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by brendonjohn 3172 days ago
Helvetica and you're done.

^ My one sentence guide to better typography.

2 comments

That's your guide to better typography for OSX users. Then we also have folks using Windows and Linux that doesn't ship with Helvetica. Worth knowing!
I'm always sad to see people say things like "Helvetica and you're done!" There are so many beautiful different fonts to use... imagine if everything was Helvetica? Boring :(
Helvetica and its derivatives are beautiful, they're not boring.
I should of said Helvetica-derivatives.
Using Helvetica doesn't magically increase readability.
That really depends on what you're starting with.

My one-liner didn't go into the care that this article went into, I couldn't do the topic justice.