From the course: Typography: Choosing and Combining Typefaces
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Recap: Dos and don'ts, and what's next
From the course: Typography: Choosing and Combining Typefaces
Recap: Dos and don'ts, and what's next
So let's review. In this course, I've shown you many different approaches that you can try when selecting type for your projects. Here's a recap of some Do's and Don'ts. Don't just choose from a limited range of options that happen to be in your font list. Look at as many options as possible. You can explore your options using the resources I've provided and then make your selections based on one of the following approaches. You can choose type that is specifically stylized to reflect the content of your project. You can use the type expressively to reflect the content. You can choose type that is neutral in its appearance, so it can serve as a blank canvas, or you can choose to use a super family with a broad array of family resemblances which offers more than one type of classification. Most often a serif and a sans serif font. I like to think of these as fraternal twins. When you are combining typefaces, do use types that are significantly different from one another, so they…
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