Non-Designer’s Type Book, The, Second Edition

4. Most Obvious Trend: Abundance of Font Choices

For many years I felt that I was familiar with every typeface available. Even if some got past me, it was very seldom that I saw a typeface and didn’t know its name or at least recognize it. And it was guaranteed that I knew every font available in my local area. Plus every style of press type available at the local art supply store. Here’s another “that was then” pause. Now I can’t even remember all the fonts on my own computer, much less have a comprehensive idea of all the available fonts from the outside world. I was looking at a friend’s type catalog recently and I didn’t know a single font in the entire catalog. Everyone’s on the font bandwagon. It’s not just the large, professional typesetting ...