On Web Typography There are many books and articles on typography, but considerably few explore typeface selection and pairing. With the floodgates poised to open and the promise of many typefaces being freed up for use on websites, choosing the right face to complement a website’s design will need to become another notch in the designer’s belt. But where do we start? Until now, using any typefaces beyond those installed with computer operating systems by default meant using images, Flash, or some other workaround. This exposed the elephant in the type foundry: Type makers have largely refused to license their raw typefaces on webpages out of concerns about piracy. Brave new world#section1 We’ve been spoiled. The technical problems with web type also run deep. There’s a serious possibility that by gaining access to the world’s font libraries, we’re opening Pandora’s Box. Context and meaning#section2 Being a web designer will soon require a deeper understanding of typography and how typefaces work.
29 Cool and Creative Text Effects Photoshop Tutorials Designers never cease to amaze me. Time and time again, they keep on coming up with new, original and creative text effect Photoshop tutorials. Some of these typography effects tutorials are amazing, just have a look at the MEAT text effect. Frilly 2009 Typo Organic Type Candy Coated Milk Typography Effect Richly Ornate Typographic Illustration Destructive Black and White Lettering 3D Text Scene Sleek Text Effect with Water Drop Texture Pressed Letter Design Bright Floral Text Effect Snowy Rock Text Effect Cloudy Text Blooded Mafia Text Message In Sand Smokey Typography in 12 Steps Gooey Text Copper Text Effect Spectacular Style Text Effect Metal 3D Text Explosive Typographic Effects Letterpress Text Effect Papercraft Text Effect Crispy-Crust Text Effect with Flower Texture Meat Text Effect Trendy Grunge Type Patriotic Text Valentines Day Galaxy Style Text Effect Leaves and Stone Texture
Free Fonts: 50+ Remarkable Fonts For Designer | Fonts Free Fonts: 50+ Remarkable Fonts For Designer has always been a fundamental aspect of stylish headlines design, but many designers are now making type the centerpiece of their designs. Not only is typography becoming the design, but type is being pushed to the limits by being used in cool new ways such as High Quality Free Fonts. Designers have been dabbling in fonts typography effects for a while, so here are some new type projects you may not have seen yet form the online design community. Remarkable High Quality Free Fonts is now more popular and we can notice a surge for Fonts Type work on portfolio sites, Here we have collected 50+ Remarkable Fonts For Designer, I found these design realy inspiring, hope you will be inspired. You will find all fonts to be in TrueType format and compatible for both PC and MAC. You may be interested in the following modern trends related articles as well. Subscribe to our RSS via email, simply enter your email address & click subscribe. 4.Font – 1979
Type is the backbone of good web design Ever since launching my Information Portfolio, BrianHoff.net, I’ve received many emails with similar variations to the question “How do I become better with typography on the web?” or “Why does your type look nice on your site?” Below are a few techniques I generally go with when styling my type and aspects I considered and incorporated while designing BrianHoff.net. Line height First off if you are not specifying your type size in ems you should be. Another reason I set my type in ems is because it’s easy to find a good line height, which I usually set as 1.5em. Your CSS should look something like this: All caps and small caps Whether you are dealing with print or web, a string of capital or small capped letters should have some additional letterspacing. I’ve always used a 1px letterspacing for most all caps and small cap type — it’s a nice balance on the web. Comfortable reading measures [code example courtesy of: Hierarchy and contrast Layout Readability Embrace differences
21 Typography and Font Web Apps You Can't Live Without Typechart URL : TypechartDescription : Typechart lets you flip through, preview and compare web typography while retrieving the CSS. Browse through all the typography styles and download the CSS of the style you want to use. If like me you love type and fonts you will spend hours browsing all the styles. CSS Type Set URL : CSS Type Set.Description : This marvelous tools lets you type in your desired text, and then play about with the hundreds of possible CSS permutations, and when you find the style you like copy and paste the CSS into your stylesheet. Typetester URL : Typetester.Description : Typetester is an online app for comparing different fonts for the screen, you can test up to three fonts at a time and choose the one you like. STC fontBROWSER URL : STC fontBROWSER.Description : The STC fontBROWSER is an online tool for browsing various fonts and viewing how your selected text looks with each. Font Tester WhatTheFont Font Picker Wordle – Beautiful Word Clouds Linotype Font Finder sIFR
70 Useful Free Web Design Elements PSD Files for Download Instead of paying thousands of dollars to the web designers, there are several web design templates available for free downloading in the internet. You can very well use these elements to design a site and it would be great if you have some technical knowledge about the Photoshop, CSS, HTML, etc. You can open the PSD files with the help of the Photoshop and this graphic designing file allows you to modify your website or image. They are mainly used to create images which are eye-catching and impressive and then the buttons, icons, web design layouts and the other elements. For any business person, the web design elements save a lot of effort and time and enable him to easily design a website. Usually, the PSD files are not compatible with web but they should be made compatible by converting it into HTML. 7 Styled Tickets Mini Clouds Set Upload to Cloud Pretty Little Red Ribbon (PSD) Form Message Buttons Seek Bar Simple Pricing Table (PSD) Stitched Fabric Horizontal Accordion (PSD)
Download Free Fonts - FontCubes.com Weekly Freebies: 30 Terrific Typographical Textures This week’s collection of freebies is an awesome selection of photographic textures featuring typography. Some depict old grungy type, others are faded and handwritten, all will prove extremely useful the next time you need a good texture. Let’s jump in and look at these amazing resources! Permissions and Use All of the images in this post met the following use criteria: Creative Commons-licensed content for commercial use, adaptation, modification or building upon. This means you have freedom to use the images pretty much however you want, as long as you drop in a line of credit for the original author. Free vintage handwritten letter texture for layers Free Texture #158 Reality Free Texture #159 Letter blue Free jumbled type texture for layers Free mixed numbers texture for layers Letter 2 Free Texture 16 Etude Grenoble – Rue de Bonne free to use texture- old cash register Write me a letter Manu Script Free Texture #12 Français Free Texture 15 “245″ Old Love Letter Large roman letters carved in stone
Photoshop Text Effect Tutorials If you are looking to learn about grungy metal, glass, water, clouds, fire, wet ink Photoshop text effect tutorials, you will find some by reading up on these tutorials. Try to play around with settings and colors on each of these to end up with your own look and feel. Hopefully you find something that inspires you, plus maybe a trick or two on how to do something a bit different from what you’re used to. This is a follow up to a post that was published a while ago called 30 Beautiful Photoshop Text Effect Tutorials that you should also check out. Enjoy! 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 3D Layered Text Effect 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. I hope you enjoy these tutorials and find them useful. Related Content About the Author
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