Fonts – Getting it Right « Graphics Tutorials

Fonts – Getting it Right

There are times when a font you never thought you would use fits the bill perfectly – you will probably never use it again!

On the other hand, there are fonts you will use over and over again.

So what makes a font right for the job?

It is most definitely in the eye of the beholder, or in the creativity of the designer.

As a designer, you can spend hours looking for the right font for the job in hand, or you can fall upon it almost immediately – sometimes you know what you want, but it either doesn’t exist or you really can’t find it, then you simply have to rethink the design in general, or if you are so inclined, create the font yourself.

The right font for the job is probably the most important part of any design, and I defy any designer to be able to honestly say they have got it right every time!

Apart from the known ‘good typography’ fonts such as Helvetica, Myriad Pro, Gill Sans, etc., I would like to suggest that all fonts are ‘good’ in the right setting – and I know I will face serious opposition to that statement.

Here is a list of 20 of the fonts I have recently used – they are all free and downloadable, and they have all worked well for me, but I am sure you will clearly see that not one of them could work for every project!

After the font list, I list the tutorials where I have used the fonts.

Curly Joe