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* [https://practicaltypography.com/ Practical Typography], ''Matthew Butterick'' | * [https://practicaltypography.com/ Practical Typography], ''Matthew Butterick'' | ||
** Available to read for free on the [[World Wide Web|Web]], but [https://practicaltypography.com/why-you-should-pay.html payment is recommended] | ** Available to read for free on the [[World Wide Web|Web]], but [https://practicaltypography.com/why-you-should-pay.html payment is recommended] | ||
* [https://imperavi.com/books/ui-typography/ User Interface Typography], ''Alex Baranov'' | |||
** Available to [https://imperavi.com/books/ui-typography/intro/why-this-book/ read for free] on the [[World Wide Web|Web]] | |||
== Free fonts == | == Free fonts == | ||
Revision as of 20:22, 11 December 2023
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
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
