Hey Howie - oh that depends on the type of S&H course - I have no specific fonts, but generally the approach I use is to get inspired by what has come before by...
1. Carry out a web search on websites that specialize on S&H to get a feel for ideas for a pairing font set (Heading and Body text)
The fonts you choose depend on everything else, and the culture of the client.
Font choice is an integral part of the design - if the H&S course is comic book style, you would use a different font than is the client had a rule of "...thou shalt use Times Roman".
I am currently working on H&S content and I'm using Arial, and set up the templates for player and slides so every module (seperate courses) all look the same.
My buisness insists on Arial as the font for all emails, documents etc so for me it was a no brainer, however, for me i personally like Arial its crisp and clear and most Word users are familiar with it so feel comfy with reading it. It's always worth checking if there is a set branding policy that may dictate some fonts are a no no.
You might also want to test out your font selection in a small prototype before implementing a full scale solution because some fonts don't look so hot once published in Storyline. And some look good in the Flash output but not so good in the html5 output.
Thanks for the question. I do a lot of healthcare work, and it's general pretty traditional stuff, unless you are working with CBOs. I've been playing around with a slab serif title font (such as Rockwell or Museo slab 500) and then a pretty buttoned down sans serif for body copy. Here's a quick example for you (Rockwell is the title font, and Myriad Pro is the sans serif body font). See below. If I had more time, I would have searched for a sans serif body font that had a bit more lean to it.
...I've build all my Health & Safety courses using the Articulate font, since I've found users really appreciate its readibility. Of course I had to use the fonts specfied in Customers' branding manuals, when needed.
I do agree on choosing two or more clean fonts for prototyping which do well both in flash or html5 output.
I love Google fonts like Lato or Open Sans, and lately I'm moving to these fonts... but like our heroes said, it depends!
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Hey Howie - oh that depends on the type of S&H course - I have no specific fonts, but generally the approach I use is to get inspired by what has come before by...
1. Carry out a web search on websites that specialize on S&H to get a feel for ideas for a pairing font set (Heading and Body text)
- I tend to go to their PDFs/Newsletters and videos as they are more creative than the website fonts i.e. http://player.vimeo.com/video/65303547?portrait=0 from (http://www.besmart.ie/news/item/22/new-inspector-top-tip-videos/)
http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg345.pdf and http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/books/newsletter-spring13.pdf
2. Search for free and paying S&H fonts and match them to an image you have that represents your typical S&H scene
3. Sign up for demo S&H courses to see what other folks have created and check out the Articulate showcase at http://www.articulate.com/community/showcase.php
Hope that helps a little!
Best of luck
Eimear
Howie,
The fonts you choose depend on everything else, and the culture of the client.
Font choice is an integral part of the design - if the H&S course is comic book style, you would use a different font than is the client had a rule of "...thou shalt use Times Roman".
Bruce
Hi,
I am currently working on H&S content and I'm using Arial, and set up the templates for player and slides so every module (seperate courses) all look the same.
My buisness insists on Arial as the font for all emails, documents etc so for me it was a no brainer, however, for me i personally like Arial its crisp and clear and most Word users are familiar with it so feel comfy with reading it. It's always worth checking if there is a set branding policy that may dictate some fonts are a no no.
Rach
A font named something like, Jobsworth sans serif would fit nicely
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Seriously though, font choice is an integral design decision that has more to do with the client, style guides than the content of the course.
I would choose a couple of fonts that read well and stick with those unless the design or the client requests different ones.
I also try to go with websafe fonts so if I use variables and references the font is installed on their machine.
You might also want to test out your font selection in a small prototype before implementing a full scale solution because some fonts don't look so hot once published in Storyline. And some look good in the Flash output but not so good in the html5 output.
Hi, Howie:
Thanks for the question. I do a lot of healthcare work, and it's general pretty traditional stuff, unless you are working with CBOs. I've been playing around with a slab serif title font (such as Rockwell or Museo slab 500) and then a pretty buttoned down sans serif for body copy. Here's a quick example for you (Rockwell is the title font, and Myriad Pro is the sans serif body font). See below. If I had more time, I would have searched for a sans serif body font that had a bit more lean to it.
...I've build all my Health & Safety courses using the Articulate font, since I've found users really appreciate its readibility. Of course I had to use the fonts specfied in Customers' branding manuals, when needed.
I do agree on choosing two or more clean fonts for prototyping which do well both in flash or html5 output.
I love Google fonts like Lato or Open Sans, and lately I'm moving to these fonts... but like our heroes said, it depends!
It's a tough one. I'm trying to see if i can relate it to something that relates in someway to H&S and nothing springs to mind.
I've created a design map to help me structure what media but nothing really comes to mind.
My thoughts are as there is nothing i'll stick with arial or articulate. Thanks for your help guys
Howie,
Perhaps just find a complimentary font to Articulate or Arial for emphasising certain aspects.
Or the first letter of sentences with added size?
May be better than trying to look for a font "look"?
Bruce
I think that's the route i'm going to take Bruce
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