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Typography
How to try fonts online
How to try fonts onlineMany people don’t know how great the font tryout tools are over at MyFonts.com. Here is a quick tutorial to show you just how easy it is to take a typeface or font for a spin, changing it’s size, kerning, and even sampling its extras like ligatures and fractions. It takes [...]
Smilevetica – the younger, happier little brother of Helvetica
Smilevetica – the younger, happier little brother of HelveticaWhat would Helvetica look like if it wasn’t so perfectly stoic, so absolutely neutral? Perhaps it would look like “Smilevetica“, if it took a positive outlook on life. Helvetica, Helvetica, why so serious all the time? Have a chat with Smilevetica and brighten up!
23 Really Bad Font Choices
Font choices can make or break a message. In the 23 examples we created below, we broke the message on purpose to highlight how on a conscious or subconscious level, poor typeface choices negatively affect the message in the copy.
100 Funny Typos from my Graphic Design Blog Stats
100 Funny Typos from my Graphic Design Blog StatsPart of the fun of running a graphic design blog is getting to see how people find the site through Google. I recently took a look at my analytics, and found some crazy typos and hilarious search strings! While most of my traffic comes from other designers [...]
Top 10 Fonts for Graphic Designers with PDF Chart
Top 10 Fonts for Graphic Designers with PDF ChartLast month I posted an article called 19 top fonts in 19 top combinations which caught the attention of Jacob Cass and Smashing Magazine and quite a few other readers as a result of all the traffic that came in from Twitter. I also got a lot [...]
6 Tips for PDF Brochure Design on the Web
6 Tips for PDF Brochure Design on the WebA quick way to give customers fast complete access to a printable version of your business or products is to get a PDF version of your brochure on your website. Smart move! But you don’t want to put just any PDF brochure design on the web. If [...]
