What Technical Writing Students Should Know about Typeface Personality

Abstract

Typeface personality impacts the rhetorical effect of students' documents, yet it receives little attention in textbooks. Technical writing students should stand the definition of “appropriate” in relation to typeface selection, the difference between type's functional and semantic properties, the difference between type family and personality, the effect of a typeface's history, and the contribution of a typeface's anatomy to its personality. Understanding these, students can make informed decisions about typeface appropriateness.

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Journal of Technical Writing and Communication
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2004-01-01
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10.2190/nmdq-xbvh-q79j-m749
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