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- Fro928
Newstoday's fontgurus,
I am doing the layout for a schoolbook in mathemtics. But now i have run out of ideas what bodyfont i will use. It has to be quite clear easy-readable. I was thinking of using Helvetica Neu for titles, but not really sure about that either.Any favourites right now, bodyfonts and titles? Suggestions?
BigUps//Fro
- ian0
Meta Plus, cos its easy on the eye and not as rigid as other sans faces. Plus the numbers are quite nice cos they have a different baseline, unlike Helvetica.
- ian0
News Gothic is also nice. Thats if you want a sans.
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Ive just used this for a job
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/agf…
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I've also used this too
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/lin…
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....and this http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/fon…
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another one http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/ef/…
- ian0
Frutiger is nice. Using it and Meta in a brochure Im doing.
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- Fro9280
Thanx Ian and Save!
Anybody else? Any other suggestions, not sans?
//Fro
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check this thread
http://www.newstoday.com/docs/pv…
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my two cents: It doesn’t work like this. Its not simply a question of what someone likes or doesn like.
Choosing a face or faces is dependent on a host of elements. For example, you are working with a text book. So, over long bodies of text, a serif face is easier to read than a san-serif face, so an example like Meta would not do. then you could ask who your audience it is, text books are relatively specific to one audience or another. If children, then you would want to consider how easy the read is, should the x height be tall or short, etc...
In relation to this, the faces you choose should consider the layout of the book. If the page count is limited and you need to get so many lines on a page, and the size of the character is fixed in relation to the viewer, you need to choose a face that can do it appropriately.
Also, speaking in aesthetic terms, there is much to be said about relating the proportions of the page and the layout and the typeface/faces. there is much research into this out there.
So perhaps start with the criteria for the project. then developing the page and its elements (layout, structure, typeface) happens in conjunction to one another.
though there are many books out there, I would suggest beginning with Robert Bringhurst's "The elements of typographic style" and also begin with a book like "The history of the book" (author is slipping from me at the moment)...
Buona Fortuna
- Fro9280
Hey F_EddyShears,
Thanks for your long answer, But man for real... Of course i know these things, a lecture in how to design i sure didnt expect in this forum. My question was for inspiration only, my thought was "hey, i ask my friends at newstoday if what bodyfonts they like, and maybe i find something that i like and a font that work with the layout ive done so far". I do know how this work, but i am surprise that you totally misunderstood what i was asking... ha ha... big ups man, cheers!/Fro
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not trying to rain on your parade or call your bluff. there are a lot of posts here about findg a face with no input about its context, just looking for something to throw down. you just happen to be the one I decided to lay down on. If you know what you're doing, good to hear, the world needs better designers.