All you need is 5 fonts(betterwebtype.com)
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All you need is 5 fonts
https://betterwebtype.com/articles/2021/06/07/all-you-need-is-5-fonts/
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Right now I have two. One that has letterforms I like in the roman alphabet, and one that has Japanese and Chinese letterforms.
(Unlike a web browser, I'm using a text rendering engine that doesn't merge fonts together behind my back, so I pick letters that I like in the languages that I need.)
(Unlike a web browser, I'm using a text rendering engine that doesn't merge fonts together behind my back, so I pick letters that I like in the languages that I need.)
Relevant: https://fontsinuse.com/uses/28760/neon-genesis-evangelion
Neon Genesis Evangelion made heavy (and iconic) use of Helvetica and Century in the English episode title cards.
Neon Genesis Evangelion made heavy (and iconic) use of Helvetica and Century in the English episode title cards.
I'd be curious to have somebody elaborate on his list:
A geometric sans serif
A high quality serif for long text
A workhorse font
A web safe font
A variable font
Under what circumstances do you go for your "variable font"? What's the difference between the "workhorse" and the first two items? (His "workhorse" is a family containing both a serif and a sans serif. Though I have a hard time seeing Roboto Slab as a body font.)
The article is about design for web. Shouldn't they all be web safe fonts?
A geometric sans serif
A high quality serif for long text
A workhorse font
A web safe font
A variable font
Under what circumstances do you go for your "variable font"? What's the difference between the "workhorse" and the first two items? (His "workhorse" is a family containing both a serif and a sans serif. Though I have a hard time seeing Roboto Slab as a body font.)
The article is about design for web. Shouldn't they all be web safe fonts?
Well at least for CSS on the web. When designing posters I usually visit dafont.com to find something suitable. Remote webfonts don't even load for me since I turned them off in uBlock Origin. The web looks less stylized and fancy (just the way I like it).