Choose your fonts
For maximum impact, choose different fonts for the header and body of your poster. Select a serif font for your title and a sans serif font for the body. Serif fonts, such as Times New Roman and Garamond, have short lines at the ends of the strokes in a letter (as indicated by the arrows in the images below); sans serif fonts, such as Helvetica and Arial, do not.
Some common font pairings and recommended font sizes can be found below.
Size appropriately
Font Resources:
- 33 perfect font pairingsDiscover the best font pairings for harmonious typography.
- The Art Of Mixing Typefaces Google Fonts EditionGoogle Fonts contains hundreds of free, open-source fonts and although they're primarily optimised for the web, they're equally great for use in print projects.
- Canva's ultimate guide to font pairingGreat font pairings are essential to great design. These font pairs are perfect if you are trying to design your next logo, presentation, infographic, invitation, postcard, or anything else you’d like to design. There’s a science to applying a heading, subheading and body copy to suit the type of content you’re producing.