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So You Need a Typeface

SO YOU NEED A TYPEFACE is a project by Julian Hansen. It's an alternative way on how to choose fonts (or just be inspired) for a specific project, not just by browsing through the pages of FontBook. The list is (very loosely) based on the top 50 of the Top100 Best Schrieften by Font Shop. HOW ABOUT SOMETHING Univers Times GOT A LOT OF HEAVILY USED? NO TABLES, HAVE YOU? YES Miller YES NO YES NO YOU CRIED WHEN OKAY TO A QUESTION OF WE ALL LIKE Syntax NO WATCHING YEŞ SOMETHING VERY TERMINATOR Din HOW DOES GOOD -.. Proforma FOOD CONDENSED, YES? YES DO PEOPLE CALL YOU BORING FROM RELIGHTING THE AMERICAN TRADITION SOUND? Baskerville YES NO TIME TO TIME? YES NO BAD GOUDA EMMENTAL HUMANISTIC Letter Gothic I MUST SAY THAT FORMS PLEASE INFOGRAPHIC THIS FLOWCHART IS LOOKING HOT TEXT FACE YOUR EYE? Scala OCR COMBINATION ARE YOU COMPLETELY IN Caslon NEWSPAPER Joanna BOOK Minion DOUBT? DISPLAY THINK MR. SPIEKERMANN IS MOSTLY RIGHT? GOOD BAD YES NO DO YOU LIKE IT YEŞ TRADITIONAL? A CHAMPION IN SO YOU NEED A TYPEFACE NO WHAT IS YOUR OPINION OF ERIC GILL USABILITY, YES YES PERHAPS? NO THE NETHERLANDS IS NICE, RIGHT? YES NO NO Optima EVERYBODY LOVES GARAMOND GET OUT OF MY DO YOU LIKE THE TYPE ON HIGHWAYS? SOMETHING MODERN, YET FLOWCHART! YES NO PLANISPOKEN Sabon MMM. SPIKY SERIFS YES NO Arnhem ARE NICE SO YOU WANTA SANS SERIF, IS Start out by choosing the kind of project that you'll need your typeface for. YES NO THAT THE CASE? YES NO ок YES BUT PERHAPS Gotham OKAY, HERE WE A ONE WOULD WANT OK A LARGER EYE? CLASSIC WAITING FOR YOU IT'S OKAY WITH YOU IF IT'S SWISS? NO Garamond Swift OKAY, TO A QUESTION OF AGE LOGO NOT AFRAID TO BE GOOD ASKED IF YOU LIVE HOW DOES THE WORDS SEMI-SANS, YES YES NO GOT A WHOLE LOT IN THE NINETIES? Comic Sans OF OFFICE NEW OLD SEMI-SERIF SOUND? CORRESPONDACE? INVITATION A SANS SERIF, OR PERHAPSA BAD NO MAYBE? SERIF? Helvetica YES NO GOOD SOMETHING NEW, GOT SERIFS, GOT YOU LIKE A NEO-GROTESK PERHAPS? YES Meta GEOMETRICS? LIKE SOMETHING HANDWRITTEN, DO YOU? SANS? IS IT AN ITALIAN RESTAURANT? BAD Interstate NO Zyfaw YES NO Franklin GOOD YES NO YES IF I SAY "SCIENCE Gothic FICTION MOVIES NO DO YOU LIKE ARE MY FAVOURITE" YES FUTURA? YES BAD HOW ABOUT SOMETHING A BIT FANCY? SOMETHING HUMANISTIC, THEN? OKAY THEN, COME Enikrighthand NO Rotis WITH ME THEN WE ONLY HOW ABOUT SOMETHING CLASSIC HAVE SOMETHING NO SOMETHING YES NO DECORATIVE YES NO CALLIGRAPHIC, MAYBE? Palatino YES NO YES NO OK Myriad DO YOU LIKE THE LOOK OF ADOBE? YES Walbaum Bodoni Lexicon YES THIN HAIRLINES SOMETHING FUN, ARE YOU ALONE? NO THEN? Frutiger Futura Metro Didot NO READABILITY? THINNER HAIRLINES Fedra Akzidenz Grotesk PeigNot Eurostyle

So You Need a Typeface

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Is your idea of mixing up the type treatment for your projects involve clicking bold, italic, or wait for it...bold and italic? It might be time to move you outside your comfort range, and don't worry...

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