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* [https://medium.com/design-ibm/how-fonts-influence-what-users-think-of-your-product-238874c593d7 How fonts influence users’ perception of your product], ''Design at IBM'' – [https://web.archive.org/web/20200217133526/https://medium.com/design-ibm/how-fonts-influence-what-users-think-of-your-product-238874c593d7 Wayback archive from 2020-02-17] | * [https://medium.com/design-ibm/how-fonts-influence-what-users-think-of-your-product-238874c593d7 How fonts influence users’ perception of your product], ''Design at IBM'' – [https://web.archive.org/web/20200217133526/https://medium.com/design-ibm/how-fonts-influence-what-users-think-of-your-product-238874c593d7 Wayback archive from 2020-02-17] | ||
** '''Warning''': hosted on Medium | ** '''Warning''': hosted on Medium | ||
* [https://typespec.co.uk/doves-type/ The Doves Type®] – I learnt about it at a recording of [https://www.theallusionist.org/ The Allusionist] in [[Bristol]] | |||
* [https://robhorning.substack.com/p/font-activations Font activations: A note on the type] | |||
* Articles by Lino Ferreira | |||
** [https://www.lfe.pt/latex/fonts/typography/2022/11/21/latex-fonts-part1.html My favourite fonts to use with LaTeX (part I)] – and [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44011686 the Hacker News discussion] | |||
** [https://www.lfe.pt/latex/fonts/typography/2022/11/28/latex-fonts-part2.html My favourite fonts to use with LaTeX (part II)] | |||
=== Books === | === Books === | ||
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** Available on [[Ubuntu]] with <code>apt get install fonts-b612</code>. | ** Available on [[Ubuntu]] with <code>apt get install fonts-b612</code>. | ||
* [https://webonastick.com/fonts/routed-gothic/ Routed Gothic] | * [https://webonastick.com/fonts/routed-gothic/ Routed Gothic] | ||
* [https://typeof.net/Iosevka/ Iosevka] · [https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka GitHub page] – | * [https://typeof.net/Iosevka/ Iosevka] · [https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka GitHub page] – I have defaulted to using this font, specifically the <code>Iosevka Fixed SS05 Light Extended</code> variant. | ||
* [https://brailleinstitute.org/freefont Atkinson Hyperlegible] – Has reasonable EULA | * [https://brailleinstitute.org/freefont Atkinson Hyperlegible] – Has reasonable EULA | ||
* [https://github.com/psb1558/Junicode-font/ Junicode] – Font for medievalists! Looks really pretty. | |||
* [https://github.com/dse/old-timey-mono-font Old Timey Mono] – Looks quite nice! | |||
== Paid fonts == | == Paid fonts == | ||
Latest revision as of 08:08, 22 May 2025
Fonts to keep an eye on.
Apparently, Baskerville is a trustworthy font.
See #Articles below.
(Thanks to André David (Twitter) for the pointing me to these.)
Baskervald is an alternative available with TeX.
Texts on fonts/typography
Articles
- Hear, All Ye People; Hearken, O Earth (Part 1), Errol Morris – Wayback archive from 2020-02-17
- How fonts influence users’ perception of your product, Design at IBM – Wayback archive from 2020-02-17
- Warning: hosted on Medium
- The Doves Type® – I learnt about it at a recording of The Allusionist in Bristol
- Font activations: A note on the type
- Articles by Lino Ferreira
Books
- Practical Typography, Matthew Butterick
- Available to read for free on the Web, but payment is recommended
- User Interface Typography, Alex Baranov
- Available to read for free on the Web
Free fonts
- Reforma – Need to register to download
- PolarSys B612
- Designed for Airbus for legibility on cockpit screens.
- Available on Ubuntu with
apt get install fonts-b612.
- Routed Gothic
- Iosevka · GitHub page – I have defaulted to using this font, specifically the
Iosevka Fixed SS05 Light Extendedvariant. - Atkinson Hyperlegible – Has reasonable EULA
- Junicode – Font for medievalists! Looks really pretty.
- Old Timey Mono – Looks quite nice!
