Skip to the lesson

Choosing Fonts · Page 6 of 7

Test your knowledge

Feeling confident about choosing fonts? Try these exercises for practice. They are not graded.

Choose an answer for each item, then select Check answers. Wrong answers turn red so you can try again.

1. Match the typeface to the project

Each card shows a type category. Which project is it the best fit for? Use the personality cheat sheet if you need a hint.

Script (Great Vibes)
Slab serif (Roboto Slab)
Traditional serif (Libre Baskerville)
Rounded sans serif (Fredoka)
Modern serif (Bodoni Moda)
Geometric sans serif (Montserrat)

2. Read the image

Which type style shares the most lines and shapes with each image?

A hand-drawn oak tree with a rough, leafy edge
A logo built from sharp triangles and straight lines
A flowing ribbon of pen-drawn swirls
A tall, narrow skyscraper silhouette
A chunky, stamped wooden crate label

3. Good pair or not?

Each card shows a heading font with a body font.

Playfair Display + Source Sans 3
EB Garamond + Libre Baskerville
Montserrat + Merriweather
Roboto + Open Sans
Abril Fatface + Roboto Slab
Oswald + Lora

4. True or false?

Use a decorative display font for long paragraphs
Two fonts should have clearly different roles
Two scripts make a strong pair
Round letters go naturally with round images
Using bold and regular from one family can work
More fonts make a design look more professional

Not confident yet?

Go back through the pages using the list on the left (or the Pages button on a phone).

© Created by Sara Rosenstock, Marietta College Graphic Design.