6 Great Fonts for Graphic Design (plus 2 that just shouldn't exist!)
[1992 - Robert Slimbach & Carol Twombly]
Like most sans serif fonts, Myriad robust, very open, and easily readable; but two of my favorite things about Myriad probably don’t matter to anyone but me. First off, it has its own very nicely designed ligatures (which are certain letter pairs that actually change their shape for better flow and readability... see example to the right.) Myriad is just a nicely kerned font all on its own, and having some well thought of ligatures just make it nicer to work with. Secondly, I have great respect for folks who design their italics in ways that aren’t just “slanty versions” of the standard “roman” upright version. Myriad uses this concept in several of its characters, like the “a” and “e” shown to the right also.