shaping and design : Step by step : The suitable typeface : Legibility | top | top | |||||||||||||
Now, which type suits best to the text, which to the headlines? |
Headlines shall stand out and provoque reading. |
Basic texts in comparison shall convey the contents in details and above all they should be well legigble. |
For this reason, don't take tidy or ornamented types. Such fiddling is rather appropriate to headlines here you have more freedom in shaping. |
From case to case, you can decide if a headline should be rather legible or rahter striking. |
Smaller amounts of text like invitation-cards or certificates take less importance in legibility. |
On standard, they use a renaissance-roman type like e.g. Garamond (see left) as base-font or so-called bread-type. Such serif-types are more easily to decipher than their serifless relatives (e.g. Helvetica). |
Serifless types often are more tiring to read for the eyes. |