By Douglas Bonneville on December 10, 2009
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.
Posted in Typography | Tagged Typography
By Douglas Bonneville on December 3, 2009
14 Top Typeface and Font Combinations ResourcesOne of our most popular font articles is about how to create good font combinations. But don’t take our word for it! We’ve collected 15 excellent articles to help you make even better typeface pairs.
Posted in Font Combinations, Typography | Tagged Font Combinations, most popular fonts, top fonts, typeface pairs, Typography
By Douglas Bonneville on November 27, 2009
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 [...]
Posted in Graphic Design, Print Design, Typography, WordPress Blogging | Tagged Graphic Design, monitor resolution, printing press, Typography
By Douglas Bonneville on November 6, 2009
Question: Font Combinations Book?If you are dropping by looking for the posts on typeface combinations or most popular fonts, welcome! Have look see at the most popular posts in the right column.
But I have a question for you: would a new font combinations book be useful to you? Low on theory, high on example?
Some ideas:
Posted in Graphic Design Books | Tagged Graphic Design Books, most popular fonts, top fonts, Typography
By Douglas Bonneville on October 29, 2009
How to Use a Typewriter to Promote Your Logo Design BusinessWe all need a clever marketing piece from time to time to garner attention and promote our wares as graphic designers. Lot’s of great competition out there! I discovered a secret way of promoting your business though. I probably shouldn’t tell you, but I’m going [...]
Posted in Graphic Design Business, Photography | Tagged Graphic Design, Typography
By Douglas Bonneville on October 27, 2009
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 [...]
Posted in Graphic Designers, Most Popular, Typography | Tagged Graphic Designers, most popular fonts, top fonts, Typography
By Douglas Bonneville on September 24, 2009
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 [...]
Posted in Brochures, Corporate Identity, Freelance Graphic Design, Graphic Design, Page Layout, Print Design, Typography | Tagged Corporate Identity, Print Design, Typography