fontography figured out – an infographic

In any field, including creative work, it’s absolutely important to have a workflow to ensure that you’re working as efficiently as possible.  Any part of the process that can be automated or scripted will free more time up to do what you do best — be creative!

Because many of my projects include laying text onto images, the question of which typeface to use is a common one for me.  With the thousands upon thousands of fonts available, it’s easy to get overwhelmed in the number of options we have available.

I stumbled upon this somewhat humorous, somewhat informative, and somewhat useful infographic by Graphic Designer Julian Hansen to help get the process of selecting a typeface for my next project going.

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