How to Choose the Right Type
At the 2011 SXSW conference, Stephen Coles, Frank Chimero, Tiffany Wardle, and Jason Santa Maria gave a presentation that helped web designers choose fonts. Now you can benefit from the panel’s combined know-how, even if you couldn’t make it to SXSW.
On his Typographica blog, Stephen Coles has shared the presentation’s slides and audio. It’s a great introduction to the topic.
Click here to experience “Cure for the Common Font.”

This article was last modified on December 14, 2022
This article was first published on March 22, 2011
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