Mine -and some others'- are here:
http://typographi.com/000969.php
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My current top five FontFonts:
FF Bau (goodbye Helv and AkzGrot)
FF Quadraat (Serif, Sans, and Headliner are all unmatched)
FF Strada (warm sans)
FF Daxline (the ultimate modern sans, fixes all my issues with the ultra-popular FF Dax)
FF Moderne Gothics (Jim Parkinson's finest period display faces)
FF Maiola designed by Veronika Burian.
I have seen Scala looking good in a book--not too thin--but I don't know the process. Apparently there can be significant differences in gain when going to film to plate--and that can vary in how it is done--or direct to plate. I don't yet comprehend these important matters of production, though I would like to.
There are quite a few that I like, but the first that inevitably springs to mind is Silvio Napoleone's FF Hydra. I just love the "overexposed" quality of the ink trap-like details (being a kid of the nineties, please forgive me my infatuation with Barry Deck and the people he influenced). I like my type special, but subtly so.
As far as the recent batch* goes, I agree with Tiff that FF Maiola is stunning. I'm usually not so hot for sharp faces, but this one's so good it makes me wanna cry.
* Look for my review of the latest FontFont release in the next installment of Bald Condensed. Expect it online within a week.
For clarity's sake, "MetaPlus" is Meta's old name. For the last several years it's been known simply as FF Meta. And it's certainly not out of style, especially with the new Hairline and Headline cuts.
The most modern browser used Meta for its branding and didn't come off out of date.
Keeping track of FF Meta
Originally, back in 1991 when the very first batch of FontFonts was released, there was FF Meta 1 (Normal, Bold, Small Caps). Hanging figures and additional ff-ligatures were already present in the Normal and Bold weights, with lining figures in the Small Caps.
The first expansion came in 1992 with FF Meta 2 {Italic, Italic Small Caps, Bold Small Caps}.
FF MetaPlus, released in 1993, was the big leap forward. Apart from tripling the total number of fonts to 18, it included a fine-tuning of some characters (most notably the correction of the crossbar on the lc 't'). The family at that point featured Normal, Book, Medium, Bold and Black weights, all in Roman, Italic, Small Caps and Italic Small Caps (except for the Black weight which didn't include Small Caps). Still hanging figures in the 'normal' weights and lining figures in the Small Caps.
Eventually, in 1998 it was back to FF Meta, which saw a reorganisation of the family into subfamilies: FF MetaNormal, FF MetaBook, FF MetaMedium, FF MetaBold and FF MetaBlack, all in Roman, Italic, Small Caps and Italic Small Caps, which all got coupled with their respective Expert and Lining Figures weights: yep, 60 fonts indeed. Biggest change this time was the addition of the Black Small Caps, and moving the extra ligatures (ff, ffi, ffl which were previously in the regular fonts) to the new Expert fonts. And of course the Lining figures weights which means you don't have to switch weights anymore to get the desired type of numerals.
Since then, the family was expanded to include foreign language sets, additional weights, and Condensed and Headline variations.
So, to conclude: don't mix the original six weight FF Meta with FF MetaPlus nor the new FF Meta family (different spacing, some redesigned characters), and when substituting FF Meta for FF MetaPlus be careful with disappearing ff-ligatures and different types of numerals.
This is a reprise of a 2 year old post which appears to have disappeared in digital limbo. Thought it might clear up any misunderstandings about FF Meta and FF MetaPlus.
I also like Seria for its tall ascenders.
I still like Disturbance, but mostly because of its use in the title for The Butterfly Effect, where they horizontally flipped the first 'f' in Effect. Thought that was a nice... effect. I see that they've dropped it though, well at least the official site has.
I also still like using Din. Actually, is someone able to expand on Din and all its variants from different houses? Can you tell me which came first, and how they differ from each other?
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