Hyphen, En Dash, Em Dash, Minus I’m moving along to more lookalike punctuation today, since I’m eager to see what new things I can learn writing on these. On a high level note, let me say that what I’m sharing today is language- and culture-specific and therefore not universally applicable, and subject to change. I should also mention that this is a fuzzy area that tends to test the boundaries and overlaps between typography, language, and grammar. Hyphen You probably know the most common uses of hyphens, the stubby, multipurpose half-dashes. When instructed to do so, layout software may insert hyphens, according to a hyphenation dictionary, when a word’s length suggests that it break from one line to the next. Discretionary hyphens serve as a kind of override to InDesign’s hyphenation system. And lastly, you can use two hyphens in place of an em dash—if, say, it’s set in a monospaced font. En dash The en dash is longer and generally not as heavy a stroke as a hyphen and suggests a range between two specified points.
25 fun fonts for font snobs Updated: Hello wonderfuls! When these posts were made, these fonts were free. If they are not free now, please know this post is now older, so sites sometimes start charging. If it asks for a donation, you can choose your own amount so consider that as well. Thank you! A few of you lovely people wrote in recently, and asked me what some of my fave current fonts are. There’s many, many more I could hate on. Today, I thought I’d share a few of my faves. Sources: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 Oh, and P.S. PPS. Updated: Apparently ‘My Fonts,’ where I linked to Filosofia, Bell + Rosewood, has decided to start charging because of the traffic they received yesterday. Happy appropriate font-filled friday, everyone!
Design Editor: FONT FRIDAY We have another font special this week. Baghadeer, from the hand of Stephen Rapp, is an upright connecting script brimming with personality. It contains 780 glyphs featuring a plethora of swashes, ligatures, and alternate letters to individualize the look of your project. There is also a set of small caps and ornamental flourishes to add some finishing touches. BONUS | Use the code DESIGNEDITOR (case sensitive) at checkout to receive 10% off to any of the versions of Baghadeer through Dec.15. See my previous font picks here.
35 Cool Free Fonts to Add to Your Collection Resources January 26, 2011 Fonts are integral to communicating your message through. If chosen wisely, fonts could help convey your message easily. And yes, the choice of which font you use could either make or break you. Gone are the days when people use one font for every correspondence or design they make. They choose much more carefully, as if life itself depended on it. Fungal Rounded Download Source Cappuccino Serif Download Source Ubuntu Download Source Clean Download Source Pinstripe Limo Updated Download Source Now! Download Source Practique Download Source Arvo Download Source Denne Shuffle Download Source Four Free Type Download Source Matilde Download Source Original Font 2 Download Source Lato Download Source Arimo Download Source Vado Free Font Download Source Null Free Font Download Source Dezen Pro Download Source St. Download Source Jacobine Download Source Hero Free Font Download Source Tipografia Gratis Spatha Serif Download Source Capsuula Download Source Color Lines a Free Font Download Source Thunder Ball
15 sites to find free fonts Every great designer knows that the wrong font can totally change the direction of a project. It’s why we use Helvetica instead of Comic Sans and why we should stop using fonts like Lobster (yea…I said it!). Designers just have to know fonts. Choosing the right font is a task. If you choose something too round, you risk making it look too youthful. Or if you choose something too bold, you may end up taking out the cheer in a design. There are tons of font sites out there that offer us free fonts for our designs. MyFonts I never understood it, but most people who look for free fonts never go to the sites where you pay for fonts. Google Fonts Many of us use Google Fonts as a way to use free webfonts online. Hype For Type HFT is another font site that’s known for selling high quality fonts. The League of Moveable Type This is a pretty well known site with a manifesto that aims to push the open source type movement. Dribbble Dribbble is like show and tell for designers. TypeTogether Fonthaus
Top 40 Free Fonts for 2011 Top 40 Free Fonts for 2011 Best Fonts To Enhance Your Web Designs//+ One should not overlook the importance of Fonts when it comes to web design. Fonts play a major role while designing graphics, logos, headings, typography etc. Fonts are the backbone of web design and help designers to enhance their web designs and give them a professional touch. Finding appropriate fonts for the web projects are always arduous task, right selection of font help designer to convert an ordinary design project to extra ordinary professional design. We are at the verge of 2012, Thousand of fonts been introduced this year, amongst those numerous fonts, we at SkyTechGeek conducted a search, sorted through many such fonts and collected Top 40 Free Fonts for 2011 well suited for logos, headings graphics design, Typography, Poster Design and many more, which will help designers to make their web design beautifully, eye catching and outrageous ! 1. Download 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. Download 14. 15.
65 Beautiful Fonts You Can Download For Free Freebie 65 Beautiful Fonts You Can Download For Free by Alex on Aug 9, 2012 • 9:43 am 17 Comments There are so many free fonts all around the web these days and sometimes it makes me think is their any really point purchasing fonts. I’ve decide to collect 65 fonts which are suitable for web, print, etc just overall high fonts which can be used in design projects. If you like fonts, you’ll love our favorite premium font, check it out here on Envato Market. Neuton Font Family Download Font → Intro free font Download Font → Bemio Download Font → Exo Font Family Download Font → Rex Free Font Download Font → Metropolis 1920 Download Font → Free Typeface NeoDeco Download Font → Hagin Free Font Download Font → Mosaic Leaf Download Font → Cubano Download Font → Cubic Sans Download Font → Banana Brick Download Font → Sofia Download Font → Sansita One Download Font → Villa Didot Download Font → Accent Download Font → Lavanderia Download Font → Blanch Download Font → Lorena Download Font → Age Download Font → Arvo Download Font → Banda Code
8 Fresh High-Quality Free Fonts We’re always trying to find new high-quality freebies. Whether it’s PSD’s, patterns, or icons, we love finding free stuff and sharing it with you. We do the searching so you don’t have to. This saves you time and helps you focus on what’s important. Dense Regular Poetsen geogram typeface Track free font Look Up Kelson Sans About the Author Henry Jones is a web developer, designer, and entrepreneur with over 14 years of experience. Related Posts 384 shares 9 Free Icon Sets to Diversify your Library Every designer needs to be ready to go wherever their projects take them. Read More 945 shares 10 Best New Free Fonts We’ve been on the prowl for some new free fonts to share with you.
8 Must-have Fresh Free Fonts Choosing the right type for a project is always an important step in the design process. This is why you need to have as many fonts as you can. And here at WDL, we love to gather free fonts to keep your library filled with great options so you can keep your designs fresh and unique. Today we will show you eight new free fonts, so take a look and download your favorites. Attentica Brassie Regular XXII Centar Regular Valk Display Chomp! Franks Font Tomahawk Uralita Bold About the Author Henry Jones is a web developer, designer, and entrepreneur with over 14 years of experience. Related Posts 933 shares 10 Best New Free Fonts We’ve been on the prowl for some new free fonts to share with you. Read More 1138 shares 9 Free & Useful Fonts for your Designs Whether it’s PSD’s or icons, we love finding high quality free files and sharing them with our readers.
10 Extremely Good Free Fonts for Your Designs Here at WDL we know that our readers love to get some freebies, especially when it comes to beautifully designed fonts. We know that having a library filled with nice fonts is really important, so today we will show you 10 new and beautiful free fonts. Go ahead and visit each font’s website to learn more about the type, designer and also to download them. Rex Ferrica Light FV Almelo Hagin Archive Sullivan Noticia Text Exo Bemio Static About the Author Henry Jones is a web developer, designer, and entrepreneur with over 14 years of experience. Related Posts 931 shares 10 Best New Free Fonts We’ve been on the prowl for some new free fonts to share with you. Read More 1138 shares 9 Free & Useful Fonts for your Designs Whether it’s PSD’s or icons, we love finding high quality free files and sharing them with our readers.
Lost Type Co-op New Useful Free Fonts To Help You On Your Projects I believe you are already used to the tradition in here of featuring a serious batch of new fonts once in a few months. I’m really happy that designers put a lot of work into creating these fonts cause the results are quite impressive. You can download these fonts for free and use them according to their licenses or you can use them on your web sites with the help of the Google @font-face database cause some of them are in there too. Rex Lavanderia Haymaker Sofia FV Almelo Alfa Slab Arvil Accent Ferrica Light Cubano Hagin Carton Inder Prosto Sansita One Archive Poly Duru Sans Bispo Unna Blanch Crete Round Sullivan Open Sans Condensed Lorena La Tribune CP Noticia Text Manteka Intro Web Serveroff Exo Origram Ropa Sans Bemio Frederic Nomed Volkhov Bender That’s Font Folks Ubuntu Mono Static Clemente Urbe Asap
Fonts2u.com Creating Your Own Fonts The Fontography Series is supported by join.me, the easiest way to have an online meeting. join.me lets you instantly share your screen with anyone, for free. Use it to collaborate, demo, show off — the possibilities are endless. Try it today. Though there are plenty of fonts out there for you to choose from (and many are even free), you may have the desire to create your very own custom font. Software for designing your own fonts (often called font editors) can be expensive, with FontLab Studio, one of the industry's standards, fetching over $600. What's great is there are several free font editors out there that you can use to create your own fonts. With these tools, don't expect to create high quality professional fonts right from the start — it will take time and practice, just like with any endeavor. Though there are many free font editors out there, we focused on those that are still actively maintained and those that we can comfortably recommend. What font editor do you use?