“Which typefaces should I use for my book?” That’s probably the question I get asked most often. It’s also the most frustrating. After all, I haven’t seen your book. I don’t know what it’s about or who it’s for or how you’re going to produce it. All of those impress themselves on the decision. Armed […]
Carol Twombly
Kindle’s New Bookerly Font and Other Typography Features
Kindle’s New Bookerly Font and Other Typography Features looks at recent changes for ebooks and e-readers
5 Favorite Fonts with Hidden Type Ornaments
5 Favorite Fonts with Hidden Type Ornaments shows samples from Minion Pro, Adobe Caslon Pro, Chaparral Pro, Zapfino and Warnock Pro
Typefaces I Can't Live Without: Adobe Myriad Pro
Typefaces I Can’t Live Without: Adobe Myriad Pro, a versatile sans serif font that can be used in almost endless ways in typographic designs like book design
Book Design to Sell: Fonts for Books
Book Design to Sell: Fonts for Books with Laura Cross. In an interview Joel Friedlander talks about how to choose fonts for self-published books
Carol Twombly, An Extraordinary Type Designer
When you’re working with type every day, you become sensitive to type design, an area of subtle refinement and architecture on a very small scale. Book designers, of course, are particularly interested in text typefaces for setting long documents, but typefaces in general are objects of unique attraction, interest, even mystery. Most of the notable […]