Typography by word is the art that makes standard typing (Text) into something readable and aesthetically appealing when seen. Most of the magazines today use typography to make their covers more appealing on first looks and to add a style aspect to the cover's of their magazines.
At first typography was done by hand (as known as calligraphy) and with the inventions of things like graphics and other tools to aid the design progress, many fonts were created that give a similar look, with more consistency. The concept of typography is mainly used by typographers like graphic designers,art directors,manga artists,comic book artists,graffiti artists and basically anyone who arranges text.
Fonts in the modern world are mainly based upon three categories, Serif, Sans Serif, script and Decorative.
All these fonts are used in printing and other things. There are usually certain conventions as to what type of font would be used to write what kind of content. A very formal content would normally demand for a serif / sans-serif font whereas for a fun poster, a decorative font might be used.
Types of fonts.
Serif fonts :
These fonts have sharp edges and have a
sort of hinge on the ends of the letters.
These fonts are normally used in
newspapers, magazines and books
and are therefore a very normal part
of typography.
They usually look like this
Sans-Serif fonts :
These fonts have rounded corners.
These fonts are widely used in
the textual content printing of
newspapers, magazines and
books and are also a very
normal part of typography. They usually look like this :
Script fonts :
These fonts are used to create a
handwritten look and these fonts are
usually used in the covers of certain
magazines, the style of these fonts is
very distinguishable from other font types
and these fonts are normally cursive.
Here's how these look like.
Lastly, there are decorative fonts which are usually not used to much. these involve creative things like instituting the letters for designs and putting unnecessary designs in the font. These are not widely used because some people may not even understand whats written. Here is how these look.
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