Archives for August 2010

The Big Book of Font Combinations is now available in PDF eBook format

August 30, 2010 by Douglas Bonneville

I’d like to let everyone know The Big Book of Font Combinations PDF and is now ready for download. All 370 pages of typography goodness is yours for the taking. Enjoy!The Big Book of Font Combinations is an expansive collection of carefully crafted typeface pair samples. The font pairings in BBOFC will inspire you and give you back time you need f the-big-book-of-font-combinations

or your design projects. Use the font combination examples straight out of the BBOFC in your next project, with other typeface software, or use them as a springboard for your own creativity. However you use the BBOFC, it’s bound to inspire and is a trustworthy companion to consult for all kinds of design projects and general study of typography.

A handy set of 20 “convince your client of anything” templates with PDF chart

August 26, 2010 by Douglas Bonneville

Let’s face it: clients usually don’t know what they are talking about when it comes to design for both web and print. How do you navigate around a client that insists on A or B, when you know C is what they need? Here are 20 “templates” that you can “use” to convince any client of anything!

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29 principles for making great font combinations

August 11, 2010 by Douglas Bonneville

When it comes to making font combinations, there are principles and methods, but no absolutes. You can’t apply all the principles or ideas listed here at the same time. Just peruse this list of ideas and see what strikes you as interesting, and then pursue creating your own interesting typeface pairs! … [Read More]

Customer service at Apple: the paragon of reason and excellence

August 7, 2010 by Douglas Bonneville

My two oldest sons have the same birthday but two years apart. We like to have fun with this lovely coincidence of nature, with which we did not tamper. For instance, we have marble cake sometimes, or mix up ice cream, or get the same gift for each boy differentiated by color or something like that.

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How fast should your graphic design blog be gaining Twitter followers?

August 4, 2010 by Douglas Bonneville

So you wondered the same question about your graphic design blog too? Join the crowd! But I do have some interesting and hopeful numbers for you…. [Read More]