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Typography, Referenced
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airing typefaces should be more about contrast
() than similarity. For example, using Helvetica
() and Arial together in a composition does
little to no good for the average viewer who
won’t notice the diff erences between the letterforms.
So how exactly do designers decide which typefaces work
well together? Unfortunately, no prescription exists, no soft-
ware can decide, and clients rarely off er creative suggestions.
One of the most helpful tools is knowi