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The BonFX Letter
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This week — no. 14
Quiet authority
Merriweather sets the tone in one line. Lato stays out of the way and lets it.
MERRIWEATHER 700 + LATO 400
A font specimen, a pairing that works, and one line on why it works. That is the whole email.
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“Just as every musical score has its home key, in typography the contrast of size of the typographic elements is almost a prerequisite for all other contrasts. A strong contrast in the size of the elements is basic, and all other contrasts are extra effects introduced into relationship.”—Carl Dair, Design with Type
