Great Fonts for Thumbnails?!

[tehSpaceChase]

Guys, what fonts are you using when you make your Thumbnails? I've been playing around with a few (Flatbrush in FinalCut), but I'm moving my Thumbnail creation over to Photoshop.

I'm a huge simpleton with art sensibilities, but I want my thumbnails to look good - and traditionally keep using the same font, so there will be consistency throughout the videos/brand. What are you best tips and practices for fonts, and your favorite ones to use?

 

[RageOn!]

You want your fonts to be readable and they need to stand out from the graphic behind them! At first i used to forget these where going to be a small square in a page filled with other squares trying to call people's attention. Visualize and be creative! I think that is the way to go!

 

[Nutella]

Personally for the font i would use IMPACT because it stands out a lot. its easy for a person to see and read.

 

[TylersMagic]

Personally for the font i would use IMPACT because it stands out a lot. its easy for a person to see and read.

I agree with using impact. Either white color with a black outline or black color with a white outline.

 

[ZakDTV]

I have been using a font called overhaul, I like it it is a little grungy looking but I am looking at other ones to see whats out there.

 

[Yoursharkfriend]

I use a range of different fonts my best advice is just to play around and try almost every font lol I know it sounds crazy but how are you gonna know unless you try it??

 

[QuickTop 10's/5's]

I personally like America Captain even know it is very overused I just like how clean it looks

 

[ZakDTV]

A good spot to look at fonts is over at DaFont. You can set up your preview phrase to see what it will look like

 

[OzzyMikeNaz]

The stock standard is impact, it's just always wise to remember about color, stick with black or white, especially if you are going to have a busy background because that won't show up well especially on mobile devices.