Typography - Getting The Hang Of Typography

If we reach a point where we want to add a second face to the mix, it՚s always good to observe this simple rule: keep it exactly ...

sufficiently different and therefore put our layout in that dreaded neither- here-nor-there place. If we are going to throw anot ...

Unfortunately, it՚s not as simple as just picking fonts that are very, very different — placing our candy cane font next to, say ...

4. A Little Can Go a Long Way ՚Enough with all these conventional-looking fonts and rules!̓ you say. ̒I need something for my ra ...

sparingly to headlines, a display font can add a well-needed dash of flavor to a design, but it can quickly wear out its welcome ...

(Photo credit: Phillip Leroyer. Used under Creative Commons licence.) Let՚s call this the Pink Belt Principle of Type: display f ...

Enough already. Let՚s try replacing some of the rank-and-file text copy with something more neutral: ...

That՚s better. Now that we՚ve reined in the usage of our star typeface, we՚ve allowed it to shine again. ...

5. Rule Number Five Is ̒There Are No Rules՚ Really. Look hard enough and you will find a dazzling-looking menu set entirely in a ...

Best Practices of Combining Typefaces Douglas Bonneville Creating great typeface combinations is an art, not a science. Indeed, ...

Putting these two together creates an unwanted conflict in the design. Trade Gothic wants to get to the facts, but Bell Gothic w ...

don՚t play well off of each other and create a kind of typographic mud if careful attention is not paid. In the first example on ...

Choosing typefaces from different classifications at the start avoids needless tension in your design and typography later. Assi ...

All in all, there are 4 fonts from 3 typefaces being used here, and they all pull together into a cohesive design, because each ...

On the right of the following illustration, we՚ve set a Myriad Black above Minion, normal weight. It might be a bit heavy-handed ...

there is no confusion regarding where the title is, and where your eye should go next. Clever use of typographic color reinforce ...

letter shapes. Both typefaces have a subtle but not overly-prominent quirkiness. Neither typeface dominates the other. They both ...

First, Dax has narrow glyphs and a big x-height while Bernhard Modern has some very wide glyphs and one of the lowest x-heights ...

Avoid Combinations That are Too Disparate When too much contrast is created in certain settings by selecting typefaces that are ...

is a more modern and subsequently more neutral choice to set against the idiosyncratic presence of Antique Olive Bold. Keep It S ...