# Sinful Typography Infographics This Infograph Reveals the Worst Sins to Commit With Writing Fonts By M | Published 2014-08-13 | Marketing Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/writing-fonts References: [visual.ly](http://visual.ly/7-deadly-sins-typography) & [designmantic](http://www.designmantic.com/blog/infographics/7-deadly-sins-of-typography/) There's a skill to using [writing fonts](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/font-moodify) to create posters, banners and presentations. If you want to know what are the worst typography sins to commit, Design Mantic put together this nifty infographic that ranks the worst faux-pas you can make when using [typefaces in your design projects](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/letter-pair). The '7 Deadly SIns of Typography' is laid out like a pie chart which each sin taking up a portion of the circle. In the middle of the circle is a comical pirate skull to remind you how bad committing one of these writing sins is. The infograph includes topics like "unreadable fonts," "neglected tracking," "poor contrasting" and "to many fonts" as some of the key things to avoid when playing around with [various typefaces](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/font-tester). ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 5.6/10 - Popularity: 73% | Activity: 86% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial - Top markets: North America ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Marketing](https://www.trendhunter.com/marketing) > [Print](https://www.trendhunter.com/print) ## Key Themes ### What's Driving This Trend - **Typography Mistakes:** Designing tools that will automatically detect and correct typography mistakes. - **Infographic Design:** Developing AI-powered infographic design tools that provide real-time feedback and suggestions. - **Font Pairing:** Integrating machine learning algorithms into design software to suggest the best font pairing for a specific project. ### Who This Affects Most - **Graphic Design:** Integrating AI and machine learning into graphic design software to provide real-time feedback and correction. - **Education:** Developing typography courses that focus on identifying and avoiding typography faux-pas to improve design skills. - **Marketing:** Integrating real-time feedback on typography and design mistakes into marketing software to help businesses improve their marketing materials. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Playful Font-Associated Personalities](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/adobe-acrobat.md) - [Typography Learning Games](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/font-guesser.md) - [Typographic Matchmaking Games](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/font-connectoin.md) - [Creative Text-to-Infographic Tools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/infographic-tools.md) - [Web Typography Inspectors](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/fontviz.md) - [Font Discovery Tools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/fonts-ninja.md) - [Typography-Inspired Canadian Sweatshirts](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/okayok.md) - [Design Font Optimizers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/font-size-tool.md) - [Quirky Snack-Inspired Fonts](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/cheetos-other-hand-font.md)