What Is Brand Typography? Type as an Identity Signal
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What Is Brand Typography?

Brand typography is the fonts and typographic rules a brand uses consistently.

In plain English

Typography covers more than the choice of font: sizes, weights, line spacing, hierarchy and how headings relate to body text. The rules matter more than the typeface.

Two typefaces are enough for almost every business. One for headings, one for body, applied consistently, produces more recognition than a larger library used loosely.

What to know

Two typefaces
Heading and body. More is rarely needed.
Rules, not just fonts
Sizes, weights, spacing, hierarchy.
Licensing matters
Web, print and app use are separately licensed.
Legibility first
Body text has to be readable at length.

Why it matters

Typography carries the brand across every piece of text you publish, which is most of what a customer encounters. It is a larger surface than the logo by several orders of magnitude.

Common mistakes

×Choosing a display typeface for body text.
×Ignoring licence terms for web or app use.
×Too many weights and sizes, so hierarchy collapses.
×No documented scale, so every document differs.

FAQs

How many fonts should a brand use?

Two. A third only if there is a specific, recurring need.

What matters most?

Legibility of body text, then consistency of the hierarchy.

WRITTEN BY TARIQ SALLAM
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