You want an explanation about each name of the 27 000 font of this site, one by one ???

Helvetica's name comes from it's country. It was designed by a Swiss designer : an Helvetian.
That's one.
26999 to go !

" La chatte a maman " I found a poor cat alone in front on my house...
http://www.dafont.com/fr/la-chatte-a-maman.font Comic: causing or meant to cause laughter.
Comic Sans…
This is going to be one loooooong topic to read... !
Hungry Pig
http://www.dafont.com/woodcutter-hungry-pig.font
Because pigs are cool and always hungry (especially those that come from space)
Edited on Feb 18, 2015 at 18:48 by Rodolphe
fonatica said 
Only when a script font is needed

Maelle.K said 
That's sooooooooo sad!...
tophy52 said 
Helvetica's name comes from it's country. It was designed by a Swiss designer : an Helvetian.
And Time New Roman was by a guy, newly installed in Rome, and had time.

Futura will soon exist.
Trebuchet : It's because the author stumble, that explains it's wobbly look.
(sorry, private joke for the French speakings)
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