Choose an unobtrusive font: For most newsletter articles, the best fonts are ones that do not stand up and shout at the reader.As with books, you won't go horribly wrong with most of the classic serif or classic sans serif choices. Choose a serif or sans serif font: The text of the articles in the newsletter is not the place for blackletter, script, or most decorative fonts.
The newsletter nameplate, headlines, kickers, page numbers, pull-quotes and other small bits of text can often take decorative, fun, or distinctive fonts.įour guidelines will help you pick the right fonts for your printed newsletters. However, because most newsletters have short features and a variety of articles, there is room for variety. That is, they should stay in the background and not distract the reader from the message.
The fonts used in print newsletters should be much like fonts for books. Lifewire / Jacci Howard Bear / Adobe / Microsoft These newsletter templates (top from Adobe InDesign bottom from Microsoft Publisher) use serif, sans serif, and script fonts.
