Three typefaces, and they do different jobs. The heading font is seen first and is allowed to have character. The body font is the one people actually read, so choose it for legibility and nothing else.
In this video
- 0:05 Three typefaces, and they do different jobs.
- 0:08 The heading font is seen first and is allowed to have character.
- 0:11 The body font is the one people actually read, so choose it for legibility and nothing else.
- 0:17 Two families across a whole site is plenty, and one is not too few.
- 0:26 If you are unsure, leave the design's own choices alone.
Transcript
0:05 Three typefaces, and they do different jobs.
0:08 The heading font is seen first and is allowed to have character.
0:11 The body font is the one people actually read, so choose it for legibility and nothing else.
0:17 Two families across a whole site is plenty, and one is not too few. Nothing here needs saving: a font is live as you pick it.
0:26 If you are unsure, leave the design's own choices alone. They were picked to work together, and a swapped font is the quickest way to make a good design look wrong.