Jonathan Lethem, Richard Posner, and others reveal their favorite fonts - Slate Magazine

Jonathan Lethem, Richard Posner, and others reveal their favorite fonts. - - Slate Magazine: "To accompany Mia Fineman's essay on Helvetica, the font that is now the subject of a documentary film and an exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art, Slate asked a number of prominent writers to tell us what font they compose in and why. Courier was the clear favorite among our unscientific sample, but Times New Roman, Palatino, and something called Hoefler Text had their champions as well. (It seems to come down to whether a writer's formative experience came on an Olivetti or an Apple.) Here are the responses..."