Commercial Fonts: The Branding of Products

Ever wonder what type of fonts are used for companies for their brand name? Here are some popular fonts you might know or perhaps be surprised are used by some of the top brand companies.

Zopa.com-Frankfurter medium

Shutterfly-Frutiger

Facebook-Klavika

Twitter-Pico Alphabet

Vimeo-Black Rose

Google-Catull BQ

Yahoo-Yahoo font

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