Font weight

[SunnyKodukula]

Hi,

I really like your font and I want to use it for regular text and documents. The only problem I face is that the regular font seems to be lighter than other fonts. Is that intended? I currently use medium for text but then that is not very convenient.

I am sorry, i am not a font designer so I may not be using the technical terms but you can call me a font geek.

Thanks a lot and continue the great work! I am recommending the font to all my friends and colleagues. I love the italtics esp.

cheers Sunny

[CatharsisFonts]

Dear Sunny,

Thanks for your interest in Cormorant! In general, I wouldn't recommend it as a text typeface, though. Even though its shapes are very legible, what with the Garamond genome, the thin lines just become too thin at text sizes. Cormorant is really made for the big screen. 😬

I can see it work as a copy typeface in, say, a photography book with relatively short text blocks and high emphasis on aesthetics, where you might get away with a font size of 18+. Don't use it for extended reading, though. There are more appropriate reading typefaces available on Google Fonts (such as EB Garamond or Amiri).

If you insist on using Cormorant, Medium is probably the best weight, and I'd use the Cormorant Garamond cut.

Cheers, Christian

[SunnyKodukula]

Hi Christian,

Thanks so much for the mail and the reply. I see the point and I will explore the other fonts you suggest.

Cormorant is just too beautiful on screen :) I really like the legibility, for now I will continue using the medium, in case the others don’t appeal to me.

cheers Sunny

On 21. Mar 2019, at 19:52, Christian Thalmann notifications@github.com wrote:

Dear Sunny,

Thanks for your interest in Cormorant! In general, I wouldn't recommend it as a text typeface, though. Even though its shapes are very legible, what with the Garamond genome, the thin lines just become too thin at text sizes. Cormorant is really made for the big screen. 😬

I can see it work as a copy typeface in, say, a photography book with relatively short text blocks and high emphasis on aesthetics, where you might get away with a font size of 18+. Don't use it for extended reading, though. There are more appropriate reading typefaces available on Google Fonts (such as EB Garamond or Amiri).

If you insist on using Cormorant, Medium is probably the best weight, and I'd use the Cormorant Garamond cut.

Cheers, Christian

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[cmahte]

I agree with Christian. but I agree with Sunny.

Cormorant looks new and traditional at the same time. yet it is a display font, not a body text font.

It would be great IF there were a cut for small text sizes.

I've printed booklength with Cormorant, and it works. but it is light. I ran into more problem with all the matching fonts looking like Ultrabold on the page more than Cormorant becomes unreadable. It wants to be world class, but misses by just a hair.

EB Garamond works, but it has a few noticeable differences, especially from Cormorant (the core font) with its unique glyphs (the high A, the squashed balances, etc.) However, the biggest difference is the ligature bug, that prevents Th without loops on st.

As you finish out Ysabeau, how about a Cormorant Text, or Cormorant Caption? With the minor strokes heavy enough for 7pt body? And when I say 7pt body, that's a statement about the height of the M, so I mean ~10.4pt Cormorant to get 7pt body text.

[iamkingsleyf]

Dear Sunny,

Thanks for your interest in Cormorant! In general, I wouldn't recommend it as a text typeface, though. Even though its shapes are very legible, what with the Garamond genome, the thin lines just become too thin at text sizes. Cormorant is really made for the big screen. 😬

I can see it work as a copy typeface in, say, a photography book with relatively short text blocks and high emphasis on aesthetics, where you might get away with a font size of 18+. Don't use it for extended reading, though. There are more appropriate reading typefaces available on Google Fonts (such as EB Garamond or Amiri).

If you insist on using Cormorant, Medium is probably the best weight, and I'd use the Cormorant Garamond cut.

Cheers, Christian

So its not a good fit for blogs?

[CatharsisFonts]

Dear Kingsley, not for extended reading, no. Titles, headings, block quotes, sure, maybe even for your body copy if it comes in tweet-sized bites and you can afford to make the font really big... Cheers, Christian

[iamkingsleyf]

Oh, Thank you, came default with my blog theme i have changed it though.

Thanks