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Comparison between two font pairing apps I tested
I spent last weekend comparing FontPair and Fontjoy for a client's branding project. FontPair gave me combos that looked good on paper but felt flat on the actual mockup. Fontjoy nailed it on the first try because it let me tweak contrast and weight live. Has anyone else found one of these tools way more useful than the other?
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uma_patel1912d ago
Wait, you actually had the opposite experience from me? I used to swear by Fontjoy cause it felt more visual, but FontPair ended up being way better when I needed something that actually worked in paragraph form instead of just headings. The live tweaking on Fontjoy is nice but half the time the font sizes don't translate well to real mockups cause they're optimized for the app. FontPair gave me combos that held up across print and digital without looking weird.
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felix_martin5612d ago
Half the time the font sizes don't translate well" - that's the story of my design life right there. Fontjoy feels like it was built for people who just want a pretty screenshot, not for anyone who actually has to hand something off to a client. I guess each app has its own flavor of "looks good in theory.
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