When you're embarking on a new creative project, typography design is one of the most important things to consider. But with so many fonts to choose from – even if you only stick to free fonts ...

Lato is perhaps the most unique and interesting sans-serif font on this list. It was designed by Łukasz Dziedzic and includes 10 styles. It goes from thin all the way to ultra-bold. The letters ...

Georgia and Times are two examples of serif fonts. On the other hand, sans serif fonts lack the extra lines – “sans” meaning “without” in French. Examples are Helvetica and Arial.

These are considered best for longer text passages. Sans serif fonts, like Arial and Helvetica, are defined by what they don’t have: those “wings” and “feet.” They have cleaner lines and ...

It started off with a sans serif in 2012. A year later, it wanted to communicate to shoppers that its product was more sophisticated than before, so it brought in a serif font, as well as a “Rue ...

The main flavor of Aptos is a sans-serif font—described by Matteson as "Helvetica" but with "a bit of a human touch" that makes it "more approachable and less institutional." But like Apple's ...

A 12-point Arial is a different font than a 14-point Arial, but they use the same typeface of Arial.) The long-running divide: serif v. sans serif One debate has taken place over typefaces that ...

At the time, a sans serif was rarely used for more than one or two words or a single sentence. Aptos would be classified as a “neo-grotesque” font. “Neo-grotesque was when the artistry ...

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