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Design fundamentals Lesson 7 of 16

Choose fonts that work together.

Choose a font for a message and combine text styles without adding unnecessary fonts.

Sculptural type, sunlight, and pencil marks exploring choose fonts that work together.

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Choosing fonts

Words to know.

01

Font pairing

Choosing text styles or families to use together.

02

Tone

The feeling the visual choices may suggest in this context.

03

Contrast

A noticeable difference, such as heavy and light letters.

04

Role

The job of a style, such as heading or paragraph.

What to look for.

WHAT TO LOOK FOR

See it.
Say it.
Check it.

Use these prompts as you work through this lesson.

01

Keep the same words when comparing fonts.

For exampleUse the same headline when you test two type combinations.

02

Name the role of each style.

For exampleUse one style for the title and another for the body copy.

03

Remove a style you cannot explain.

For exampleRemove a third style if it adds no clear reading cue.