National History Day Exhibit Projects

This is a font called Calvin and Hobbes. It would be a great font for a title for a kid-related theme, but the whole paragraph on Herbert Hoover? I'm feeling queasy...

This is a font called Music Hall. It looks like an old-fashioned concert program cover or a cover from some sheet music. But to read it in 3 paragraphs is really hard. You can do it, but it's tiring. And the last thing you want to do is tire the audience before they finish reading your first paragraph!

Now look. I used the Music Hall font, but just for the title. I used plain old Times for the body of the text. Much better. Any serif font would look nice here (serif means the letters have "feet"). Serif fonts always seem more old fashioned to me and san serif (without "feet"), like the one you are reading now, seem more modern.

This one's not bad. The font is called "Fox Trot" and it's pretty easy to read, but I'm not sure I like the all caps for the paragraph.

This one I like, too. I used a heavy masculine font called "Roman Stone Cut" for the title and my favorite serif font, Garamond, for the body. It's easy to read and classy looking.