What to look for in a good quality font?

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October 5, 2010
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What are some things to look for in a well designed paid or free font? How do I know if it will print nicely? What can I look for after typing some text in Photoshop or Illustrator to ensure that it is high enough quality for printing?

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MiguelSousa

Community Manager

Here's another article that talks about the technical and artistic quality of free fonts

http://fontfeed.com/archives/free-fonts-technical-and-artistic-quality/

MiguelSousa

Community Manager

This post http://blogs.adobe.com/typblography/2005/12/quality_in_type.html may answer some of your questions.

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media katAuthor

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Some good info in there. So for the untrained eye, would you say it is nearly impossible to look at a free font and determine if it will be able to print nicely without doing test prints?

Thanks.

MiguelSousa

Community Manager

A print environment usually has more resolution than a screen display, so the former tends to be more forgiving to not-so-good fonts. Meaning, a font might not look that good when displayed on screen, while looking fine when printed.

If an untrained eye can see, foresee or even care about the eventual problems or not it's up for debate. What I can say is that, if a font looks good on screen it's very likely that it will look good in print. However, the opposite isn't so likely to be true.

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