Try my trick of separating the letters. However, you have some good leads to follow up on. The download sites will probably show you a full alphabet, and you can take it from there. A very handy feature for my budget-minded readers is that you can choose to only search free fonts.
The burden is on you to ensure that the font license allows the use you need. However, this is true in any case! Even when you pay for photos, design services, etc. I trust this in-depth WhatFontIs.
Below is the final infographic as promised: Serif vs. Sans Serif from Urban Fonts. Share with a friend if this post helped you understand the psychology of fonts and font personality. Louise Myers is a graphic design expert whose designs have been featured by Disney, Macy's, WalMart and more. Her straightforward writing style empowers small business owners to make their own graphics for social media success!
Who knew there was so much thought put into the fonts? Until I began thinking about the actual design, I had no idea the font really mattered! Thanks for the excellent article! Ha ha! So, so clever. And yes… watch out for the strikethrough. And who knew that Comic Sans would persevere? Thanks, Louise! Does your website have a contact page?
Either way, great blog and I look forward to seeing it expand over time. Well, here you are, Rob, I will whitelist you in hopes that will prevent any future scary messages! Your email address will not be published. Check this box to allow the collection and storage of the data you submit with your comment.
All data will be handled as outlined in this site's Privacy Policy. Wondering about font personality type? Curious about the psychology of fonts? In Google changed their logo from a Serif font to a Sans Serif font. Here is the old vs. When Helvetica came on the scene it became popular very quickly. It is ubiquitous — one of the most common used typefaces.
This paragraph is in Helvetica. It is especially common in advertising and logos. Here are some famous logos which use Helvetica:. Using the wrong font can be disastrous — I kid you not. A lighthearted story may seem less so if a formal typeface is used.
A font that is hard to read can interfere with your message. And, a serious document can seem laughable if a cheery font is used. Nobody could take the letter seriously as it was written in Comic Sans!!
Want some more Comic Sans fun? In the last few decades the font Trajan has become the most common typeface used in movie posters. Article and video on Vox about Trajan here. I discovered research suggesting that conservatives are more likely to use serif fonts while liberals are more likely to use sans serifs.
However, I found the research a bit sketchy and there are lots of counter examples. Choose fonts to fit your message and personality. Use serif fonts to project the essence of your message. A good font for a powerpoint presentation may not be the right one for a printed memo. Use serif fonts to project formality. Use sans serifs to present your work as a bit more informal. The headings of our powerpoints use Arial — a bold sans serif. With over 21, font families there is no need to limit ourselves to just the default fonts on the programs we use!
Enter in your word or phrase and it shows you a preview with all the font options on your computer. John, thanks for this. I knew a fair bit about fonts already, but now I know more.
And you prompted me to go and look at the history of web fonts. I know someone uses Verdana for slide presentations, and it looks dated to me. It turns out it is dated — it was designed for Microsoft for screen resolutions of more than 20 years ago. There are much better ones now. Also, it made me realize why I hate it when text is right-left justified in a Word doc — it messes up the letter and word spacings that a designer spent weeks perfecting! Learned more about a subject of interest to me.
Where did you watch the Helvetica documentary? Thanks John, very informative. Participants were shown the fonts as images using the three pangrams as shown below, and each in size 12pt and 24pt.
Serif Fonts:. Sans Serif Fonts:. Monospaced Fonts:. As mentioned above, the participants were asked to rate the fonts between opposite adjectives, the results are shown below:. The following table shows the traits broken down more precisely — the top 2 scoring fonts for each trait:. So, in summary, this is the main trait you display through your favorite font choice mainly based on style rather than particular font :. The participants were given 25 general uses for fonts and were asked to choose their 1st, 2nd and 3rd choice, as well as the font they would be least likely to use.
They were also asked to indicate which font they would probably never use for any purpose. Here are the results:.
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