May 31, 2023 - By Lauren Panepinto Like a lot of Art Directors, I was trained as a graphic designer, not an illustrator. And while there's a lot of overlap in a designer's education and an illustrator's education, the #1 difference is typography. In this (and probably a few more) posts, I'm going to pass on some simple and easy rules for working with type, to support (but not overwhelm) your illustrations. Best practice for an Illustrator's portfolio is to use as little typography as possible. In other words, pick a nice simple font and stick to it throughout. Same goes for other things you might need to put type on (prints, personal projects, promo postcards, crowdfunding graphics, etc). You're not going to go too wrong with a simple font set cleanly. Here's some good rules to start with…