80 Beautiful Typefaces For Professional Design Every now and again designers stumble upon the very same problem: the choice of a unique and beautiful typeface which manages to fulfill three basic tasks. Support the corporate identity, enrich the visual appearance and is compatible with the overall design. However, usually there are simply too many options you can consider, which is why you need time to find the option you are most comfortable with. Although the choice usually depends on clients’ requirements, it is necessary to have some pretty starting points for your font decision. Every now and again designers stumble upon the very same problem: the choice of a unique and beautiful typefaces which manages to fulfill three basic tasks. So which typefaces are “bulletproof”? We have answers. Further Reading on SmashingMag: Let's take a look at over 80 gorgeous typefaces for professional design, based upon suggestions from designers and web-developers all over the world. Classic Typefaces Classics of typography in a brief overview. 1.
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25 MORE Completely Free Fonts Perfect for @fontface A year or so ago we published our original Completely Free Fonts Perfect for @fontface. It has been a long time coming but here, at long last, is our next installment. Again, we have chosen 25 free (for both personal and commercial use) fonts that are so good we can’t believe they are the free. Here they are… Bemio Download Page → Bemio Copyright → Pay what you want (or zero) for personal and commercial use. FV Almelo Download Page → FV Almelo Copyright → Free for personal and commercial use. Rex Download Page → Rex Copyright → Free for personal and commercial use. Poly Download Page → Poly Copyright → Free for personal and commercial use. Exo Download Page → Exo Copyright → Free for personal and commercial use. Arvil Download Page → Arvil Copyright → Pay what you want (or zero) for personal and commercial use. Hagin Download Page → Hagin Copyright → Free for personal and commercial use. Haymaker Download Page → Haymaker Copyright → Pay what you want (or zero) for personal and commercial use. Static
75 top typography tutorials | Typography The web is brimming with typography tutorials, but many are low quality and others are very out of date. So we’ve trawled the internet to uncover the diamonds in the rough, in the form of 50 top-quality typography tutorials, to bring your knowledge and skills up to speed. Get Creative Cloud Perhaps you’re looking for a good introduction to the fundamentals of typography? Or perhaps you want to develop and push your type abilities further? We’ll be adding to this list as time moves on, so make sure you bookmark this fantastic resource, and come back from time to time to see what’s new in the world of typography tutorials. We'll start by looking at tutorials to help you with mastering the fundamentals of typography – skip through to another page if you're after something more advanced. 01. Not sure exactly what typography terms mean? Six further terms (tracking, widows and orphans, serif fonts, sans-serif fonts and script & cursive fonts) are explained in part two, which you can watch here.
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