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Practical Web Design
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Practical Web Design

by Philippe Hong
April 2018
Beginner content levelBeginner
368 pages
7h 37m
English
Packt Publishing
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Typography

I still remember when designing my first website, fonts in web design were very restrictive. A few default fonts were available and we had to stick within most cases with the super neutral Arial font. With the font-face roll-out from CSS3, it was now possible to add custom fonts, such a relief for designers! Typography is very important in design, it can alter the perception of your visitors. Using a serif and sans-serif font can literally change the feeling of a website. A study was shown in the New York Times (https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/08/hear-all-ye-people-hearken-o-earth/) comparing fonts by their truthfulness. Take a look at this first graph: 

Weighted Agreement

You can see that people tend to believe ...

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ISBN: 9781788395038Supplemental Content