When looking for fonts for this project, I researched font’s that’re good for children and are good for reading/ easy to read. I found that typefaces with a larger x-height and infant characters (letters like ‘a’ and ‘g’ with one story, like how it’s written when one first learns to write) are what makes it most legible. Serif fonts work well on print, making it more readable but it makes no difference on screen. You should avoid non-traditional typefaces, bold weights, hairline weights, condensed or expanded typefaces. Open, round and warm shapes are encouraged. Line lengths should be short as big chunks of text can be intimidating to younger readers. My favourite serif fonts I’ve looked at are Bembo infant, Century Schoolbook and plantin regular, I feel like these are a good choice because these typefaces were designed to be used with children, it could be a better idea to use Bembo infant because it uses one-story characters, making it easier to be read. I thought Times New Roman could be used because it’s such a well known font which everyone is familiar with, but some people have said that if you use a font people are familiar with and are too easy to read that they’re more likely to skip over and miss/take in less information as when you’re using a font that’s a bit harder to read, it makes you concentrate on the text more. I like Courier New because from what I’ve seen when researching more modern design and infographics is that light typefaces are in fashion/popular at the moment and courier new is a light typeface but that also contradicts what has been previously stated, which is that you should avoid hairline weights as it can be harder for children to read. Century Schoolbook could also be a good font to use as it’s X-height is large without being condensed. My favourite sans serif fonts are Century Gothic Regular, Arial Nova, Lexia Readable and Open Dyslexic 3. Century Gothic because of how basic and round the typeface is without being too simple, like how the ends of the characters aren’t rounded. Arial nova because of it’s large x-height, it’s only flaw is that it’s not an infant typeface/ doesn’t have infant characters. Lexia readable and Open Dyslexic 3 because they’re made for dyslexics to be able to read easier. I like Gill Sans but it’s characters seem too bold. Comic Sans could be a good typeface for legibility but I feel as if it could be a bad idea as on the internet it has a bad reputation and this game/project would be on the internet. Amatic SC could be good because of its resemblance to handwriting and its large X-height but it’s a bit too condensed and it’s weight is a bit too light, in my opinion. When looking for fonts for this project, I researched font’s that’re good for children and are good for reading/ easy to read. I found that typefaces with a larger x-height and infant characters (letters like ‘a’ and ‘g’ with one story, like how it’s written when one first learns to write) are what makes it most legible. Serif fonts work well on print, making it more readable but it makes no difference on screen. You should avoid non-traditional typefaces, bold weights, hairline weights, condensed or expanded typefaces. Open, round and warm shapes are encouraged. Line lengths should be short as big chunks of text can be intimidating to younger readers. My favourite serif fonts I’ve looked at are Bembo infant, Century Schoolbook and plantin regular, I feel like these are a good choice because these typefaces were designed to be used with children, it could be a better idea to use Bembo infant because it uses one-story characters, making it easier to be read. I thought Times New Roman could be used because it’s such a well known font which everyone is familiar with, but some people have said that if you use a font people are familiar with and are too easy to read that they’re more likely to skip over and miss/take in less information as when you’re using a font that’s a bit harder to read, it makes you concentrate on the text more. I like Courier New because from what I’ve seen when researching more modern design and infographics is that light typefaces are in fashion/popular at the moment and courier new is a light typeface but that also contradicts what has been previously stated, which is that you should avoid hairline weights as it can be harder for children to read. Century Schoolbook could also be a good font to use as it’s X-height is large without being condensed, but it’s counters aren’t rounded (counters are the enclosed shapes within a letter). My favourite sans serif fonts are Century Gothic Regular, Arial Nova, Lexia Readable and Open Dyslexic 3. Century Gothic because of how basic and round the typeface is without being too simple, like how the ends of the characters aren’t rounded. Arial nova because of it’s large x-height, it’s only flaw is that it’s not an infant typeface/ doesn’t have infant characters. Lexia readable and Open Dyselxic 3 because they’re made for dyslexics to be able to read easier. I like Gill Sans but it’s characters seem too bold. Comic Sans could be a good typeface for legibility but I feel as if it could be a bad idea as on the internet it has a bad reputation and this game/project would be on the internet. Amatic SC could be good because of its resemblance to handwriting and its large X-height but it’s a bit too condensed and it’s weight is a bit too light, in my opinion.
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