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| title | aliases | tags | ||
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| typography | Typography |
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most common fonts
- gill sans
- helvetica
- calibri
- arial
- times
three types of fonts
- serif
- sans serif
- handwritten
point size
leading depends on the font and the user setting but usually is 20% of the font
x height depends on the font.
- smaller x height adds "elegance"
- larger x height isbettwe to low res displays
ascenders and descender usually correlates with x height (small x-height > large ascenders and descenders)
weight: usually regullar and bold, also light semibold, ultrabold
sans serifs have less line width variation
some fonts provide small caps and lowercase numbers
- serif hypothesis
- serif fonts are easier to read
- preferable for long stretches of text because serifs provide anchors and guide the eye
- not proven
more info on the top than the botton
expectation plays an important role
which font to use?
- depends on context
- recoomentations
- slides and posters sans serif
- printed text serif
- web sans serif
- sans serif is better in lower resolutions
- combinations: (header sans, text serif)
- comic sans good for dyslexia
- logos should catch the eye
