what font are you?

I love fonts. I can play on font websites and read about font history for hours (instead of working).

I also love PBS. I can watch it for hours (instead of working).

So, imagine my sheer joy when one of my favorite PBS shows, Independent Lens, did a special on my favorite font - Helvetica. It was fascinating.

After the show, I took a "which font are you?" quiz on their website. As it turns out, I AM Helvetica. I'm proud of my font. It's the straight-forward-workhorse font. Of course, the quiz has limited answers and we know that there are NO limits on fonts. 

I do think I'm Helvetica, but I've also got a little artful independence in me like CK Ali's hand (Ali Edward's handwriting font) and some old-school bold in me like the Two Peas font.

Ellen says she's "Mia's Scribbling."

A friend of mine who works in the printing business responded to the question with a quick, "That's a totally weird question!" Then 2 seconds later she said, "OMG! I'm Papyrus.

What about you? Ali once told me, "Fonts are like images, they convey emotion and meaning." What font are you? What does it say about you?  DaFont.com is a fun place to poke around for fun (and free) fonts and Fonts.com is the daddy of all font shopping.

Leave us a link so we can check it out. Unless, of course, you're Times New Roman or Arial. Then we know you (and we love you).

Comments

[Lisa D.]

I love fonts too! Got hooked on them and font websites a few years ago. As a former elementary school principal I could spend hours just deciding which ones I wanted to use for flyers and newsletters. I am Felt! Love your blog,BB. :)

[Susan]

Fun! I am Impact!

[Verby from PNN]

Times New Roman?! No! No! I am Comic Sans or Antihero, seriously!

[Sarah Craig]

Well, I was going to tell you Times New Roman before I took the quiz. Because I NEVER play around with fonts and I always use TNR. I didn't even know there were websites dedicated to fonts until I read this entry. So I decided to take the quiz. I thought to myself, "I'm a pretty creative, artsy person. Maybe there is a font out there that is totally ME and I'm totally missing out on something."

So I took the quiz. I'm Times New Roman.

[Lisa D.]

Had to update my comment...took the quiz and I came out Helvetica,but I'm really Felt. :)

[Jessica]

I am Helvetica!!

[Amalia]

I'm Times New Roman. I'm not sure how I feel about that....

[Lindy]

I'm another font lover. I love Amanda's (of Kevin and Amanda) fonts. She has all kinds of handwritten fonts, as well as scrapbooking fonts and they are all FREE! Her web address: http://www.kevinandamanda.com/fonts/.

[Elizabeth]

The quiz is confused. It said I was Helvetica, but I am really Comic Sans. :)

[Gargi]

This was fun !!!! This is a fun topic!!! I like Comic sans so much!! The thought of the font makes me smile ! I also took the quiz on the website you gave, and it turns out I am Edwardian script... a true romantic at heart, which is true too! I guess I am a combination of both!

http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/ascender/comic-sans/
and
http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/linotype/itc-edwardian-script/

Thanks for sharing! Happy Holidays!!

[Peabea]

I would love to think that I'm a fancy Script font or something like that, but in fact I'm just a Times New Roman or an Arial font. Love the question though...

[Peabea]

Quiz said I was Helvetica. Who knew!!

[Cameron]

The quiz said I'm Times New Roman, which I won't argue with, but I ADORE the font Archer, which is what Cathy Zielske uses on her scrapbooks all the time. I LOVE IT but it costs hundreds of dollars just for the basic version and I just cannot justify spending that on a FONT. (SOB.)

http://typography.com/fonts/font_styles.php?productLineID=100033

[JV]

How fun! I agree with Elizabeth. I also think this quiz is confused! It said that I too am Helvetica. However, I am with Ellen on this one. I think I am much more better represented by "Mia's Scribbling."

[Annie]

Oh I *love* fonts. Turns out, I'm helvetica, too. Thanks for the fun mid-day diversion!

[Monica]

what a fun quiz!
the main font i seem to be is Times New Roman but scrolling through the other font options that came up, i think i am more like Comic Sans, Mrs Eaves and Contrary...

i think you can view my results with this link:
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/helvetica/quiz.html

thanks for the fun! i love how your blog is developing =-) and DaFonts is one of the best sites EVER for finding great, original and imaginative fonts - many for FREE!! YAY!

[Cecilia]

I'm Courier!
That was somewhat of a surprise :) I do like the old typewriter fonts...but I also like the really funky ones!

Thanks for sharing!

[The Other Laura]

The quiz says Times New Roman but I use Calisto as my default font.

[Chookooloonks]

Straight up Helvetica. No surprise here. Although my default font is actually Helvetica NEUE. See? I can be wacky! I can be unpredictable!

[Sara Moriarty]

I'm Times New Roman. I think that's pretty accurate. just for fun i took the quiZ a second time and got helvetica. that works too. what a fun post brene.

[melissa]

What an fun quiz I got Edwardian- the description was pretty accurate for me. :)

[Sara S]

Courier-going against the grain. I think it's perfect.

[Stacey D]

The quiz says Helvetica for me too. There are a lot us! I usually use Comic Sans or Tempus Sans.

[Cheryl]

Helvetica??? I would have sworn I was Comic Sans......

[Anj]

Okay, so it says I'm Times New Roman (which is what I always switch OUT of when creating new docs), but then again, they didn't have Tahoma as an option, so I guess I'll take it ;-)

[Monica L. H.]

Of COURSE there's a quiz about this! I'm Helvetica, too, with the limited options. And I LOVE Ali's font & Mia's Scribbling! Actually - I'd love to turn my writing into a font... that would be cool! I definitely believe that fonts & writing are a window to emotion.... man, if I could categorize my writing & my font choices it'd be a psychologist's nightmare! Thanks for this post today!

[Tatjana]

Try 1001fonts.com
Enjoy!

[Deb J]

the quiz says I'm helvetica but I disagree. I think I am Gasoline Alley. Pretty crisp with just a touch of curlyque.

[Deirdre]

CZ has me wishing for Archer too. Now I have to look up Gasoline Alley and Felt...thanks for the enabling.

I love fonts---(except Comic Sans, sorry...unless it really is comic dialogue). Main loves: Century Gothic, Bookman Old Style, but what font am I?

The Blue Cabin.
(found at the Kevin and Amanda site mentioned in another comment above)

[Pattie]

I have a font fetish!! I agree with Ali that fonts have emotion and personality. My favorites? Old typewriter fonts like these:
http://simplythebest.net/fonts/typewriter_fonts.html

and very cool handwritten fonts like these:
http://www.tripwiremagazine.com/2009/05/45-exceptionally-useful-free-handwritten-fonts.html
So glad that so many fonts are FREE and therefore a harmless fetish!

[Angela]

I took the quiz - I love this link! I'm 'Edwardian Script' which is no surprise because I've been told more than a few times that I'm a die-hard romantic!!

[Cheri Andrews]

I took the quiz and it says Helvetica. Given the quiz choices, I'd say that works - Helvetica is perfect for the everyday. My favorite font of all time is Scriptina, but I admit that it has limited usage. I'm also a fan of VT Remington and CK Ali's hand and a bunch more too numerous to mention.

[Lorie]

Who knew there were so many font geeks like myself?! The quiz told me I was Helvetica, but I don't know about all that. For everyday, I love Arial- so clean and straight forward.

for fun Comic Sans, but i could (and have) spend hours looking at fonts. I was just over at dafont.com and fell in love with Jellyka, Saint-Andrew's Queen (http://www.dafont.com/jellyka-saint-andrews-queen.font) So pretty.

fun post Brene!!

[farrah Braniff]

for sure....Shimmer: http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/bluevinyl/shimmer/

[Heather]

Well, the (inaccurate, I think) quiz says I'm Edwardian Script. But I'm with Deirdre: My faves include Century Gothic & Bookman Old Style and I dislike Comic Sans.

I loved what I saw on www.KevinandAmanda.com; not being a scrapbooker, I had no idea of the bazillions of scrapbooking fonts there are available. "My" font is probably Times New Roman. I like a classic font with a serif for my writing and correspondence.

This has been a fun distraction from productivity. Thanks, as always!

[Heather]

I just watched the documentary and now I WANT to be Helvetica-- "perfect"! I think I'm not quite there yet. I keep house and dress like I'm papyrus. My accent, however, says I'm "Makeshift"

[Amy Gleason]

http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/helvetica/quiz.html
i like it, i like it a lot!
i love fonts!

[Amy Gleason]

oops...i thought the link would go to my font, "contrary."

[Bridge]

Garamond,always

[Kate]

I have been obsessed--OBSESSED--with Mrs. Eaves lately.

http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/emigre/mrs-eaves/

[DawnS]

I {heart} fonts too! I'm Helvetica all the way.

[Sara w/out the "H"]

I want to know what the sarcastic font is.
I keep getting misinterpreted

[Kathy VK]

Too much fun and absolutely dead on - Times New Roman, can't help it - it's what I am. Check out http://fontasy.de/

[Susan at Charm of the Carolines]

Didn't realize how interesting fonts could be. Thanks for enlightening me!

Peace and Puppies,

Susan at Charm of the Carolines

[the inadvertent farmer]

Mrs. Eaves...never even heard of it but now I'm gonna have to use it!!! Kim

[Deb]

I was Helvetica but I am probably Arial in real life. : )
I didn't like any of my answers: the choices didn't fit me at all.
I think I am a creative person but I feel spending time picking a font is a waste of time.
I guess maybe I am boring. : )

[Allison]

According the the quiz, I am Times New Roman- but oh how I actually love Courier.

[margie]

i am helvetica. i am going to watch the film. i entered the computer world late, after four children and the highlight of introduction, access to fonts. prior to that we had NO access to fonts. none. it was a gift.

[Leisa Hammett]

What an interesting post. And also...what a grandma! The cat eye glasses photo is worth a thousand words. Lucky you. Love the tradition, too. She's of loved it, I bet.

[Becky]

I find it extremely amusing that I knew the answer to this question instantly. I am "the quickest shift" http://www.dafont.com/the-quickest-shift.font

It's a bit quirky, sassy, slighty tim burton-ish, and fun. YAY for fonts.