Helvetica and Dingbats
We love the idea for Jim Krause's "Visual Design: Ninety-five things you need to know. Told in Helvetica and dingbats." Here's Jim on why he used Helvetica: "Helvetica was chosen as the font for this book’s text—and for nearly all of the words used within its images—simply because Helvetica is one of those very rare fonts that cannot only deliver a wide range of thematic conveyances (think, for instance of the elegant look of a headline set in the thinnest possible weight of Helvetica versus the commanding boldness of a block of text set in Helvetica Black), but it can [...]