Google Web Fonts Typographic Project

Post by jimhefferon » Sun, Sep 25, 2016, 10:34 AM UTC

Chris_Newton wrote: post #11

jimhefferon wrote: post #6

I find these pairings interesting, and thank the authors. Having knowledgeable and experienced people make suggestions is neat, really great. FWIW, what would help me most (not that the authors are obliged to provide it; I'm not saying that) is if someone in that category would give some guidelines under what circumstances certain parings are reasonable. Kind of a white-wine-with-fish thing. For instance, "sober, as…

For instance, "sober, as with a business report" or "lighter, such as a human-interest story" would help those of us who are, sigh, completely without a clue. That seems like a perfectly reasonable request, though it’s surprisingly difficult to give a helpful response. Typography is a craft that has quite a big jump from generic rules of thumb that most designers would probably agree with up to designing a detailed t…

Post by afandian » Sun, Sep 25, 2016, 11:52 AM UTC

mastax wrote: post #10

jimhefferon wrote: post #6

I find these pairings interesting, and thank the authors. Having knowledgeable and experienced people make suggestions is neat, really great. FWIW, what would help me most (not that the authors are obliged to provide it; I'm not saying that) is if someone in that category would give some guidelines under what circumstances certain parings are reasonable. Kind of a white-wine-with-fish thing. For instance, "sober, as…

This is not quite what you're asking for but http://practicaltypography.com has lots of useful advice.

Post by jacobsievers » Sun, Sep 25, 2016, 3:40 PM UTC

korefan wrote: post #2

Liked the colours