I’ve been reading the past day practical typography, while not perfect, it’s a pretty solid read and takes some initiative on opinions which I respect.

Excerpt:

If you’re lim­it­ed to sys­tem fonts, con­sult this chart and choose wise­ly. For print, fonts on the A list are al­ways best. For screen dis­play, like pre­sen­ta­tions and web­sites, sys­tem fonts on the A, B, and C lists are fine. They’re also suit­able for shar­ing draft doc­u­ments. But al­ways steer clear of the F list. Fonts plau­si­ble for body text are marked with ★. Others are us­able for spe­cial pur­pos­es (for instance,letterhead).

This chart in­cludes all the com­mon Windows and Mac sys­tem fonts, plus the Microsoft Office fonts. System configurations differ, so not every font will be on your computer.

These rank­ings rep­re­sent a blend of prac­ti­cal and aes­thet­ic con­sid­er­a­tions, not ab­solute mer­it. Some fonts on the F list aren’t bad, they’re just in­apt for pro­fes­sion­al writ­ing. Similarly, some fonts on the A list are not my fa­vorites, but they’re rea­son­ably useful.

The A list: Generally tolerable

Avenir (Mac) ★
Baskerville (Mac) ★
Bell MT ★
Californian FB ★
Calisto MT ★
Century Schoolbook ★
Franklin Gothic ★
Garamond ★
Gill Sans ★
Gill Sans MT ★
Goudy Old Style ★
Hoefler Text ★
Optima ★

The B list: OK in lim­it­ed doses

Agency FB
Big Caslon
Bodoni MT
Book Antiqua ★
Calibri ★
Candara ★
Centaur
Century
Cochin
Constantia
Corbel
Didot
Eras Medium ITC
Futura ★
Geneva
Gloucester MT Extra Cond.
Helvetica ★
Helvetica Neue ★
High Tower Text ★
Modern No. 20
Palatino ★
Perpetua ★
Rockwell
Segoe UI ★
Tw Cen MT ★

The C list: Questionable

Andale Mono
Baskerville Old Face
Berlin Sans FB
Bernard MT Condensed
Britannic Bold
Cambria ★
Castellar
Century Gothic
Consolas
Cooper Black
Copperplate
Copperplate Gothic
Courier
Courier New
Elephant
Engravers MT
Felix Titling
Footlight MT Light
Georgia
Goudy Stout
Haettenschweiler
Impact
Lucida (all styles)
Maiandra GD
Monaco
Niagara Solid & Engraved
Onyx
Plantagenet Cherokee
Poor Richard
Skia
Times New Roman ★
Wide Latin

The F list: Fatal to your credibility

Algerian
American Typewriter
Apple Chancery
Arial (all styles)
Bauhaus 93
Blackadder ITC
Bradley Hand ITC
Broadway
Brush Script MT
Bookman Old Style
Chalkboard
Chiller
Colonna MT
Comic Sans MS
Curlz MT
Edwardian Script ITC
Forte
Freestyle Script
French Script MT
Gabriola
Gigi
Harlow Solid Italic
Harrington
Herculanum
Imprint MT Shadow
Informal Roman
Jokerman
Juice ITC
Kristen ITC
Kunstler Script
Magneto
Marker Felt
Matura MT Script Capitals
Mistral
Monotype Corsiva
OCR A Extended
Old English Text MT
Palace Script MT
Papyrus
Parchment
Playbill
Pristina
Rage Italic
Ravie
Script MT Bold
Snap ITC
Stencil
Showcard Gothic
Tahoma
Tempus Sans ITC
Trebuchet MS
Verdana
Viner Hand ITC
Vivaldi
Vladimir Script
Zapfino

Don’t thank me, go to practicaltypography.com