So, you need a typeface…

Flowchart for choosing a typeface. Funny and useful:

By Danish Julian Hansen.

(via @markboulton)

9 Comments leave a comment below

  1. I hope this gains wide circulation and the world will become a better place.

    “Top 50 of the Top 100 Best Schrieften” (in the top left) made me smile — is this Danglish?

    huund
    Apr 20th, 2010 / 2:43 pm

  2. I like the path from “Are you alone?” to Comic Sans. :)

    Colleen
    Apr 20th, 2010 / 3:43 pm

  3. “so you need a typeface” rebuttal poster
    http://bit.ly/type-rebuttal

    Cer
    Apr 20th, 2010 / 6:56 pm

  4. Clever. They could use a proofreader on the team though.

    K
    Apr 20th, 2010 / 10:37 pm

  5. I’m very pleased to see one of my projects here on one of the blogs I read reguarly! But unfortunately this is the very first version with a few typos – here is the new one:
    http://julianhansen.com/files/infographiclarge_v2.png

    Julian Hansen
    Apr 21st, 2010 / 9:02 am

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    quect
    Apr 22nd, 2010 / 3:55 am

  7. Hey All, Julian has been kind enough to let us print the poster in a one color version, black paper with silver ink. It should be ready by May 2nd. You can pre-order it now from the link below.

    http://bit.ly/buHQvA

    Scribble on Everything
    Apr 23rd, 2010 / 3:03 pm

  8. love the idea!!

    lono
    Apr 26th, 2010 / 9:14 am

  9. What a incredibly boring set of typeface suggestions. It is 2010 after all.

    James Montalbano
    May 10th, 2010 / 3:29 pm