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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]] | |||
=== Books === | === Books === | ||
Revision as of 15:42, 6 November 2024
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
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 – To look into
- Atkinson Hyperlegible – Has reasonable EULA
- Junicode – Font for medievalists! Looks really pretty.
