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[danielfromburn]

Hello guys I'm looking for a font that speaks nothing short of elegance and class. I HAVE been looking around, but would love to get some opinions of you experts around here. Thanks!

[Seven]

Any serif font with swashes can do--they pretty much exhume elegance without going too far into the realm of excessive curlicues and swirls. Usually Adobe Creative Suite programs (Photoshop etc) will have a swash option available under Character > OpenType > Swash. It's located under the extra options button on the characters panel, kinda hard to find (here's a visual guide).






A general set of serif fonts with swashes I use include Adobe Caslon / Garamond / Jenson Pro. Times New Roman on regular old italics is surprisingly pretty when you set the tracking to something like -75.



Just a few things I think look pretty graceful when used correctly.

[danielfromburn]

Thanks. Garadmond's really good. Pity jenson pro needs to be purchased...

[iChelsea]

I love texas hero. I don't know if thats too cliche though.
http://www.ffonts.net/Texas-Hero.font

Also hannibal lecter is very nice.
http://thfonts.com/hannibal-lecter/

Last but not least, Saint Andrew's Queen
http://thfonts.com/j...-andrews-queen/

Monotype Corsiva can look nice too xD even though its kinda boring

Edited by iChelsea, 15 June 2011 - 02:38 PM.

[SausageFish]

I'm actually pretty fond of Bookman Antiqua, Monotype Cursiva, and Times New Roman. They're seemingly boring but look really nice if you're going for elegant simplicity.