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Quick answers
When should I pick Typography scale?
When the story is: decks, handouts, classroom posters, resume headers.
When should I avoid Typography scale?
Skip it in cases like: random point sizes per slide with no shared ratio.
Who invented or popularised it?
Classical modular scales; modern UI ramps in open font ecosystems
What does it encode?
relative font sizes on a ratio (major third, perfect fourth, etc.)
Is it OK in ads?
Yes if one claim is visible at a glance in Meta, Google and retail print; otherwise link to a full figure.
Will a teacher accept it?
Yes for lab reports and poster boards if axes, units and a source line are present.
Typography scale encodes values as relative font sizes on a ratio (major third, perfect fourth, etc.). Classical modular scales; modern UI ramps in open font ecosystems.
In reports, ads and assignments it fits decks, handouts, classroom posters, resume headers. Skip it when random point sizes per slide with no shared ratio.
Make shapes, diagrams and charts in the browser. Download SVG or PNG — nothing is uploaded.
Work
- Work 1 — PowerPoint weekly: Typography scale for decks, handouts, classroom posters, resume headers.
- Work 2 — One Typography scale on a quarterly bridge or KPI tile — not four.
- Work 3 — Build in Excel or Google Sheets, export SVG/PDF rather than a screenshot.
Ads
- Ads 1 — Meta, Google and retail print: one number, one shape, one arrow.
- Ads 2 — Keep callouts inside safe zones. No type in cropped corners.
- Ads 3 — If Typography scale will not fit a banner, keep the number and show the chart on the landing page.
School
- School 1 — lab reports and poster boards: does Typography scale answer the rubric?
- School 2 — Axis names, units, a source line. Markers read them.
- School 3 — Start with a mind map if you must; submit a figure that reads like Typography scale.
Steps
- Steps 1 — Write the claim in one sentence.
- Steps 2 — Check that Typography scale fits the claim. If not, switch.random point sizes per slide with no shared ratio
- Steps 3 — Draw it flat in Excel or Google Sheets or PowerPoint.
- Steps 4 — Direct labels, faint grid, claim-title.
- Steps 5 — Check greyscale and a color-blind simulator.
- Steps 6 — Add source, period, units; export SVG/PDF.
Typography scale: honour relative font sizes on a ratio (major third, perfect fourth, etc.), and switch when random point sizes per slide with no shared ratio.