Body Text – How to Choose a Proper Typeface?

TL;DW: Pick a low-key text typeface that does not draw much attention to itself, sans-serif and serif fonts are both fine if they have distinct letter shapes, a larger x-height is better.



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Credits:
Intro music by Florian Kmet: http://kmet.klingt.org


Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:51 What is body text?
1:54 Serif or Sans Serif?
3:51 The x-height
5:14 Summary
5:43 Outro