Clark’s Guide to
Readable Typography for Blogs
(Or anything, for that matter)
1.
Serif—Easiest to
read
2.
Sans Serif—harder
to read the smaller it is or the more
of it there is
3.
Most body type
should be about 12 point in size
4.
Script
is hard to read
5.
Italic is hard to read
6. Only
center type
On Invitations,
Or
Titles, not
On
most material
7. ALL CAPS IS HARD TO READ
8.
REVERSE
TYPE
should be at a
9. Minimum
And small san serif
is hard to read
As is colored type
on reverse
And small san serif
is hard to read
As is colored type
on reverse
10.
Screens can make type hard to read
Especially
over sans serif
Or heavy
and colored
screens
11.
Weak
colors disappear
12.
Colored
type isn’t as effective
As
black type, or dark type on
a light background
13. Don’t Mix Lots of Type
Faces
14.
Stick with a few
that are
compatible
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