Typoraphy

What is typoraphy?

Is the style or appearance of text

Important terms

Hiearachy

Used to guide the reader's eye to whatever is most important

Keep it simple and stick to just a few complementary styles

Leading

Know as line spacing

Tracking

Character spacing

Might adjust your tracking to create a certain artistic effect

Kerning

Is the space between specific characters

Fonts

Choosing a font

Fonts to avoid

Combining fonts

To limit yourself to one or two per project

Oppisites attract

Some fonts come with extra baggage, including comic sam, curlz and Papyrus

Common types of fonts

Display fonts

Best for small amounts of text, titles headers more graphic-heavy designs

Many different style: soupt, black letter, all caps, and just plain funay

Sans serif fonts

Easier to read on computer screens, smartphone and tables

Don't have that extra stroke

Serif font

Have little strokes

A good choce for more traditional project

Common in print publication