Friday, 16 January 2015

Typeface combination in design books

David Airey is a graphic designer from Norther Ireland who runs a great design blog, on which I found this article where Airey looks at the typography used in books about typography.

"…I was interested to know what typeface combinations were chosen to represent their words.  The comparative images in the post show mid-weight members of various type families.  Some of the books also use other weights, and a couple of examples use just one type family throughout."(Airey, 2014)

I haven't read any of these books yet so I can't speak for the content, but the titles and use of typography in each books could suggest the tone and detail in each.  Almost all books use a combination of serif and sans-serif, with some using italics and slab-serifs.  The list is a good indicator of fonts that would suit a print design as all featured are very legible.















All images are screenshots, available at: http://www.davidairey.com/typeface-combinations-in-design-books/ [Accessed 14th January]

Further reading for me: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/11/04/best-practices-of-combining-typefaces/

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