Font Selection Guide
No new foundry links today, but check out Cameron Moll’s article The Non-Typographer’s Guide to Practical Typeface Selection. Here’s his simple formula:
1. Make a list of those “familiar” typefaces that you trust.
2. Supplement that list with a list of “unfamiliar” typefaces.
3. Test each typeface at small and large sizes.
4. Test both caps and lowercase.
10 Comments
badger / March 23, 2005 @ 12:58 pm
How about some posts on managing large amounts of Fonts? I’m steadily getting a HUGE library of fonts. (thanks to this blog, thank you very much.) I have fonts for different types of publications, sites and it can be hard to browse hundreds of fonts to find the right style.
I use photoshop and it’s hard to manage and figure out which fonts I want to use when…
Stephen Coles / March 23, 2005 @ 1:45 pm
Are you on Windows or OS X, badger? I’d recommend submitting such questions at the Typophile forums where hundreds of knowledgeable and helpful folks practically stand by waiting to assist.
eno / March 23, 2005 @ 3:06 pm
And don’t forget to try umlauts, given you are not designing for native english audience.
Nick / March 23, 2005 @ 4:12 pm
FontShop released its new free font today…
joey / March 23, 2005 @ 4:16 pm
why you gotta leak tomorrow’s big story?
Nick / March 23, 2005 @ 11:50 pm
heh, only because you said there was nothing to report today ;)
Nina / March 24, 2005 @ 11:46 am
WAZZUP I NEED HELP!
Nick / March 24, 2005 @ 4:30 pm
I agree.
Tudor / March 26, 2005 @ 4:32 am
Heheh :P
Matt Guard / March 26, 2005 @ 10:05 pm
Typophile forums are down…again.
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