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Alex’s Team Pick: So You Need a Typeface? There’s a Flowchart for That

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Apr 21, 2010
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Taylor already beat me to it and mentioned this in her awesome Techno-Fix this week, but I am posting this again cause I do what I want whatever!

Julian Hansen is a graphic designer, and he made this super clever/cute flowchart about how to choose a typeface. I love it.

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Cofounder and Design Director of Autostraddle. Professional web/graphic designer. Whiskey enthusiast. Drumming hobbyist. A past speaker at the 2010 BlogHer Conference (“Good Blog Design: The Role of Layout in an Online Medium”), 2013 Salon LGBTQ Conference (“Innovative Best Practices for Brand-Blogger Campaigns”) and featured in the Los Angeles Edition of Refinery29’s 30 Under 30 in 2013. Co-owns and manages Tully’s Training, a dog training company in Los Angeles. Twitter: @a_ex Instagram: alexxxvegaaa

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  • Sally
    April 21, 2010 at 1:51 pm

    You tease us with these beautiful infographics.

    Also love how it takes you to the devil font that is comic sans!

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