So you need a typeface

Picking fonts, not the easiest thing to do. But design student Julian Hansen has created a poster that kinda breaks it down into easy solutions.

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Are there really easy solutions?

Swiss design uberguru Massimo Vignelli believes so. Here’s I Love Typography’s take on The Vignelli Twelve.

Found via Typekit

3 Responses to “So you need a typeface”

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  2. Best thing in that chart:
    Are you alone? — YES — Comic Sans

  3. I agree with Sami. That and “The Neatherlands is nice, right?” …(no)… “Get out of my flowchart!”


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