#fontgeek

Another @flatlandcavalry show and #pigsflyshop poster released today! 🤠🙌 . One of my favorite things ever is that #flatlandcalvary is a hashtag and has over 1000+ posts like it’s nbd. 🤦🏻‍♀️🤘 . Need some design work? Hit me up so I have an excuse to geek out over fonts. Contact info in bio. #fonts #fontgeek #design #graphicdesign #vintage #vintagebandposter #bandposter #flatlandcavalry #country #countrymusic #countrymusicfan #reddirt #texas #texascountry #texasmusic #homelandinsecurity #twistedj @twistedjbar #rodeo #yeehaw #kickthetiresandlightthefires @nandomedia #nandomedia #retro #retroaesthetic #vintageaesthetic #🤠 (at Twisted J) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7W_SnYhtXX/?igshid=1dp4iqhqcra85

#FontGeek #helvetica that’s right. (at The Danforth Music Hall) https://www.instagram.com/p/BonKQl7nE0u/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=10i3yw6z5b7d

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You can test your skills with the full series on Behance, and with the urgings of a dear friend, they are also available here for those who wish to have a poster to challenge their houseguests or officemates.

...but all that said, my actual question is: does anyone have any suggestions for good, readable, sans-serif fonts that work well and remain legible even at very small sizes (as in, down to 6 point font in some places)? The default font (Arial) wasn't thrilling me overmuch so I switched it to Helvetica and while that helped with legibility at smaller sizes, I'm not sure I like the form factor/spacing for this type of work. I'm thinking someone has to have come up with a really nice schematic/technical font that scales well and uses space efficiently (important when you're writing out labels like "flow cytometer" and whatnot on a series of little rectangles) but I haven't found any useful guidelines regarding such things just yet.

The font ‘Johnston’ is used for the signs for the London Underground. It was designed in 1916 by Edward Johnston and was also worked on by a guy called Eric Gill who was really into incest and stuff. Eric Gill later went on to design the font ‘Gill Sans’ which was heavily influenced by ‘Johnston’ and is the BBC font. 

If I was the kind of person who could justify a budget for buying type-faces, I'd own this.