though, I'd probably say Trade Gothic LT Std. I use this family a lot and it's quite versatile.

well, i think the Swift would be one of them (http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/paratype/swift/). The Scala family is also a good choice by the way :-)

For a sans-serif I think I would pick the Helvetica Neue.

Geesh, that's harder than it looks.... Can't we choose two typeDESIGNERS in stead of two fonts? hahaha :-)

Simple - frutiger and minion...

But then again Neue can be applied to anything, and garamond, maybe even Trajan, apart for the uppercase only.

Yeah Frutiger & Minion

Adobe Garamond Pro and Myriad Pro... can't beat 'em! Incidentally those are what Adobe uses on their box art, and what Apple uses too (they used to use Apple Garamond, now they use Adobe Myriad).

Interesting choices you have Kenyabob, I've never heard of either of those. Avenir reminds me of Avant Garde, which is a typeface I really like.

Brighton Light is one of my current serif faves and Lucida Grande for mockup UI work.
afterglow.ie - Icons, interfaces, illustration

Bodoni (all weights)
Helvetica Neue (the thinner the better!).

I'd take Gill as a runner up.

this is my sans serif below

http://www.microsoft.com/typography/css/gallery/spec2.htm

- this page is a feast !!!

;-)

- sorry couldn't resist it .....will I be banned from here ???

love the fonts listed above me thus far. I don't have a preference really to any 2 favorite. I think it depends on the medium too, that should have been a detail we could have considered too! -=]

if a search engine was on the island with us, id have to go with tahoma and treb, just so the fish could easily read our content ;)

--mike

I can't believe no one has mentioned Futura. That has got to be one of the greatest fonts.
For Serif, I would go with Garamond.

325studio

Triplex
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/emigre/triplex/

it's got a nice range of serifed and non-serif fonts..

out of curiosity, what do people like for hand written fonts? (if you've ever needed one that is!) my choice goes to Digital Strip at www.blambot.com

Tough question... Im the salad font lady...hahah but well I´ll stick to the rules I will say Limerk family for the san serif and for the serif will be Hoboken family is fresh and light and can be very versatile...

But as a typeaddict I will say all type has it´s charm even the wiked...

Later

Caya

We´ll always have Paris! Humphrey Bogart

DIN and Garamond

If only two, and I'd also do the serif/sans serif thing, I'd be the Garamond girl with Frutiger in her pocket. I can make these two standby typeface families do anything but the laundry.

Mara

Anyone who has seen my website would realize that! lol

"Try not, Do! or do not, there is no try."
-Yoda

Sabon as my Serif.
And Helvetica as my sans. (I agree with the lighter the better on that)

But, i'm a cheater and i'd slip Baskerville and Futura in my pocket.

Just so we're clear, what the fuck are we gonna do with typefaces on an island?

Oh yes, and comic sans and papyrus would be banned on my island...

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life is great; without it, you'd be dead.

for a sans serif font: Avant Garde (I love this font)
and for a serif font: definitely Adobe Garamond

suzanne maestri-walters :: graphic designer :: www.onegirlcreative.com

That's all you really need.... no but seriously, what is the client obsession with these fonts? I see it used daily and it absolutely kills me... long live comic sans!

LOL

Nahhh... my vote would be yet another pick for the solid combo of Adobe Garamound Pro and Myriad Pro...

-thomas
http://www.trekmediasolutions.com

Or worse—Sand. Ewwwww!

I recently designed a brochure for a client who used Papyrus in their logo. I begged her to let me redesign it. To no avail, unfortunately. OH well. I felt it ruined my brochure design. *Sigh*

suzanne maestri-walters :: graphic designer :: www.onegirlcreative.com

Gill Sans
Times New Roman