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A flowchart to decide what typeface to use

Apr 21, 2010

A typeface can make or break your graphic. Use Comic Sans, and no one will take you seriously ever again. Luckily, graphic designer Julian Hansen put together this flowchart for a school project to help you figure out what typeface to use. Most of you will probably be interested in the infographic branch.

I prefer to go the book route though. What typeface do you end up at?

[Inspiration Lab via DataViz]

12 Comments

Mark James Adams — April 21, 2010 at 4:22 am

The route to Comic Sans is amusing.
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Dave Marcus — April 21, 2010 at 10:35 am

Please – how can I see a full-size (readable) version?
- Nathan Yau — April 21, 2010 at 10:43 am
  
  click the ‘flowchart’ link in the post
  - Dave Marcus — April 21, 2010 at 10:45 am
    
    Clicking “flowchart” give me an image that is only about 20% larger (and still unreadable).
  - Nathan Yau — April 21, 2010 at 10:49 am
    
    right click the image on the original site, and select ‘image’ to see it at full resolution
  - Dave Marcus — April 21, 2010 at 10:53 am
    
    Re: “right click the image on the original site, and select ‘image’ to see it at full resolution”
    
    My context menu doesn’t have “image” – checked both FireFox and IE. You using a Mac?
- Nathan Yau — April 21, 2010 at 11:39 am
  
  here’s a link to the full-size image: http://julianhansen.com/files/infographiclarge_v2.png
  - Dave Marcus — April 21, 2010 at 11:42 am
    
    T H A N K S !
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Jon — May 2, 2010 at 8:18 pm

Here is where you can buy it?
http://www.scribbleoneverything.com/prints/type-o-file/so-you-need-a-typeface-poster/prod_260.html

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