Typography is a reading system. The title that looks impressive at the top of a demo may become exhausting when every page uses the same scale.
Use real article shapes
Test a short news post, a long tutorial, a list, and a blockquote. Compare headings in context rather than as isolated samples. Paragraphs should remain easy to track through several screens of reading.
Check narrow layouts
Inspect long words, inline links, and code fragments. Avoid making body text smaller just to fit more material into the viewport. Reduce decorative spacing before compromising comfortable reading.
Write down the rules
Define a limited set of heading sizes, paragraph spacing, and link treatments. Note which controls editors can change. Consistency comes from a system that survives new posts, not from manually polishing the first three articles.
Set a reading hierarchy
Choose styles for the page title, section headings, body, captions, metadata, and controls. Give each style a clear job and check that heading levels follow the document structure. Visual size alone should not determine whether text is marked as a heading.
Test difficult content
Preview a long title, a dense paragraph, a link inside body copy, a numbered list, and a caption on a narrow screen. Check line length, spacing, contrast, and text enlargement. The same design should remain readable when the words do not fit the neat demo.
Check the whole publishing system
Confirm the chosen fonts load reliably and that a sensible fallback avoids a dramatic layout shift. Review forms, menus, and error messages as well as article pages. Write down the type scale and usage rules so new templates do not quietly introduce competing styles.
An example to adapt
A practical sample page can combine a long title, an inline link, a caption, and a numbered set of instructions. Ask a reader to scan the page on a phone and find one detail. Their pauses often reveal hierarchy problems better than a font specimen.
Put it into practice
Choose one step from this article, try it on a representative project, and record what you learn before changing the wider workflow.
This is general editorial guidance rather than a hands-on product test; verify platform-specific details in current primary documentation.
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