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Annotations and typography (readable, consistent)

Placing notes and text on your pages so they’re easy to read, visually consistent, and don’t fight the art.

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What it is

You place every bit of text on a page — labels, notes, part names, explanations — using one or two fonts and a small set of sizes (titles, labels, body text), applied consistently across the whole sheet or project.

You keep text readable at the size the page will actually be viewed: enough contrast between text and background, no tiny type, and enough spacing between lines and blocks. Captions, bullets, and titles align to invisible columns or guides instead of floating near the art.

You also control how notes relate to the drawings: leader lines and arrows stay clean, and text doesn't sit on busy detail unless backed by a shape. Spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and numbering stay consistent, so someone scanning several sheets follows your thinking without tripping over how it's written.

Why it matters

Messy annotations make clients struggle to read your ideas even when the art is good — inconsistent fonts and styles feel amateur, and hard-to-read notes get ignored. Clean, consistent text lets your designs speak clearly, helps art directors pass your work along without redoing pages, and makes a set of images read as one project rather than separate pieces.

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