InType: Tiny Type
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This article appeared in Issue 78 of InDesign Magazine.Don’t worry; I promise this isn’t going to be a rant about the eyesight of the aging population and their impatience with type just getting smaller and smaller all the time. The fact is, there are many instances of design that call for the use of very small, if not tiny, type, and it’s not only on the geriatric prescription notifications. In print, these can include captions, credits, newspapers, dictionaries, manuals and directories, and instructions, as well as miniature books. Digital uses include ebooks, mobile applications, and just about anything that might be read on smartphones and small tablets. As more and more people—of all ages—use mobile devices to view digital matter, it is vital to consider how any text looks on these smaller screens. For this reason, fonts for small type in both print and digital usage need to maintain their clarity and readability at this range of reduced sizes.
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