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Everyday Data Visualization
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Everyday Data Visualization

by Desiree Abbott
May 2024
Beginner to intermediate
264 pages
8h 9m
English
Manning Publications
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5 Typography

This chapter covers

  • Some basic vocabulary of typography
  • Optimizing your type choices for readability
  • Using typography to set the tone of your designs
  • Establishing a hierarchy of importance using typography
  • Choosing inclusive fonts

Back in the day when desktop publishing was a thing (and it happened to be a thing that I quite enjoyed at the time), I remember when Microsoft Publisher would suggest pairs of sometimes very different-looking fonts that went nicely together, with one to be used for headings and the other for body text. These font schemes, as they were called, felt as enigmatic to me as suggested color palettes did—where did they come from? How could someone know which fonts would pair well and which wouldn’t? Font pairing, ...

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