Quick Brown Fox

In the session we had to bring in the the typefaces we had printed for our partners to identify but typed out to say 'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog' for each of the five fonts. 

The typefaces I chose were Rockwell, Comic Sans, Arial, Gill Sans and Chaparral Pro. A Mix of fonts I like and disliked. I had to choose the most readable from each typeface, trying out bold and condensed etc.

There were the examples of the fonts I found most readable, the Serif typefaces were alot more readable for me at 12 pt while the Sans-serif typefaces were alot more easy readable when they were at 24 pt. This is because they lack the distinctive structure that the serifs have to allow them to be read at lower point sizes. 

We then stuck up all of the fonts we had printed out up onto the wall in the studio, alot of conclusions came from this task, such as Roman typefaces like Times are alot more readable when they're in a smaller point size and on the other hand, Gothic work when they're slightly larger (24pt). This backed up what I had found when printing them out in the first place. Script typefaces also we found worked alot better when they were large because they were so intricate it was hard to read them when they were small. This proves why they're used alot for headlines as they're easier to read.