Next Step Interface: font: "Comic Sans ";

“Faces of type are like men’s faces. They have their own expression; their complexion and peculiar twists and turns of line identify them immediately to friends, to whom each is full of identity.” - J.L. Frazier

One of the most important design considerations one can make is the decision about what kind of font to use. In the NextStep project, I will be focusing on making sure that type will be as readable and flexible as possible. Even through using text substitution services (like Cufon), the ability to generate high resolution text dynamically will go a long way to ensure that a consistent visual style is maintained throughout the entire process. One phrase that I've tried to hang my hat on since the inception of the project is "Content is King." Everything in an interface should be about how to better present the data and help draw relationships between the data. As important as colors and layout are, they should always be destined to play second fiddle to the information you're displaying on screen.

That being said, the fonts I have decided to start off with:

Jaune d'oeuf