{"id":245,"date":"2014-02-07T13:36:47","date_gmt":"2014-02-07T18:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.moviele.com\/?p=245"},"modified":"2014-02-12T10:48:49","modified_gmt":"2014-02-12T15:48:49","slug":"too-many-fonts-spoil-the-jell-o","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.moviele.com\/?p=245","title":{"rendered":"too many fonts spoil the Jell-o"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How many fonts should you use in one design?<\/p>\n<p>1. None. You should be letting a professional do that.<\/p>\n<p>2. Oh, all right. If you insist:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>One is a bit boring.<\/li>\n<li>Two, if chosen correctly, can be ideal.<\/li>\n<li>Three\u2014you&#8217;re pushing it, there.<\/li>\n<li>Four +: let me just give you a visual of what that looks like to a trained eye:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.moviele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/dessert.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-246\" alt=\"dessert\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.moviele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/dessert.jpg\" width=\"365\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.moviele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/dessert.jpg 394w, http:\/\/blog.moviele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/dessert-300x195.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of the principles of design is <del>gelatin<\/del> contrast. If your whole document is the same font, it looks like a great mass of grey. A good designer will wisely go for something in between a grey mass and a quivering, overstocked mess.<\/p>\n<p>HOWEVER. You may not mix fonts which are both serif, or both sans serif.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.moviele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/serif-vs.sans_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-247\" alt=\"serif vs.sans\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.moviele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/serif-vs.sans_.jpg\" width=\"275\" height=\"97\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s like mixing plaids and plaids. You know that&#8217;s not okay, right? Get yourself a nice neutral like Garamond\u2014a serif font that doesn&#8217;t have any weird quirks. At a distance, a paragraph or two of Garamond will look like a boring pair of khakis. Now wouldn&#8217;t a splash of color look great with those pants?<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s try a sans serif like Univers bold with those khakis. The Univers family, which comes in a variety of weights, as well as condensed versions, is an ideal choice. That way you can have the look of a gazillion different typefaces (because you know that Jell-o is still calling to you), but you won&#8217;t actually be breaking the rules. Pair those Garamond pants with a Univers bold shirt, and you&#8217;ve got the perfect outfit for a summer afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>And won&#8217;t you look fresh next to that Jell-o salad the other designer brought?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How many fonts should you use in one design? 1. None. You should be letting a professional do that. 2. Oh, all right. If you insist: One is a bit boring. Two, if chosen correctly, can be ideal. Three\u2014you&#8217;re pushing it, there. Four +: let me just give you a visual of what that looks [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-type-tips"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.moviele.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.moviele.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.moviele.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.moviele.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.moviele.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=245"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/blog.moviele.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":273,"href":"http:\/\/blog.moviele.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245\/revisions\/273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.moviele.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.moviele.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.moviele.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}