Much more than just arranging pretty fonts on a nice background, typography is an essential part of most designs — one that can make or break a whole project. Unfortunately, typography errors tend to make a bigger statement than good typography. Mistakes stick out like a sore thumb, while thoughtful typographic choices blend so nicely with the overall design that you might overlook them. 01. It’s a tempting fix: You’re short on space; you need to fit in a certain amount of text; so what do you do? 02. This applies to whole lines of text, too. 03. Another rookie mistake (similar to the previous one) is stretching or condensing words to fit into a certain space. But there are ways to avoid this problem. 04. If you want your design to attract attention, people are going to have to be able to read it clearly. 05. Long passages of text (also known as body copy) need special consideration in terms of readability. 06. 07. One more copy-related tip: don’t double-space between sentences. 08.
