![]() ![]() In Exercise 3, you have to choose a typeface for the text, but how do you choose a typeface? In Notes on Book Design, Derek Birdsall describes clearly how you can choose a typeface that is appropriate for your text. Phil Baines & Andrew Haslam, Type & Typography, 2005. What matters is that the text is readable and attractive to its intended audience today.” While a novel set in Renaissance Italy or eighteenth-century Britain may benefit from the use of Bembo or Baskerville respectively, it is not a necessity. Typefaces can also be chosen for historical reasons. “Typeface choices might be influenced by what is legible, what is available on a computer and by the nature of the text.
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