I accidentally found this infographic that summarizes the development of Western typography. It is great that you can see how, over the years, serif or san serif typefaces were dominant in certain periods. How typography grew from rough drafts to perfect ligatures. The infographic shows a period of time ranging from Gutenberg all the way to the present and Matthew Carter and his life’s work award he got for designing Verdana and Georgia, two of the most used typeface solutions in the human history. Also, when you look at the infographic you’ll learn who designed the font used on Facebook logo and why did the Wisconsin University officially switch from Ariel to Century Gothic. 
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Gosh, I wish I would have had that inrofmatoin earlier!
My thought is, given ctriaen contexts, you can find a way to make most any fonts work with each other. Maybe not in a heading / body relationship, but in some kind of role-based way in a design. They might need a separation of white space, or a great difference in point size, etc., but there is some way to make even the worst apparent options work something out.
Very interesting arclite, I am new here but I was thouroughly impressed when, halfway through, I realized that you are the author. I just wanted to say that serif rules the world of print as the little hats and feet help you read words on paper but sans serif is better for redesigning your site with . . . This is really the only site I have liked seeing it on because it feels like I am reading a newspaper.
You’ve made a good start. Please keep me updated. You’re most welocme to mail me.Also interested to know about your experience with fontforge. If you’d like to write something for iLT some time about your adventure, then let me know. I think it’s quite inspiring for others who are new to type design to sa5hear about someone else who’s designing their first face.
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