San serif/serif fonts- how do you use them together effectively?
Hi all! I need help understanding how you are meant to use one san serif font with another san serif or serif? I tend to use them in families i.e. for headline I may use Gill Sans and for the bodycopy, i might use Gill Sans Light or Helvetica for headline and Helvetica Nue or Helvetica Neue Light for bodycopy etc but how do I use another typeface instead of choosing from the same family. Please help and how am I meant to understand how to use a serif font with a san serif. Please show me examples. Thanks :)
10.Jun.2007 4.33am
Well, just for you, there are similarly paired sans and serif combinations like Quadraat and Quadraat Sans, etc. Have a look at this article.
Aside from that, you have to exercise your artistic and typographic sensibilities and pick a pair that work well and look good together.
10.Jun.2007 7.45am
10.Jun.2007 9.05am
You might want to take a look at the current Typophile thread called "Sans companion for Galliard."
powers
10.Jun.2007 12.32pm
Will,is there a link you could provide me with?
Alessandro, thank you so much :) I shall try those combinations out. See how I do. :)
10.Jun.2007 12.52pm
LOL
10.Jun.2007 12.52pm
Sans companion for Galliard:
http://typophile.com/node/34318
Ever heard of search?
10.Jun.2007 1.46pm
typeface pairing
11.Jun.2007 5.21pm
Faz, the correct term is "sans serif".
12.Jun.2007 6.58am
hmm...Alessandro Segalini, am I a joke? Or have I got something wrong? *stil a little confused* and yup, sans serif. Thanks :)
12.Jun.2007 6.59am
Jan, how the hell was I meant to search that?!?!
12.Jun.2007 7.06am
it's generally done by going to SEARCH and entering some keywords you'd like information on. or, there is always the chicken entrail divination approach.
12.Jun.2007 8.09am
And here's the chicken you're referring to, right Chuck?
12.Jun.2007 8.39am
You type “companion for Galliard” into that little field on the top of this page where it says “SEARCH” in front of it.
Then you press the enter-key on your keyboard.
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Lobotomy? Mad Cow Disease?
12.Jun.2007 9.17am
http://www.cs.utk.edu/~mclennan/BA/Har.html
12.Jun.2007 11.20am
Oh good, cyber-bullying, let’s all pile in.
Tim