5 golden rules to create amazing fonts

Yesterday we were commenting the necessary tools to create your fontsWell, today it's a little bit to know what are the 5 golden rules to create amazing fonts.

By thinking as if we were our own publisher designer can help us improve our skills when creating our own typography. Below you will find the 5 golden rules that have been advised by expert designers to create fonts that stand out from the rest and make you stand out by offering a great job on them.

Legibility and consistency

Hagen Verleges explains: «my main objective is two things. The first, the legibility of the letters and the ability to be read as a whole. Second, congruence in form and content. I apply basic rules of classic typography, then partially divide them with different changes and twists«.

Not mix because

Bob Young of Alphabetical believes that there is one main rule when you want to execute a creative concept, and that is never mix more than four styles and sizes of a letter on a page.

Own personality

Veronica Ditting, Fantastic Man Art Director advises: «I am not attracted to the typical and the same letters designed over and over again, finding it more interesting to work with classic letters but in a different way. In the end, selecting a letter is your own personal preference, as long as it follows the slogan of the concept itself of the project«.

Work nonstop

Vince Frost takes as a warning: «make the editor and the writers give you a general idea of ​​all the contentSo you can think about the best method to tell each story. Find a distinctive font or font family, and develop one that is consistent but still has a bit of fun on your own journey of creation. Work at the source until you know that what you wanted is achieved«.

The content is important

«The different subjects of matter guide us to a different logic in the source that we want to createYoung explains. «There is no point in designing something that looks great if you do not communicate what you want. The content level can change depending on the emotional state of the creator. It does not change the meaning of the design by overloading it or making it seem as if it is just filling an empty space«.