Thanks, Angela, this is helpful stuff! I’m always eager to learn more about typography and graphic design. Do you generally recommend using serif fonts for headers and sans-serif for body text, like in your Cobbler example?
Also, do you have any insights to what makes a “Bad Typeface”? I know to avoid Papyrus and Comic Sans because I see that people always talk about hating them, and I can see that they are not great, but I’m not 100% sure why. Sometimes I’m afraid to be creative in my font choices for fear of accidentally choosing something terrible, so I end up going with something super safe and boring like Helvetica. I figure that is always safe, right? Or is Helvetica out now?
Lastly, I just want to share this handy site that I love, and you probably already know about, but just in case anyone else reads this, the WhatTheFont tool will identify any font you upload an image of and suggest similar fonts: https://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/
Thanks for the tips Angela, I really like how you pointed it out that fonts matter in all kinds of work. I just checked the websites you guys shared, they are awesome and will definitely helpful when I need them. I usually use dafont.com to look for new stuff, also I found that Google fonts are very useful for website designing, because I can easily embed any font I want and don’t have to choose amongst the given ones.
Thanks, Angela, this is helpful stuff! I’m always eager to learn more about typography and graphic design. Do you generally recommend using serif fonts for headers and sans-serif for body text, like in your Cobbler example?
Also, do you have any insights to what makes a “Bad Typeface”? I know to avoid Papyrus and Comic Sans because I see that people always talk about hating them, and I can see that they are not great, but I’m not 100% sure why. Sometimes I’m afraid to be creative in my font choices for fear of accidentally choosing something terrible, so I end up going with something super safe and boring like Helvetica. I figure that is always safe, right? Or is Helvetica out now?
Lastly, I just want to share this handy site that I love, and you probably already know about, but just in case anyone else reads this, the WhatTheFont tool will identify any font you upload an image of and suggest similar fonts: https://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/
Hi Zack, regarding using serif vs sans-serif for headers vs body text, there is no hard and fast rule; it would mainly depend on readability. If it’s a wide and long paragraph, for example, a serif font would help the reader’s eyes along from left to right as they read.
Regarding Papyrus and Comic Sans, I think the reason they are passé is because they are trendy and overused. Helvetica seems overused, too, but it lacks “trendiness” and leans more toward “classic” (or dry–ahem…) so maybe it won’t become passé? These days, my safe font is Verdana for body text.
WhatTheFont is great. If you are interested in acquiring fonts, check out DesignCuts (www.designcuts.com) for awesome deals on font bundles.
Thanks, Angela. Good tips!
Thanks for the tips Angela, I really like how you pointed it out that fonts matter in all kinds of work. I just checked the websites you guys shared, they are awesome and will definitely helpful when I need them. I usually use dafont.com to look for new stuff, also I found that Google fonts are very useful for website designing, because I can easily embed any font I want and don’t have to choose amongst the given ones.