Free true-type fonts are available at Goodfonts and the proper fonts are for sale at Linotype or Adobe

Robin Williams mentions Clarendon, which I think I might like to get hold of…

Hey Big Spender

I’ve gone and splashed out, and bought 2 fonts in a whole day:

• Helvetica
• Clarendon Light

Both of these came from MyFonts.com

I’ve also tracked down Jon Hicks’ ‘Lucida Grande’—it’s a Mac default font, and available as a free download at Iceman’s Site

BTW Jon Hicks’ site also uses Monark from the Identikal foundry
and Apex Sans from Thirstype

Helvetica versus Arial

There’s a quiz here

Em Dash

This is the code I’ve used for an em-dash (with an ampersand in front)

#8212;

There’s a great big article at Alistapart

Motorway Fonts

The font on British motorways are available at Chris’s British Road Directory