Fonts for board books -- plain and simple one rounded block
February 8, 2018 6:06 PM
I'm making two board books. I need fonts that are either commonly included on a windows computer or free. I need a font for the body of the book A. The title of Book A will be in Gabriola. Book B will be a counting book (1 apple, 2 bananas, say). I would like a nice rounded block font that I can put in colours for the numbers and a body font for the other words (e.g. "banana"). Any suggestions?
The title and body of book A won't appear on the same page, so it's not that important they coordinate well, but it certainly wouldn't be bad if they did. I feel like since these are for a baby/toddler, a sans serif font would be better since it fees more basic, but all the non-serif fonts I see on my computer just seem so "thin" for lack of a better word. I think I want something weightier (this may not be the right word. I'm not a design expert/person). For the counting book I'd like the numbers to look colourful and whimsical, but still be standard number shapes rather than too outlandish.
The title and body of book A won't appear on the same page, so it's not that important they coordinate well, but it certainly wouldn't be bad if they did. I feel like since these are for a baby/toddler, a sans serif font would be better since it fees more basic, but all the non-serif fonts I see on my computer just seem so "thin" for lack of a better word. I think I want something weightier (this may not be the right word. I'm not a design expert/person). For the counting book I'd like the numbers to look colourful and whimsical, but still be standard number shapes rather than too outlandish.
That seems like it would work well for the text. For the numbers I was hoping for something round and full like this. (Especially since I have those actual letters and some photographs with them might appear in the book).
For Book A, I think I'll go with ABeeZee, which I found poking around to figure out where I could download Poppins.
posted by If only I had a penguin... at 10:16 PM on February 8, 2018
For Book A, I think I'll go with ABeeZee, which I found poking around to figure out where I could download Poppins.
posted by If only I had a penguin... at 10:16 PM on February 8, 2018
Oh sorry, you said free/included with Windows.
posted by TWinbrook8 at 2:57 AM on February 9, 2018
posted by TWinbrook8 at 2:57 AM on February 9, 2018
You want a rounded font in a bold, heavy, or black weight. I think Arial Rounded is included in Windows (I’m not a fan of Arial but the rounded version is okay) but if not, “rounded” as a search term will help you.
posted by Metroid Baby at 3:11 AM on February 9, 2018
posted by Metroid Baby at 3:11 AM on February 9, 2018
How about Coiny, Baloo, or Pusab?
Free fonts from the site FontSquirrel include a license for commercial projects if you're planning on selling this book.
posted by bcwinters at 5:33 AM on February 9, 2018
Free fonts from the site FontSquirrel include a license for commercial projects if you're planning on selling this book.
posted by bcwinters at 5:33 AM on February 9, 2018
Another search term that might help is "ball and stick" font. It's pretty much how it sounds: letters look like they're made up of circles and lines: e.g. the letter a is basically a circle with a line (e.g. like Coiny in the examples above) rather than the double story a used in e.g. Ariel.
Background: I work in educational publishing and that's our basic requirement for books for K-2 and younger readers. We swap out fonts for those age groups if they're NOT already ball and stick types/ This is to make it easier for young children to read because that's the way they're learning to form their letters.
posted by irishalto at 8:59 AM on February 11, 2018
Background: I work in educational publishing and that's our basic requirement for books for K-2 and younger readers. We swap out fonts for those age groups if they're NOT already ball and stick types/ This is to make it easier for young children to read because that's the way they're learning to form their letters.
posted by irishalto at 8:59 AM on February 11, 2018
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posted by Winnie the Proust at 6:31 PM on February 8, 2018