I’m writing a number of letters to suppliers for my forthcoming wedding at the moment - I want the letters to look elegant and classy, but not too business-like.
What fonts would dopers recommend for that classy look?
I want to avoid the usual suspects (Times, Arial etc), but don’t want anything wacky or too obviously “try-hard” - classy, restrained and understated is more my style…
… any ideas?!
New Century Schoolbook
Palatino
Bodoni Book
“My” font is Goudy Old Style; I love it. I also recommend trying Georgia. It’s not quite my style (I prefer Palatino Linotype to Georgia) but it could be one you like.
Tahoma or Verdana all the way baby!
MtM
I like Bookman Old Style, but Garamond is similar and nice as well!
I like Garamond and High Tower Text. Definitely use a serifed font, at any rate.
Thanks all - I like Georgia, looks great for the address header - and I’m gonna work through some of the others and see what comes out best 
Garamond is one of my favorite fonts. I use it on all my papers.
Another vote for Garamond. I re-did my CV in Garamond and it looks fabulous! I use it for anything professional I do.
Why…Comics Sans MS, of course.
What?
I second Bookman Old Style. Dignified, yet friendly.
My favorite is Caslon.
I like the style of the older typeface designs.
You forgot to mention the kitten clipart.
The designer’s rule of thumb is serif fonts for print and sans-serif for a monitor (for ease of reading).
Palatino has class. I use it on resumes.
For announcements, I usually prefer novelty fonts, but I don’t recommend them. You have to be a bit brassy to pull that off.
In my office we’re required to use Trebuchet supposedly because it gives a “professional” look. I don’t like it much myself.
Wingdings!
Garamond, of course. I wrote my thesis in it. I’m convinced that it was the font that got me over the line…
Thesis committee: “Well, he obviously knows very little about engineering, but my what a nice font!”
And then he was hired by one of the Big Three automakers to make cars.
If you have to use any really small point sizes (like 8 pt or thereabouts), I find that Tahoma is the nicest and most legible at small sizes.