Day 2
How many times have you read those words when looking at fonts? Do you have any idea of what that means? You do? No way. I didn't until I actually researched it!
"Out of all the fonts that we have to choose from on a regular basis, did you know that most of them can be broken down into two general categories. Those categories are “Serif” and “Sans-serif,” and the difference between the two is very simple: One has decorative “feet” while the other doesn’t."
Which one is which? Well, “sans” is a French word that means without, so “sans-serif” means without the curls or small appendixes (feet) that we find at the end of each letter. The image below will show this for you:
Notice the “feet” on the serif font? In general the thinking is that Serif fonts make it easier for a reader’s eye to follow the text, particularly when the font needs to be small like in a magazine, newspaper, or book. It is said to draw the eye across the page much easier. So when are Sans-serif fonts used? Most websites use a sans-serif font because it’s generally easier to read these fonts on a screen. I've tried a few different fonts on this blog but my favorite is Papyrus.
Newspaper headlines are usually sans-serif and stories are normally serif. But then most anyone reading this probably gets their news online now.
So….are you totally bored to death now? I need to rethink the rest of this month through to make it a teensy bit more interesting!
(This is Gigi font)
(This font is Daffodowndilly NF)
Notice feet has no feet – just like the French to disregard their own rules!
Adieu! Nanceeeey
This was lesson number one way back in my dark ages of journalism school.
ReplyDeleteAnd I DO think it is interesting.