When choosing fonts and making font combinations, you pretty much have two good options: use only one typeface, or use two that create contrast. Essentially, you don’t want to choose two typefaces that are too similar—that conflict. Here’s an example …
Tip #6: Try using something other than size to create hierarchy
If a page (printed or on a screen) is designed well, it’s obvious what is a header and what’s body text. Normally, the header is larger, but it doesn’t have to be. There are all kinds of ways you can …
Tip #1: Don’t use Arial…
Or Comic Sans… Or Papyrus… Or Times New Roman. It’s not that they’re inherently bad—it’s that they denote apathy.