Typography
Thursday March 24, 2005
I don’t know about other designers, whether they wrestle with visual design, or the overal information architecture, but the hardest thing for me to decide on is the typography. I prefer to use serif fonts, particularly Georgia and Palatino, but lately I have begun to use the Arial and Helvetica fonts more and more. Frankly it IS a really difficult decision, because some fonts have a greater impact on the viewer. Should you use different fonts for <h?> tags? Should you use a slightly different font to accentuate something? I have seen some designers use a separate font for blockquote, for example, or the old favorite using <cite> or <code> and the old ubiquitous machine fonts (very blocky, remember green letters on a dark green screen?)










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Comment 1
I just really love Arial for most things. It’s smooth and not too wide. I like that.
mel commented on June 18th, 2007
Comment 2 [ Administrator Reply ]
I like using Georgia but lately because of work I’ve started onto other fonts (such as what you mentioned, Arial).
rich commented on June 19th, 2007
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