Periodic table of type faces

Jun 23rd, 2009

ITGS, Resources, learning object, technology, website

For those of us who teach principles of a graphical design, having our students understand about type face and families is important as it impacts on the two guiding principles of design:

Suitable for the purpose
Suitable for the audience

Oftebn students will ahve a favourite font that they will use and will stick with it like glue. Or they will hope between fonts including their favourite script or informal fonts randomly.

However I have found a little graphic that is quite useful – the periodic table of type faces. Its well worth looking at and refering to.

Source; http://api.ning.com/files/86jl2e4BiALT20KdPffJEKEX3OkVEuMewCyxD*pAV5JgvQrjMDetQD-K395jV92lT7IsrPI-l1CPkg8Ouywy*WQnOhaoJAbX/Periodic_Table_of_Typefaces_large.jpg

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One Response to “Periodic table of type faces”

Dennis Richards Says:
June 24th, 2009 at 8:23 am

I didn’t know I needed a way to think about fonts; now I do. This is a practical, aesthetic post that will help me. Regards

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