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Monospaced Fonts

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This article appeared in Issue 79 of InDesign Magazine.

Back in the ’80s when desktop publishing put proportionally-spaced type in the hands of the masses, it must have seemed like monospaced fonts were destined for the trash can of design history. Why would you use typefaces that make it look like your publishing technology was from the Stone Age, when you could use “real” fonts and look as professional as a giant publishing house?

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Nigel French is a graphic designer, photographer, and design teacher, based in Lewes, UK. He is author of InDesign Type (now in its 4th Edition), The Type Project Book (with Hugh D’Andrade) and the Photoshop Visual Quickstart Guide (with Mike Rankin) from Peachpit Press. He has recorded more than fifty titles in the LinkedIn Learning online training library.

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  • Sally Hollis-McLeod says:

    great: beautiful examples! you must be British!

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