![]() Let’s start with the external parts, as I call them, the Skin and Body. I have provided you with different links for further reading at the end of the page, under Resources. We will consider just a few elements because this is not the main subject of this article. It can sound a bit poetic, but typeface designers look at fonts as “small creatures” with specific “eyes”, “shoulders”, “necks”, and “ears”, just to mention some terms. Some of them have the suggestive names of real parts of the human body! Knowing the anatomy of typeface is really important to identifying it. ![]() So before we start talking about the “character” of a typeface, let’s first identify some “physical” elements that determine the specific typeface’s appearance: Well, I don’t want to give the impression of being a superficial person, but let’s face the truth: appearance plays a big role in our daily lives! And this can happen also with typeface!Įach typeface has its own personality and this is something you can understand from the way it looks. The same man with a Rastafarian hairstyle and a psychedelic shirt wouldn’t give you the same feeling, right? You would think you were at the wrong place.or even more likely, he is in the wrong office! If you see a man in his perfect grey suit behind the desk at your insurance company, you feel you can trust him because he looks serious and reliable. Appearance is something really important that helps us relate to other people. You can understand a person by the way he/she moves, talks or dresses. If you have never thought about it, you should consider reading this article carefully! Looking at Typeface So before we pack our “font suitcase” it is good to really know what our task is and what kind of message we want to communicate. It’s like going on vacation and deciding what it is best to take with us. ![]() Not even for the most experienced web and graphic designers. But choosing a typeface is not easy or obvious. There are many websites now that sell or distribute free fonts available for the web. Suddenly web designers had access to typeface as never before.
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