- Color Aesthetics
- Choosing Color Themes
- Applying Color Relationships to Web Design
- Color Gallery
- Typography Aesthetics
- Type 101
- Verdana & Georgia
- Font Size Differences Between Macs & PCs
- Fonts for Delivery as Web Graphics
- Basic Styles of Typefaces
- What Is a Font Family?
- Aliasing or Anti-Aliasing
- Body Copy
- Using Fireworks for Type Design
- HTML for Placing Text Graphics
- What About Flash?
- Aesthetics of Layout
- The Aesthetics of Animation
What Is a Font Family?
When I taught at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, I remember there was a typography class (taught by someone else) that always had a wait list. During the course of this class, students worked for 14 solid weeks and were "only" allowed to use a single font! This is actually a great way to teach and learn typography. The exercise of working with a single font teaches the benefits of working with a single font family.
Figure 2.67 A font family is a single font that comes in different
styles and weights. This is an example of Triplex, which can be purchased at
http://www.emigre.com.
Here, the condensed, bold, and light faces look different enough, but related.
It's possible to create a lot of different design communications using this
single font.
Figure 2.68 If you visit
http://counterspace.motivo.com
and select the Counterspace menu item, you will find a wonderful Flash movie
that describes the anatomy of type. Within this presentation is a section on the
artist's favorite fonts. Notice how these studies are made to look so
different even though each study uses a single typeface.
Figure 2.69 By varying the size, weight, and color of a single font,
notice how much variation and difference can be achieved.