Analysis February 1, 2017Osmose: Font giveaway, review, and interview. June 5, 2016Helvetica is good but overused June 4, 2016Modernity came from Akzidenz-Grotesk June 3, 2016Avenir was Frutiger's Masterpiece June 2, 2016Univers (Helvetica's rival) June 2, 2016Gill Sans, the Humanist to beat June 1, 2016Futura was the future May 30, 2016Rockwell is all the craze right now May 19, 2016Palatino never gets old May 19, 2016Century is underrated May 19, 2016Georgia works great on small screens May 13, 2016Bodoni adds class to text May 12, 2016Caslon is great for anything May 11, 2016What makes Garamond so good? May 10, 2016How to pick the best font. May 9, 201644—You don't need a personal logo. May 9, 201643—How to set proper leading in Word, Adobe Programs, and the Web May 9, 201641—Create story with color May 9, 201640—Direct people's gaze May 9, 201639—Grab people's eye. April 5, 2016Tip #37: Gestalt—Closure April 5, 2016Tip #35: Gestalt—Good continuation April 5, 2016Tip #34: Gestalt—Uniform connectedness April 5, 2016Tip #33: Gestalt—Proximity April 5, 2016Tip #32: Gestalt—Similarity April 5, 2016Tip #31: Gestalt—Figure ground relationships April 5, 2016Tip # 30: Know the Gestalt Principles March 29, 2016Tip #28: Use hanging punctuation March 29, 2016Tip #29: The difference between Art and Design March 29, 2016Tip #27: The Difference between Obliques and Italics March 29, 2016Tip 26: Make it look good in black and white March 29, 2016Tip #25: Use the proper color system March 29, 2016Tip #24: Use constant ratios to create hierarchy March 22, 2016Tip 23: Letterspace capitals, small caps, and numbers March 21, 2016Tip #22: Know the difference between Helvetica and Arial March 21, 2016Tip #21: Spell it out for them March 21, 2016Tip #20: It's all about color and type March 21, 2016Tip #18: Give feedback to the user March 21, 2016Tip #17: Make actions discoverable March 15, 2016Tip #16: Keep the important things in reach March 14, 2016Tip 15: Keep things clean March 13, 2016Tip #14: Use curly quotes when quoting March 12, 2016Tip #13: Set leading (line height) to around 1.2 x point size March 11, 2016Tip #12: Don't be afraid to copy March 10, 2016Tip #11: Use a true ellipses, not 3 full stops March 9, 2016Tip #10: Keep your measure between 45 and 70 March 8, 2016Tip #9: Don't use too much emphasis March 7, 2016Tip #8: Flush left to avoid ugly "rivers" March 6, 2016Tip #7: Use fonts in concord or contrast, but not conflict. March 5, 2016Tip #6: Try using something other than size to create hierarchy March 4, 2016Tip #5: 9 point is not too small* March 3, 2016Tip #4: Don't letter space the lower case March 2, 2016Tip #3: Know your dashes from your dashes from your hyphen February 29, 2016Tip #2: Centering is Lazy February 29, 2016Tip #1: Don't use Arial... October 1, 2015TypeCon Font (2015) July 8, 2015As little design as possible
February 1, 2017Osmose: Font giveaway, review, and interview. June 5, 2016Helvetica is good but overused June 4, 2016Modernity came from Akzidenz-Grotesk June 3, 2016Avenir was Frutiger's Masterpiece June 2, 2016Univers (Helvetica's rival) June 2, 2016Gill Sans, the Humanist to beat June 1, 2016Futura was the future May 30, 2016Rockwell is all the craze right now May 19, 2016Palatino never gets old May 19, 2016Century is underrated May 19, 2016Georgia works great on small screens May 13, 2016Bodoni adds class to text May 12, 2016Caslon is great for anything May 11, 2016What makes Garamond so good? May 10, 2016How to pick the best font. May 9, 201644—You don't need a personal logo. May 9, 201643—How to set proper leading in Word, Adobe Programs, and the Web May 9, 201641—Create story with color May 9, 201640—Direct people's gaze May 9, 201639—Grab people's eye. April 5, 2016Tip #37: Gestalt—Closure April 5, 2016Tip #35: Gestalt—Good continuation April 5, 2016Tip #34: Gestalt—Uniform connectedness April 5, 2016Tip #33: Gestalt—Proximity April 5, 2016Tip #32: Gestalt—Similarity April 5, 2016Tip #31: Gestalt—Figure ground relationships April 5, 2016Tip # 30: Know the Gestalt Principles March 29, 2016Tip #28: Use hanging punctuation March 29, 2016Tip #29: The difference between Art and Design March 29, 2016Tip #27: The Difference between Obliques and Italics March 29, 2016Tip 26: Make it look good in black and white March 29, 2016Tip #25: Use the proper color system March 29, 2016Tip #24: Use constant ratios to create hierarchy March 22, 2016Tip 23: Letterspace capitals, small caps, and numbers March 21, 2016Tip #22: Know the difference between Helvetica and Arial March 21, 2016Tip #21: Spell it out for them March 21, 2016Tip #20: It's all about color and type March 21, 2016Tip #18: Give feedback to the user March 21, 2016Tip #17: Make actions discoverable March 15, 2016Tip #16: Keep the important things in reach March 14, 2016Tip 15: Keep things clean March 13, 2016Tip #14: Use curly quotes when quoting March 12, 2016Tip #13: Set leading (line height) to around 1.2 x point size March 11, 2016Tip #12: Don't be afraid to copy March 10, 2016Tip #11: Use a true ellipses, not 3 full stops March 9, 2016Tip #10: Keep your measure between 45 and 70 March 8, 2016Tip #9: Don't use too much emphasis March 7, 2016Tip #8: Flush left to avoid ugly "rivers" March 6, 2016Tip #7: Use fonts in concord or contrast, but not conflict. March 5, 2016Tip #6: Try using something other than size to create hierarchy March 4, 2016Tip #5: 9 point is not too small* March 3, 2016Tip #4: Don't letter space the lower case March 2, 2016Tip #3: Know your dashes from your dashes from your hyphen February 29, 2016Tip #2: Centering is Lazy February 29, 2016Tip #1: Don't use Arial... October 1, 2015TypeCon Font (2015) July 8, 2015As little design as possible