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Design Typography for Designers Laying Out Type Reviewing Typographic Hierarchy

Vidush Jindal
Vidush Jindal
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Posted by Vidush Jindal
Vidush Jindal
3,663 Points

Pls explain this

The question is The light and thin weights of webfonts work great at smaller sizes or for body copy and its answer is False while o think it should be true.

1 Answer

Daniel Montgomery
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Daniel Montgomery
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Daniel Montgomery
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Daniel Montgomery
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Hey Vidush Jindal 👋

This would be false because while thinner fonts work great and look awesome at large sizes, the smaller you make the text size the harder the thin font will be to read. There's an example I found on the web of what a site rendering a thin font could like like, and it would be hard for most all users to read.

You can see that here: https://support.google.com/chrome/thread/4528667/thin-unreadable-text-for-most-fields?hl=en

You can also check out this article from Prototypr.io with more information on using thin/light fonts in your design.

I hope this helps!