Designed by Viktoriya Grabowska
Fjord One is a serif typeface designed with printed books in mind, and particularly intended for long texts in small print sizes. It features sturdy construction, prominent serifs, low-contrast modulation and long elegant ascenders and descenders relative to the x height. Fjord performs well at text sizes and because of the careful detailing it can also be a distinctive choice for headlines and in corporate design. It is inspired by both renaissance and contemporary typeface designs.
When you have some text, how can you choose a typeface? Many people—professional designers included—go through an app’s font menu until we find one we like. But the aim of this Google Fonts Knowledge module is to show that there are many considerations that can improve our type choices. By setting some useful constraints to aid our type selection, we can also develop a critical eye for analyzing type along the way.
Choosing web fonts: A beginner's all-in-one guide
A checklist for choosing type
Emotive considerations for choosing typefaces
Choosing reliable typefaces
Exploring typefaces with multiple weights or grades
Exploring width in type
Choosing typefaces that have optical sizes
Pairing typefaces
Pairing typefaces within a family & superfamily
Pairing typefaces by the same type designer or type foundry
Pairing typefaces using the font matrix
Exploring x-height & the em square
Adding fonts to Google Docs and Slides