fonts and emotions...why you should choose fonts carefully

fonts and emotions...why you should choose fonts carefully

when we start designing our websites we start search about the right fonts that make our website look beautiful and attractive. But fonts can do more than just make our website look beautiful, it makes the user feel certain emotions and this plays a big role in improving the user experience. So let's find out what are the best cases when we can use some types of fonts!

- serif fonts:

small, decorative lines, tend to viewed as traditional and formal. It gives the feeling of something reliable ,practical ,sophisticated,stable, respectable,timeless,formal and traditional.you can use it on logo and titles.

- sans-serif:

don't have decorative lines, often thought of as contemporary and modern. It gives the feeling of something clean, humanist, geometric,universal, simple, sensible, straightforward, easy to read and neutral . you can use it on body text and titles.

- script fonts:

generally convey an elegant feel and are often used for wedding invitations or greeting cards. for the web it's usually reserved for headlines or small decorative text details. It give the feeling of something elegant, classic, feminine, personal, pretty and stylish.

- monospace fonts:

each character uses the same amount of horizontal space, each character is the same width, are often used for displaying code.

- Times New Roman:

is often used for legal documents.

- comic sans:

you can use it for children article.

this was the most common fonts types and when we can use them and what the emotions that relate to it.I hope this was helpful, thank you.