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Geek Culture / Font hounds - good subtitle font?

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Drew Cameron
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Posted: 28th Jun 2011 22:59
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Hello everyone,

I'm struggling to find a good subtitle font. Here are two suggestions I have so far. One looks cool but isnt too legible, the other is legible but looks ... weak.

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Drew Cameron
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And attached, the second font screenshot.

Name some good ones please!

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BatVink
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Posted: 28th Jun 2011 23:52
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#1 looks good. It's legible, you have the black border on white text for clarity on all backgrounds, and it doesn't detract from the scene

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#1 is good, I think. All caps is generally a bad idea for pretty much anything because, contrary to popular belief, it's much harder to read.

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Agreed #1 looks best
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Posted: 29th Jun 2011 12:48 Edited at: 29th Jun 2011 13:09
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Take a look at Futura, Tahoma, Verdana, Helvetica and Franklin Gothic.
All striking fonts in my opinion. (Also note that there are different flavours of each font, its worth going to a font site and look at all the sub styles)

But out of the two screen shots, I have to say that #1 looks the best.

EDIT:
Here is another nice one: Code Pro (Scroll down to the bottom to see the lowercase version)
And this one: Gibson

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