Design Atlas

003: The Top 5 Typography Mistakes (and how to fix them)


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Doesn’t it feel like there are literally millions of typefaces to choose from? In today’s episode, we’ll talk about the top five biggest mistakes we’ve seen non-designers make, and how they can be easily fixed. Of course, as designers, it’s up to us to let our non-designer friends know about the typography crimes they’re committing–but we’ll leave that for another episode. Happy listening (and typesetting).

Jens’ favorite typeface:

https://fonts.adobe.com/fonts/aktiv-grotesk

Megan’s favorite typeface:

https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Noto+Sans

Here are some other resources to checkout if you’re a typeface lover like we are:

Great places to find licensed and free typefaces:

1. Adobe Typekit https://fonts.adobe.com/

2. Font Squirrel https://www.fontsquirrel.com/

3. Google Fonts https://fonts.google.com/

Some other resources:

1. Google font pairing: https://bit.ly/30RbYRQ

2. Google featured collections: https://bit.ly/2WZTNIJ

3. Identity fonts with Font Squirrel Matcherator: https://bit.ly/39BWm96

Letterform Design:

1.Typograph Study Sheets: https://bit.ly/3jIN8MU

2. 36 Days of Type: https://bit.ly/3jAH9JQ

3. The Font that Never Sleeps: https://www.instagram.com/cooperblack.nyc/

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