Ask HN: What's your favourite typeface?

Adobe Garamond [0] is really nice to look at, I think, especially for long passages of text.

With Akzidenz-Grotesk [1] as a runner-up (and for headlines etc.). Font fun fact: This was actually the font Massimo Vignelli originally used on the NYC subway system, before the MTA changed it to Helvetica (which is a fine choice, too, though I personally think Akzidenz (on which Helvetica is partly based) is prettier) [2].

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garamond#Adobe_Garamond

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akzidenz-Grotesk

[2]: http://www.helveticasubway.com

Fun typeface fact: Stanley Kubrick's favourite was Futura Extra Bold, it was used on the posters for Eyes Wide Shut and 2001

Source: (http://www.theguardian.com/film/2004/mar/27/features.weekend)

The Nike logo is also from the Futura family (https://www.quora.com/What-font-is-used-for-the-Nike-logo)

Chicago.

For fun, for nostalgia, for distinctiveness, for boldness, for my heart and my soul.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_%28typeface%29

Susan Kare, its prolific designer:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Kare

Neue Haas Grotesk [0], the original name and style of Helvetica.

[0] http://www.fontbureau.com/nhg/

Anything I don't need to extra pay for!

Lato is nice - it's on Google Fonts.

I enjoy using "Duru Sans" whenever I need to write some paragraphs.

For headings and titles I like a clean "DejaVu Sans"

Gotham by Tobias Frere-Jones. A very similar open source alternative is Montserrat by Julieta Ulanovsky

Is there such a thing? Sounds a bit like 'favourite colour'.

Anyway, that said, Fira Sans is very nice.

Chaparral.

Bembo. Impractical as it may be sometimes, I just adore the capital R.

I just enjoy writing code using "Monospace".

Depends on why I am selecting a typeface.

Open Sans

consolas 11pt

I'm a huge fan of Freight Text Pro for serifs (https://typekit.com/fonts/freight-text-pro). It's like... just rounded enough to be soft and kind, but still be professional. I'm talking mostly about the medium weight, but the whole series is nice.