40 New Free Fonts for Designer’s Needs [Year 2011] There have been hundreds of free fonts created this year, but we have surprisingly few good fonts that can be used for designer’s purposes. Do you want to get a font that will be most effective in your web environment? We are here to show you them. Remember however that font will dictate how the bodies of text will appear throughout your website. Choosing the font for your project you need to keep the overall layout of your website in mind. Pick a font that works well in site’s visual flow, and as letters are images themselves you should therefore consider font’s weight, style, kerning, and letter-spacing. Lorena Bond is Dead Nomed RBNo2 Arvil Sketch Gothic Homestead Weston FF Sero Saytwo CS Benwood Mensch Slice Minaeff Ect Lisa Scruffy Accenta Molesk Haymaker Claire Hand Lavanderia Kabel Grogy Wisdom Script Legion Slab Museo Tall Boy Tetra Carton Airplane Telefono Bazar Sheep Sans Ribbon Serifiqo Governor Mosaic Leaf Tikal Valencia About the Author Lilian Rigo
FontStruct | Build, Share, Download Fonts Free Fonts, Cool Fonts, Tattoo fonts - Fontm.com dafont.com Fontaholic Ginormous text tutorial Here is a repost of The Text Tutorial, requested by about a gazillion people. We will be going over the different methods of using text in Photoshop and in GIMP, effects you can use to make text look better or more readable, and you can download some of my favorite fonts here. :) Apologies for any mistakes - please correct me if you find them - and I hope this helps! Program(s)+version: Photoshop CS3, GIMPInvolves: Text tools, layer stylesTranslatable: Yes, mostlySteps: This tutorial doesn't show how to get from point A to point B, so there aren't really steps...Difficulty: Beginning/Intermediate Text in Photoshop This is Photoshop's Character box. First row (helpful location screencap) First is the menu where it says "Arial Black" at the top. Next to the "Arial Black" box it says "Regular." becs1024 says: "it's a bit of a faux-pas to click the "bold" button and have Photoshop artificially bold a word if a bold version of the typeface is available under that drop-down menu. Examples: Right.
Good typography Fonts, typefaces and all things typographical — I love Typography (ILT) Deviant Typography For a while now, I’ve been tagging type-related work on deviantArt. I thought I’d share them with you, so here’s a sampling: Do you have a favourite? Next up is the week in type. Text icon guide - Icons by Curtana Various people have asked how I go about making my text-only icons. This isn't really a tutorial for any specific icon, more of a general guide. I use Photoshop CS3, so any specific directions are for that program, but the general ideas should be quite translateable. The first thing I suggest is that you go and read this excellent post by grrliz, because it says many of the same things I would! 1. So, yes, pick good textures. 100x100textures, icon_textures, neondistrict, etc. and snag a large selection. shoqolad and this tutorial by discolore are great places to start if you want to go that route. All I'd really add to grrliz's comments on textures is that sometimes, if you have a texture that's too busy, you can still make it work by masking part of it: 2. Have a wide selection of fonts. Whenever you try a new font, make sure you check which Anti-Aliasing it looks best with - sharp, crisp, smooth, or strong. Pick a quote that's a manageable length. 3. Sometimes I don't: or the colour: 4.
30 Inspiring Examples of Lettering in Graphic Design Words. There are those who read them, there are those who write them, and then there are those who draw them. Lettering is the process of creating illustrations with letters, numbers, or any type of character or phrase. The imitations we see applied in web design through CSS, unlike hand-written lettering, use full typographies to which we can apply new CSS3 capabilities such as multiple shadows, gradient backgrounds, and 3D effects to imitate the effects of lettering. Typography SketchbooksRecommended Book inspiring examples of lettering
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