Trebuchet
Trebuchet is a sans-serif typeface designed by Vicent Connare for Microsoft in 1996 in order to improve screen readability. Its name comes from the medieval catapult to “launch words across the Internet”.
Serif fonts and many others created for printing purposes are usually not good typefaces for screen use as the letterforms can dilute due to the screen resolution and the serifs appearance may vary, thickened, making the letters confusing. It is a web safe font, with fairly wide spacing, very easy to read that comes with the Microsoft Windows software.
The designer wanted to create a modern open humanistic feel with glyph specific features. A typeface with large x-heights and open rounded features, which are the same requirements as the typefaces used for signage have, so it is less harsh and friendlier.
I like that Trebuchet, while being appropriate for an extended texts, still manages to keep a distinctive feel so it is practical and not boring.
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Rockwell
Rockwell is a geometric slab serif design or Egyptian. Another simple font with a lot of personality. It has strong angular serifs and imperceptible stroke weight changes wielding good line-flow, but with a certain harshness.
There are nine different weights within the Rockwell typeface family. A light version works well in extended texts while a bold one can really make an impact as a headline or short slogan.
The typeface was designed at the Monotype foundry's design studio in 1934.
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Getting it right with type by Victoria Squire.
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