Design: Typography
Design: Typography
There are a few Groups of types of fonts, such as...
There are a few Groups of types of fonts, such as...
Serif - letters have marks on the ends of the lines of the letters
Sans Serif - letters lack those marks on the ends of the lines of the letters
Decorative - letters almost look like pictures, they are so decorated, but you can still make out the letter shapes
Some good practices for designing with Type:
Some good practices for designing with Type:
Don't use more than 2 types of fonts in a design - if you use Serif and San Serif, avoid Decorative - it gets too crazy!
Do use 2 types of fonts to effectively use contrast. Pairings!
Resources
Resources
FontMeme.com - so many fonts!