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I’m pretty much a font fanatic. If your anything like me, I’m sure this is a post you will enjoy. This roundup is a collection of fresh free fonts released in the past 12 weeks. There is nothing better than free fonts which look good, and are useable within your design projects. There’s some truly hidden gems in this compilation, so be sure to download some of the fonts featured in the post.
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Quilling
Quilling has been around for hundreds of years, but it’s still as impressive and popular now as it was during the Renaissance. The art of quilling first became popular during the Renaissance, when nuns and monks would use it to roll gold-gilded paper and decorate religious objects, as an alternative to the expensive gold filigree. Later, during the 18th and 19th centuries, it became a favorite pass-time of English ladies who created wonderful decorations for their furniture and candles, through quilling. Basically, the quilling process consists of cutting strips of paper , and rolling them with a special tool. It sounds simple enough, but special skill is required to create more advanced shapes like marquises, arrowheads or holly leaves. All through the years, the art of quilling has remained almost unchanged, but new specialty supplies now allow quilling masters to create anything from detailed 3-D figures to wall-sized museum installations.