Note: This is not accurate currently. This blog uses Arial for the time being

I'm sure if you have ever written something, whether in school, work, etc. you have been confronted by the choice of a font. Unless you use the default settings for everything, hopefully not, this is usually something you decide at the start. This can sometimes be a nonchalant choice, if it's not an important piece of work or if there is some required font by an external factor.

But what about when it is not a nonchalant choice? When you actively deliberate and consider different fonts and which one you think is the best? That is an interesting question right there. Is there a 'best' font? You would think not as aesthetics are always subjective, but you could possibly quantify a font as the 'best' if it fits the most scenarios chosen by a wide array of test participants. Regardless, that is not really relevant to this post.

However, in a similar vein, you may feel strongly about certain font types (serif vs sans-serif for example), and if there are any calligraphers or font designers reading this, or maybe just a font enthusiast like me, you may have a favorite font. Your go to font. I think it's fairly obvious that different fonts convey different meanings, and sometimes your favorite font, if you have one, may not be suitable. But forget about that, for now. If you had to give me an answer right now, on the spot, could you answer your favorite font? You know what, take a second and search up font lists or what have you (I recommend Google Fonts. Don't go too crazy though, you could scroll for hours).

Ok, now do you have one? Great. Now think about why you chose that font. Did it convey elegance, minimalism, wackiness, formality, informality, or any other trait you can think of? While I won't go full zodiac signs on you, I think your choice of font represents something about you. You can get into the minutia of different fonts looking similar, but that is not really relevant as much as the thematic and stylistic choices are. There is a reason you chose that font and those reasons are a part of who we are. That is what this post is really about. Delving into a tiny thing that may be able to reveal aspects that comprise us as humans.

Now at this point, I already know what you are wondering, "Justin, what is your favorite font?", and I will oblige dear reader. My favorite font is...

Jost (used in these blog posts in fact) (hyper linked https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Jost?query=jost)

It has an air of simplicity, but also feels formal enough for a sans-serif (without the lines under letters). Also, the length of a lowercase 'L' is taller than an uppercase 'i', which always annoys me when fonts that don't do that. I know that explanation isn't as deep or insightful as you might have liked, but that's kinda how it goes with these things ¯_(ツ)_/¯. Just because it can reveal aspects about someone, doesn't mean it is easy to explain them. You could go English teacher mode and pull a bunch of meaning from it, if you would like of course. Obviously, like I mentioned earlier, there are tons of fonts that look similar, but that is not really relevant.

Now, this post is not meant to get into the meanings of fonts and discuss that, that would be much longer, but rather spark some creative interest to add personality to your creations. If you do want to read about and learn about the intricacies of fonts, Google has a great Knowledge (hyper linked https://fonts.google.com/knowledge) page filled with information (I particularly recommend their Choosing type (https://fonts.google.com/knowledge/choosing_type) articles).

~~ Also, as it stands, I do not have comments enabled on the blog. I will be tinkering with them, and possibly including them in the future, but for now, you can keep your font to yourself. Or go share it with the world, it's up to you, just not in comments here.~~strike Comments are now enabled.

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