When choosing typography to use in designs, narrow down your options by understanding the most common classifications, looking for typefaces with multiple variations and distinct characters, and pairing typefaces together with consistency and readability in mind.
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Using IcoMoon you can easily search and download vector icons or generate fonts (icon fonts). This tool can also be used for icon set management. It can generate icon fonts, SVGs, PDFs, PNGs and sprites.
Using this app you can easily search and browse vector icons to download them or make an icon font. An icon font is a font that has symbols/icons as its glyphs. Using the IcoMoon app, you can also import your own vector images to use them in your font. This tool generates all the necessary web font formats (WOFF, TTF, SVG, and EOT). The SVG font can be imported back to the app.
16 Pixels: For Body Copy. Anything Less Is A Costly Mistake
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Effective Use of Typography in Applications for Children
In this installment of my column, I’ll take a look at one of the most important visual design elements for graphic user interfaces: typography. I’ll concentrate on general guidelines for the effective use of typography in the design of applications for children between 3 and 10 years of age. What considerations do we need to take into account when working with digital typography when children are its primary interpreters?