20+ examples of beautiful and inspiring fonts. Choosing fonts for design projects can be a daunting task because there’s thousands of fonts out there all over the web that you could use. Whether you’re looking to create a big, bold logo for your business or work on a poster for an event here’s a collection of inspiring fonts that are perfect for use whatever your project may be. The collection covers a variety of themes from vintage to clean and simple.
Remember to check the license before using any of these fonts commercially and any restrictions on use. Neo Deco Neo Deco is a beautiful, professional font that works well for logos. It’s clean, simple typography in action with a real sense of style. PLSTK is a completely unique font. Kabel Kabel is a well designed, interesting font. Kilogram Kilogram is a solid, bold and headline font. Code is a very nice, simple and clean font. Another unique font, Telefono, has loads of added detail to each glyph. Novecento Hagin Looking for a headline font that stands out? Paranoid Absinthe RBNo2 Nomed Ribbon. Choosing the Right Font: A Practical Guide to Typography on the Web. Typography is an huge field. People devote years of their lives to this ancient craft, and yet there's always something new to learn. In this article, I'll be reviewing the major points that you should consider when selecting a typeface for a website.
Republished Tutorial Every few weeks, we revisit some of our reader's favorite posts from throughout the history of the site. This tutorial was first published in October of 2010. Practical Typography When you design for the web, you have to accept that the content will change. What I'm going to be focusing on today is practical typography. Readability What do you do with type? By making your type readable, you immediately jump ahead of at least half of the competition, which is fortunate, really, because it's not that hard!
Typefaces When deciding what typeface to use on your website, it's important to remember: don't over think it. While it may go against your beliefs to set your type in such an abused face, if it works, then go for it. Pairing. How to Choose a Typeface. Advertisement Choosing a typeface can be tricky. The beauty and complexity of type, combined with an inexhaustible supply of options to evaluate, can make your head spin. But don’t be baffled — and don’t despair. While there are no easy-to-follow rules on how best to choose a typeface, there are many tried-and-true principles you can quickly learn and apply to make an appropriate typeface choice. If you work systematically through the options below, you’ll have a winning typeface choice in no time. What Is Your Goal? The first thing you have to do in order to choose a typeface is form a strong impression in your mind about how you want your audience to react to the text.
Perhaps the hardest part of breaking down the typeface selection process is understanding which parts are more subjective and which parts are more objective. Legibility It may seem at first glance that legibility and readability are the same thing, but they are not. Quick tips for great legibility: Readability Design Intent. Choosing Fonts In Web Design. Questions about fonts and how best to use then in web design come up often. Questions about which family of font to use or what font size is the best are common issues that face web designers. Your font choices will make a huge difference in the readability of your site.
And a sure way to lose visitors is to provide content they have trouble reading. So what are some basic rules to follow with the fonts you use on your website. As with most everything in design there are no hard and fast rules, though there are some general guidelines you can follow. One of the most important guidelines is to remember that online you don’t have the same control over things that you have with print. For the most part I wouldn’t recommend making all your text an image, especially if you ever want a search engine to see it. Provide Options In Font Families The choice of font family is usually one of the first you’ll make with your type. Font-family: <ideal>, <alternative>, <common>, <generic>; Types Of Font. Top 7 Fonts Used By Professionals In Graphic Design. Posted on 23'08 Sep Posted on September 23, 2008 along with 281 JUST™ Creative Comments Although there have been many other most used font posts, most of them outline fonts used by the ‘not-so-well-trained’ designer.
In this post I want to outline the fonts that are often used by the more ‘professional’ of designers. This article is the third article of four in this series. The Four Part Series 1. Without a doubt, Helvetica is the most heavily used font by professionals (and also by the not so professional) in graphic design. And as Vivien pleas in her 16 most overused fonts article, “Understand that you can’t always rely on Helvetica to illustrate and deliver your every message. 2.
Trajan finds its way into many Hollywood movie posters and anything remotely to do with religion, law, marriage, class or the past. A bit of history on the font Trajan… Trajan is an old style serif typeface designed in 1989 by Carol Twombly for Adobe. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Close Contenders Still type hungry?