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Peter Smith
12,347 PointsMaking font choices
I am a developer without a good eye for design. I once came across a very simple infographic that made it easy to understand when a font should be used and where. No, not that one, the other one.
Does anyone have a link to that? Otherwise, ideas on how to pick a website's fonts?
4 Answers
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 PointsHeres some more you might want to check out,
http://designmodo.com/great-font-combinations/
tiff.herokuapp.com
All courtesy of the late Treehouse Show ;)
Samuel Durkin
48,402 PointsThe forum seems to be adding "
" to a lot of links. Original poster (and others), just remove them to get the correct page.
Jeremiah Stephan
5,294 PointsSam's link didn't work for me. But I did find Jason's book listed in the second row of the "products" page of abookapart.com.
Also, Jason's done a nice presentation on the same topic. You can find it here:
Samuel Durkin
48,402 PointsThanks for fixing it Jeremiah!
Edit: I can see I'm confusing things, this link you posted does indeed work:
Jeremiah Stephan
5,294 PointsSorry Sam. Here's the video link: https://vimeo.com/34178417
Peter Smith
12,347 Points
I'm still looking for this dead simple infographic I once came across on reddit...
Jacob Bergdahl
29,119 PointsIf an infographic is "dead simple", then it's probably not very good :) Tutorials are often better, especially if they go into just the right amount of detail. The answers provided above are very helpful and useful.
Samuel Durkin
48,402 PointsSamuel Durkin
48,402 PointsThere are some great websites such as fontpair.co which might give you some inspiration, but for me the most insightful thing was reading Jason Santa Maria's On Web Typography:
http://abookapart.com/products/on-web-typography
If I'm unsure when I'm building a website (for instance if the client hasn't sent me much to work with), I often start with Open Sans because it's very lightweight and easy to read. Then reassess once the project is further along.
It's a huge, fascinating topic that is easy to get obsessed with.