October 20, 2023  SEONews
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Best Practices Guide (Part 2) — Smashing Magazine


Finding the right typeface is tricky as a whole. Dividing the process into steps and having the right information at hand will make this journey a design adventure full of surprises. To avoid sinking into unnecessary details, use this guide as a map for your path. Review various font paraments and learn how to apply them to your designs.

Welcome to the second part of the guide to typography in fintech. In Part 1, we reviewed the key points to consider when choosing typefaces:

  • What is the content of your product? What type of data do you mainly work with?
  • Who is your common user, and in which circumstances do they use the product?
  • What are the specific points you need to keep in mind? For example, what language support is planned for the future? Or, maybe you need to use some specific glyphs (math or rare currency symbols) in your product.

We also reviewed all font parameters and started investigating how they affect readability and legibility. Now, let’s discuss how to apply them to your designs.

Adjust Texts And Tables

Point Size

When choosing a point size, we need to consider the body text first. Body text is the most massive part of your content, and its style determines design and visual appearance. It’s also essential to remember that x-height might vary slightly from type to type. Therefore, not all typefaces will look the same in the same size, and you will probably need to adjust it.

The general rule is that the size of the screen body text should be 12-16px....



source: https://news.oneseocompany.com/2023/10/20/best-practices-guide-part-2-smashing-magazine_2023102051577.html

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