Editorial cartoonist and blogger Daryl Cagle dissected the Los Angeles Times' new look and thought it resembled a ransom note more than a newspaper. He counts 22 different fonts on the front page, and that's just above the fold. Now, the question is, how many of you can out-geek the font geek? That's right, who out there can name all 22?
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Whether or not he's right about the actual number of fonts used, there are too many.
Perhaps they should have taken a look at the Wall Street Journal - to my mind, the best designed newspaper out there.
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Hmm, maybe this dude knows type really well, or maybe he's confusing fonts and typefaces. A font is a specific style within a typeface family (even though it is common to use one word for the other).
Based on the scan on his site, I couldn't determine if the serif fonts were really different typefaces, or roman, italic, bold and bold italic fonts of the same typeface. Same for the sans serif fonts.
There may be some valid design problems, but I get a sense of the hierarchy (heads, subheads, etc.) and I'm not confusing articles.
My 3 cents.
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