![]() Nothing blurred, smudged, twisted, distorted, or otherwise compromised. Since a child will try to read it (even for preschool books where the parent reads aloud, kids need to be trying to decipher parts of the text), it must be legible. The goal of choosing a font in a children’s book is one thing: legibility. NON-Serif fonts: Helvetica, Gill Sans, Quicksand, Century Gothic, Avenir Next, Lato. SERIF fonts: Myriad Pro, Georgia, Plantin Infants, Alegreya, Garamond Pro, Crimson, Baskerville Old Face, Century Schoolbook. To make it easier, though, I’ll give you some to start with that I’ve used, in no particular order: ![]() If there’s lots of text (I told you, it depends!), a serif font will make it easier to read.Īfter that-it’s a wild west out there and you can choose any font you like. Non-serif fonts do not have that.Įither type of font works in a children’s picture book, but if you have very short text, the non-serif fonts might work better. ![]() ![]() Serifs have the small lines at the bottom of the letters that are meant to help you scan along a line of text. As for fonts, you need to know the difference in a serif and non-serif font.
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