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typography

Serif or Not


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Deciding whether to use a serif or sans serif typeface for your logos and titles depends in large part on the type of company and the branding established for the client. There are some connotations associated with both:

sans serif


modern
elegant
avant garde
simplicity

Apple
Apple

serif

traditional
conservative
classical
established

IBM IBM

Originally IBM was using serifs for their titles as you can see in the image above but since I created this page they have started using all sans serifs for their titles.