UI Practical Guide to the fonts left on the computer (i)

Advanced learning the most practical teaching materials! This series of articles, written by @ Ox Mo Wang Han (founder/design director, Bigdesign), from font selection to improved design sense skills such as have to dabble, although the topic is wide, but all the actual combat process in the most critical elements, but also the most concerned about the operation of the novice, learn to work directly >>>

Foreword: I come, this is the U1 series new chapter actual combat article, not only applies to the UI design, even contains the webpage design, the plane design. In the article will be more to introduce some of the teaching of the operation, hope to help the new people.

　　Recommended fonts

Many small partners in the design, whether it is typesetting or display, are not too much attention to the font, or some too much attention to use a lot of fonts. In fact, the longer you do it, the fewer fonts there are in your computer, because it's a very useful font.

This article is about the old cow usually used some fonts, may be some you can not think of, but also more suitable for design and display. So what's the best thing to keep in a computer? Everybody keep looking down.

This font is one of the favorite fonts of old Ox, even in my QQ set this font.

And it has three different weight styles, including:

A banner, an album, a Web page, with a good font will enhance the force lattice, and even the app itself, if you can show and do design drawings when the use of good fonts, but also for this product bonus points.

Second paragraph:

The font is an open source font that Adobe and Google have announced, probably without much introduction, and most of the smaller partners are already downloading and using it. This font more conscience is that there are seven different weights, whether it is to do the text or to do the title, absolutely enough.

The old cow likes to do PPT as well as the app when all uses, because it coverage is quite wide, many people's computer installs and uses, second it seven kinds of thick natural superiority end abuse various PPT copy.

Microsoft has been the most use of the black, but also because of its broad coverage, now have a source of more than a choice. App's splash screen and some layout graphs are the most frequently used.

Third paragraph:

This font may be available to everyone's computer (the default font?), but not many people use it! Some of the designs previously made by old cows have been asked by many people. Well, you let me name it, and I really can't get it out.

Its thick and thin style is also more, a total of six kinds, and more important, the individual thinks its English letters will be more beautiful than the orchid pavilion and the source, so when the combination of Chinese and English I often use this set of fonts.

However, it has a disadvantage, that is, in some cases, some simplified characters it does not need to be converted to traditional can be used ...

Well, since you look good, so let your wayward go on, and with the traditional will appear to be a higher force. If you do not know how to play the traditional, then suggest you can go to search online "simple to multiply", good use.

In fact, there are several other Japanese fonts are also quite good, you can try to use.

Additional recommendations:

For the more specific coarse black, I only recommend the above three. The above three titles as a specific environment, or the active banner of the copy and the active page headline, enough, a little bit of a simple tilt plus a little rough edge effect, almost all the requirements.

Three kinds of fonts are for the deformation of the bold, tough bones, strong strokes. Whether it's a powerful promotional presentation or a gentle love show, fair trade.

Some brush, ink fonts We can not write a good word, the ability of the general level of limited, how to do? Have to turn to the font. But to tell the truth, can let people see the brush of the eyes of the font is still not much, and some Kuangcao, Yegenzing and so on font I do not like. So in general I use this method:

As shown in the picture, you will be able to save your favorite brush fonts. And you can choose transparent PNG layer, it is the conscience of the quality ah!

Processing font effect, if you can add some paper, ink, watercolor and other material effects, the effect will look better and more Chinese fan son!

Basically, our most commonly used font is these, you can see, I rarely recommend some specific fonts, because it looks like the beautiful font, may not be so good, so, choose the most concise, the most regular font, is one of the best choice, the rest, to the picture Bar!

　　Font blacklist

Since there are recommendations, then there must be some do not recommend the use of. The following font "Blacklist" by the old cow as never appear in the design and resume on the work, they are basically to destroy the work, listed out for everyone to take warning.

In fact, a good font should be designed by the designer personally, but because many designers are not engaged in the graphic industry, and even in the graphic industry, font design is very difficult part. The above listed fonts, in more occasions and products are very moderate existence, some even very suitable. So when the small partners don't know what font to choose, or the computer does not have these, then suggest you start downloading it. Remember, a screen that prohibits more than two fonts above ha! That looks like a lot of clutter!

In fact, there are a lot of good fonts, such as the word-word workshop, fashion in the black and so on, here not one by one, because I in peacetime design on the use of these sets of fonts feel enough, more is the deformation and design effect.

A small number of fonts greatly improve their work efficiency, and for me this obsessive-selective patients is a preferred scheme, I hope to have some help. Finally, let's look at the effects of these fonts!