Book/Magazine type

An article on book and magazine type, this is just the editors personal favorite type used on such medium.

A good variety of choices of headlines and text fonts are necessary for book and magazine design. In classical book and magazine publishing, serif fonts have most often been chosen for text, as these have historically been seen as the most legible in longer passages. On the other hand, Modern literature is commonly set with sans serif fonts, because of their associations with 20th Century Modernism.(follow the link for more)

"Book & Magazine Fonts - Linotype Font Inspirations." Download Fonts from Classic to Cool - Linotype.com. Web. 03 May 2011. Available at http://www.linotype.com/2227/bookmagazinefonts.html