![]() Then we have Interface a great web font that is also used for magazines and textbook printing. Baskerville is among the best print fonts for fiction novels. Using a common font, one you can reasonably assume your readers are familiar with means they’ll likely never think about your choice.Įach of these three fonts are great for printing-but each has a specific kind of printing they’re used for. The most important of your font’s many jobs is to go unnoticed. Why use a font that looks like Baskerville when you can just use Baskerville? Putting all those expectations into perspective, how do we ever decide on a font for your body text? When there are literally thousands to choose from, the right answer is to just keep it simple. And making sure every line of text is a pleasure to read. This is what it’s all about, right? Creating your custom book so it looks amazing. If I was laying out a novel for printing, I would never use Calibri while Baskerville is my go-to. Can you see why? It might be a touch hazy on your screen since I’ve screen captured from Word, but the lines are thinner and the serifs create horizontal consistency that leads the eye from word to word. Then we have Baskerville, a very common fiction font. Thick lines, no serifs, ample white space between the lines. The text on your page must convey your words, meet your reader’s expectations, and be easy to read.Ĭompare these samples of the same copy with differing fonts:Ĭalibri is Word’s default and looks just fine on the screen. The best fonts for books will be invisible. Too many fonts can be jarring for your reader. There’s no one answer to how many fonts you should use in a book, but if you’re putting your book together and you’ve got more than six different fonts for the interior and cover tone it down. Alongside those, you could use unique fonts for your front matter, header/footer content, and loads of other kinds of text-section titles, footnotes, the dedication, etc. Then you’ll have your primary font for the body text (like Baskerville) and another stylized font for your chapter titles (like Bigshot One). For example, you might use a block-style font for the title (like Gotham) and a serif font for the subtitle and other cover text (like Caslon). If you go pick up any book off your bookshelf, you’ll likely be able to find five or six different fonts in use. Your book cover fonts are important too-for all the same reasons. The line length, height, page size, page margins, and letter spacing are just a few elements that are affected by your font choices. ![]() The font is just one of many page design considerations you must balance when creating your book interior.
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