The impact of digital typography
Chapter One
So many fonts and so many events
Dress for the occasion
ANTHONY NEIL DART
Typography is like fashion…
Every designer has a series of workhorse fonts.
They are like Jeans; they fit every occasion
Bell Centennial was design to be printed small with maximum legibility
Bell Centennial was design to be printed small with maximum legibility
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Avoid 100% white and black contrast
Short and sweet 79% of readers on the Web tend to scan or skim text
rather than read word for word. People read 25% more slowly on the web than they read print material.
– Jakob Nielsen
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There is a font for every occasion Screen fonts are different then print fonts
A fonts should add value to the text