Quotes
Humanist sans are typefaces to be read. They may be drawn with only one thickness of line (although not all of them are) so that they stand foursquare on the page in the way that a modulated serif text face usually does not, and they may be stripped of serifs so that they look streamlined and somehow modern, but they have the forms we’re used to in a typeface for reading. They fit together well — the best ones, anyway — and they flow along the line of text. Most of them have true italics, not just slanted versions of the roman letters, and the best include old-style figures and small caps, which are attributes of a text face. Readability isn’t just a matter of serifs. Some very talented type designers have given us a wealth of new tools to work with; let’s put them to use.
–John D. Berry
