From the course: Learning Type Design
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Consistency
- [Instructor] A great type design often displays consistency in its shapes. Consistency often means mathematical parity between parts, like the width of stems. But just as often, it means sympathy between parts. And by sympathy, I mean creating visual consistency, rather than mathematical equivalence. An example of this is the visual consistency of stroke weights between the upper and lowercase. These strokes, in Times Roman and other typefaces, are not the same, but they appear balanced when set together. In Times Roman, you can see consistency in the lowercase strokes, in the spaces inside of the letters, in the heights of the letters, in the shape and widths of the serifs, and in the spaces between letters. These consistencies work together to create an even color in the font. For typographers, color refers to the general texture and tone of the typeface when set in a paragraph or page. You can see the color of a font by squinting slightly at the block of type. Consistency is a…
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