The information on fonts for newspapers

What is more, in all but the dullest magazine designs, text has to work in conjunction with other graphic elements, particularly photographs or illustrations and also colour on page.


Obviously, font size has an important part to play in page design, with larger text catching the readers eye more quickly than small text, and setting different type sizes will build up its own logic of how to read the page.


Captions, for example, will typically be in smaller font size than body text, yet by placing them in bold the readers eye will be drawn to them more quickly. Similarly, use of italics is the most common way to emphaisise text, but sometimes the use of different face such as small caps can have a more dramatic impact.


Even worse is the tendency to mix a large number of typefaces on a page-a particularly heinous crime if it is done within body text. At best, a designer will restrict him or herself to three or four different typefaces to clearly mark out separate design elements, such as headings, subheadings, captions and bosy text.