Trysting the Night Away on Free Font Friday
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Can a typeface have split personalities? Any good font geek will tell you they sure can. But it’s not always obvious on first glance. Take Tryst, a transitional, highly readable serif font designed by Philatype. The way it’s been designed...
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DIY Templates the Rules of Design
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Visual content is a huge component of current marketing practices, and it’s spawned a wealth of templates and DIY options. This shift to “anyone can design” has its drawbacks, to be certain; nothing can really replace the solid skills and...
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Polly Want a Free Font?
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Looking for a good, clean and concise serif font for your web or print design challenges? These two free fonts deliver. Poly was designed by Nicolás Silva as his final project for the postgraduate certificate in typeface design from the...
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Feeling the Vibe on Free Font Friday
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Our two picks this week are worthy of a little swoon. Lovato Light, one of a family of five Latin-serif fonts, has a geometrical construction but it still reminds us of inscriptional lettering. It’s delicate, but with a certain commanding...
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Dear Cover Design Team…We Need to Talk
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Joe Berger has a request. Okay, make that a plea. An impassioned plea. “Why won’t you let someone from the newsstand in on the cover design meetings?” he asks in this recent blog post. “Why don’t you accept some of...
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The Perfect Free Font to Go Big and Take Home
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Need to go big, with posters, magazine covers or other large-size projects? Inspired by Garamond legacy, Cormorant is a display font by Christian Thalmann that has been optimized for high resolution and large sizes. With its razor sharp serifs and smooth...
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The Colors of Life Turned into Pantone Art
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If my mother ever met Italian graphic designer Andrew Antoni, I believe she would enjoy some of these beautiful destinations. “Italian graphic designer Andrea Antoni searches the world for Pantone colors, reminding us to embrace the colorful nature of our...
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A Little Whimsy, a Little Elegance for Free Font Friday
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We've got fancy fonts this week! Maybe it’s the warm spring weather, who knows, but we think you’ll like our two free font choices for this week. Athene is a traditional font with a Greek classical feel, designed by Matt Ellis from...
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Raise Your Hands for Type Revivalism in the Digital Age
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Traditionalists vs. modernists exist in just about every aspect of our culture. Their preferences and beliefs shape their work, their creativity and their careers, often with polarizing effect. This is evident in the world of font design, as this article...
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10 Real Life Lessons for Designers
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“Fall in love with something that was designed." That was one of the 10 life lessons for designers shared by Paula Scher during her recent talk at the Royal Geographical Society’s lecture hall in London. The hall, according to Mark...
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