A short guide to choosing typefaces

Most brands need one family, used well. How we pick it and how we test it before anyone falls in love.

Type specimen with rows of letters

Written by

Tiago Ferraz

Topic

Design

Reading time

4 min read

Published

One family, used well

Most brands need one typeface family with a few weights. Pairing three fonts rarely helps anyone read faster.

Test it on the boring things

We test type on invoices, error messages and delivery notes before we test it on posters. If it works there, it works everywhere.

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