TYPOGRAPHY( typography is the style or appearance of text)

Common types of fonts

Serif fonts

Sans serif fonts

Display fonts

Choosing a font

Fonts to avoid

Extra baggage

Certain reputation for being outdated and overused.

Combining fonts

Limit yourself to one or two per project

Heard that opposites attract

To combine font styles that are different but complementary

Other important terms

Hierarchy

Used to guide the reader's eye

Using different levels of emphasis.

Make them stand out

Leading

The space between lines of text, also known as line spacing.

Make your text as comfortable to read as possible

Tracking

Overall space between characters, sometimes called character spacing

You might adjust your tracking

Kerning

Space between specific characters

Some fonts have what we call bad kerning