Articles Tagged 'typeface'
A Short Course On How To Improve Your Website’s Typography
Christian VasileTypography is one of the most difficult things to sort out when designing, especially because with the amount of typefaces a designer can use, it's almost impossible to choose the best one without spending hours on it. A simple search on Google will show you that there are hundreds of thousands of fonts, most of them even free of charge; and the number increases weekly. This means the decision is even harder to make today than it was last year. And it is not only about the typefaces available, but mostly about the skills a designer has. There are Universities that teach typography throughout years, because it is a deep field. Knowing alignment rules, kerning, hierarchy and other terms like these is crucial in making your text say something specific.
50 Fresh and Beautiful Fonts From 2011
Daniels MekšsFinding the right font for your design work can often be really frustrating and time consuming. For that reason you should always have plenty of various fonts in your toolbox. When was the last time you downloaded a nice and pretty font? It's time for you to update your font library with some fresh and stunning fonts. This article presents 50 fresh and beautiful fonts from 2011 to enliven your design work as well as a few typography tips. The list contains many smooth and solid fonts that are suitable for web design as well as some funkier and nontraditional fonts that will add that extra something to your digital art. And did I mention that all the fonts are completely free? (some fonts might be available only as demo versions). Also here are a few tips to consider when working with type.
The Secret Of Successful Minimal Font Usage
Minimal fonts can awesomely enhance any artwork if used properly. You can see more and more websites using minimal fonts in their designs. Personally I love the neat look of bold minimal font in a minimal design. In this article you're going to find some tips together with stunning examples to learn more about minimal font usage in web design. While minimalism seems easy - it really isn't, it takes great skill to come up with something clean, professional and unique at the same time! Let's jump into art of minimal fonts?
40 Excellent Free Fonts For Minimal Web Design Creation
Minimal web design has become a big trend in 2010. You won’t find large pictures or glossy buttons in minimal designs, but fonts are some of those rare accents they can have. Carefully chosen fonts can really enhance your design. Usually minimal web designs tend to have clean, light fonts, but not always it’s the best solution. You can, instead, pick a nice bold font to give your design a niche. That’s not true that you have to pay for the good-looking fonts. There are plenty of free, great looking fonts around the web. In this article you’re going to find 40 clean, crisp and, of course, free fonts for your minimal web design.
40 Awesome Free Fonts for Big Headlines
Ahmad HaniaWhen you are designing a website, brochure or even an advertisement it is very hard to find a big, clear, beautiful and effective fonts to use in your headlines. In this article I compiled a list of 23 free big fonts that are perfect for big headlines. These fonts can make a very beautiful touch on any design if used properly.
Learn the Basics: 25+ Sites And Resources To Learn Typography
Ari SuardiyantiTypography has been practiced and used in our daily life. Range from handwriting in a pocket notebook to the big advertising billboard. It's sometimes typed using Times New Roman in 12 points for newspaper. Others use Edwardian in 26 points for their wedding invitations. When a designer decide to use the right font for the right job, the typography itself become an art.
Learning typography seems to be easy at a glance, in order to achieve a great impact from typography for graphic and web designs isn't so easy. Many designers found it as a complicated design aspects to practice.
65 Free Premium Like Mini Pixel Fonts
This article brings you back to classic values. If you’re tired of all those grunge, sleek new fonts, go back and check out these simple pixel fonts. Pixel fonts come in handy, when you need to write really small, solid, easy readable text. Those all fonts may seem pretty similar with each other, but they’re actually not, notice little pixelation differences and choose your best pick suitable for your projects.
Create Logotypes Using Just Type And Different Variations
Dainis GraverisYou can create successful logotype just using letters and type adding just little accent. Creating logotype just search over different fonts, avoid using two or more fonts in logotype - most of the cases, different typefaces do bad more than something good. Every font has it's own personality, keep it simple, avoid using fun fonts, because they will add a little bit shallow feel in most of the cases. There are great free font services, where You can choose between thousands of free fonts, and test them online simply typing desired word and browsing over different categories.
