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Alongside icons and pictograms, letters are the most fundamental form of visual content. For brands, typography serves as a powerful tool for differentiation, with type design being a specialized craft that shapes the character of every arc, stroke and angle. Explore how German beer brands approach typography.

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Custom Fonts

Custom fonts are an underused differentiator in the German beer industry, with only 61% of text on reviewed websites featuring brand-specific fonts. Unsurprisingly, it’s mainly the larger brands that can afford this level of customization.


Usage of custom fonts

Custom font

61%

Standard font

39%

Typeface [02]

Serif vs. Sans Serif

Low frills: 74% of the text on German beer websites uses sans serif fonts for headlines and body copy.


Usage of font styles

6%
Serif
74%
Sans Serif
19%
Mixed

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Sizes

Headline type sizes vary leading to a rather diverse overall appearance among German beer websites.


Most-used font size for website elements

Headline 1

32px

Headline 2

28px

Headline 3

19px

Copy

17.92px

Button

16px

Type size distribution across all industry brands

0px

20px

40px

60px

80px

100px

H1

H2

H3

Copy

Button

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