Font Family Resemblances

by Idea File Staff
Posted in: Design, Winter 2006

Walsworth offers 43 body fonts and 71 display fonts, so the selection is plentiful. But can you get the look you want for your yearbook? We compared today’s most popular fonts with AWPC fonts, and found some resemblances. Why pay for a font when you can get a similar one for free? Here is a new perspective on AWPC fonts.

A review of fonts.com, by Monotype Imaging, shows five of the fonts on their top 10 most popular list have AWPC body font equivalents.fonts01

There are several popular fonts similar to AWPC display fonts, upon examination of myfonts.com.
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Also on the list at myfonts.com are these similar body fonts:
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Article by Idea File Staff

Idea File staff authors are part of Walsworth’s Marketing Department team who have individually or collaboratively written articles for Idea File magazine or the Idea File area of walsworthyearbooks.com.

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