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How to choose a font for for multilingual content
From the course: Creating Inclusive Content
How to choose a font for for multilingual content
- [Instructor] More than 60 million U.S. residents speak a language other than English at home according to a U.S. Census Bureau Report. I'm in the process of learning Spanish, so I'll be more able to help my daughter with her schoolwork. She is in a dual immersion program where they learn in both English and Spanish at school. All of the communication from her school comes home in both languages, but it's not formatted with the same fonts. The simple explanation for this is that not all fonts are designed with glyphs, also called characters, like a, e or n, that incorporate diacritical marks. Diacritical marks provide instructions and context to readers. They aren't naturally occurring in the English language, but they are pivotal to success in many other languages. If you are selecting a font for your content, especially if you're establishing fonts for a brand guide, start your search with this goal in mind. Look for…
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