Most popular fonts to use on a menu


I have been having a look at the most popular fonts used on menus as I wanted my final print to be clear so that anyone can read them.  I still want to keep the style modern however I wanted it clear.

The one I like the most is one called Baskerville used in the 1917 for the Harvard University Press. The text is clear and crisp and I would like this style on my menu.  I need to see if it is on Photoshop if not if I can get in and install it so that I can get it onto my PDF.  The original Printing layout on the Colours Menu is a lime green text onto a white boarder to suite the restaurants colour theme.

I would like to step away from what they are already using so that I can create my own style if it was my restaurant and not to copy their current style.


Here is a link with a variation of different font styles that I have been looking at.


http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2011/08/the-most-popular-fonts-used-by-designers/

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indesign tutorial - combine document text and graphics into pdf brochure

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Colours Restaurant 

Here is a link to the restaurant that I will be taking my images for.  

http://www.sthelens.ac.uk/menus/817-dinner-menu

They already have their own website set up with all of their food listed.  I will be photographing 5 different dishes and then creating a menu with a landscape format on a PDF file.  

The restaurant have stated today that they will have 5 different foods for me to be able to photograph tomorrow. I originally wanted to have an image next to each food however I think that would be to much to put in.  What I would like to do is to also get images of the restaurant and maybe one of their staff if permitted to do so.


I will use the food images taken and then highlight them as the style of the food served at the restaurant.  Under the images i will list the text of the restaurant details & menu.

All images will be shot with a canon 40D with an external flash, images will be shot in Raw/Jpeg for editing purposes.  I will have with me a tripod, a soft box and use off natural light.  i will be asking for all of the food to be placed on a table with glasses and cutlery available for me to be able to use for a background and compositional purposes.

Im looking forward to the outcomes I get tomorrow with the use of a digital camera. The advantages of using the digital camera and not anolog are much greater in terms of post editing.  I will be able to adjust coulors, tone and texture using photoshop CS6 that I have at home.

Other Blogs I have been looking at - Food photographers in pracice

http://www.foodportfolio.com/b/

As a food photographer, shooting real ice cream is probably the toughest things to do. If I had to recommend just how to make the job easier, here’s what I would recommend.
1. Make the studio as cold as possible.
2. Work really, really, really fast.
3. Prey a lot…
I just finished a four day ice cream shoot and I’m still cold. I rented 13 freezers, besides the three I already own, and that was just barely enough for all the product.
It was a tough job, but all’s well that ends well, and I must admit, the job turned up very nicely…
)

Hints and tips of ways to shoot Ice cfream before it melts. Cold & Warm food.

You tube video links for food photography.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpS10LFmilc#zone=128&width=160px&height=600px&platformId=140&SSLSectionId=3992743&refhostname=www.youtube.com&AppInstanceUid=66D11045-FD03-441B-BCE7-20A716DECF70&secure=0&LayoutId=1

I have been watching other photographers and how they work with food photography.  I have attcheded some vidoe links of the kind of work I have been looking at to get ideas and help.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VU7wQsx-QVE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REd2unpauw4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IHf6UwQC4s

Image taking today in the Colors Resturant & equipment required

Now that I have been given permisson to take im ages in the restujrant I need to work out what eqimnet I want or indeed need to use.  Here is a list of what I will be taking with me for the shoot.


* Canon 40D digital camera
* External flash
* Tripod
* 5 in 1 Reflector


As I will be on locatgion and in the kitchen I dont want tgo have too much equipment with me and I feally wouldn't want to get in the way of the kitchen staff.

There will be alot of light in thed kitchen therefore I may not even need to use flash to get the shots I need.