Typography in Ten Minutes(practicaltypography.com) |
Typography in Ten Minutes(practicaltypography.com) |
Don't agree with this at all. There are many great free fonts. Cascadia Code, Ubuntu Sans, IBM Plex, Fira Mono, etc. are great enough fonts that are free.
That said, perhaps we should view these "rules" as laying a foundation for people who know nothing. I see the equivalent in fashion all the time, where breaking the standard set of fashion "rules" without knowing them in the first place can lead to disaster. Only by internalizing the rules can you then subvert them successfully.
Well, I am one of those people. I have never earned a dime as a graphic designer. Never even completed a MOOC or a regular course in this subject.
But I do take presentation seriously, and meddle in fonts, colors, design, etc., and have designed friends' wedding invitations, greetings cards, and so on. I also took typography seriously when turning in college assignments, my Master’s thesis, etc.
Even to a sub-rookie like myself, I simply don't agree with that point. And when two of ten minutes go to a point that I simply find wrong, I think it should be pointed out loud and clear, and it reduces the value of the list significantly.
Its a pity the author doesn't explain why.
For some reason times new roman looks very good printed but is not very well readable on screens. Personally I don't like Arial much. A big no no is the capital i being indistinguishable from the l of lima.
> Fame has a dark side. When Times New Roman appears in a book, document, or advertisement, it connotes apathy. It says, “I submitted to the font of least resistance.” Times New Roman is not a font choice so much as the absence of a font choice, like the blackness of deep space is not a color. To look at Times New Roman is to gaze into the void.
https://practicaltypography.com/times-new-roman-alternatives...