Font Resources - 20+ Beautiful Free Serif Fonts As I’ve mentioned, I’m a huge fan of type. So much so, my family and loved ones are pretty sick of font talk by now :) There are tons of fonts out there, and many many good ones that often go overlooked. With the surge of "Coolest Grunge Fonts" post, etc, I wanted to do something different. These are all (in my opinion) beautiful, elegant serif fonts. They are all free, though the licensing are different from font to font, so make sure you check the info page for information. So again, these are great serif fonts that you may not have heard of or seen before. Information / Download Information / Download Information / Download Information / Download Information / Download Information / Download Information / Download WIN / Download MAC Information / Download Information / Download Information / Download Information / Download Information / Download Information / Download Information / Download Information / Download Information / Download Information / Download Information / Download WIN / Download MAC
Top Mistakes New Designers Make When Learning Graphic Design Some mistakes to avoid when you are learning graphic design 1. Producing two or more design concepts that are very similar This is something I remember doing in one of my first design jobs. You get asked to come up with ideas for the design of a logo (or other piece of design) and instead of designing 3 very different options you put in the same idea that you have done slightly differently – for example changed the font and colour or created the icon in a slightly different style. I soon learned that if the client didn’t like the first idea, then chances were they wouldn’t like the two similar ones either. A couple of years ago when I was very busy I tried out a young freelance designer to design some new advertisements for one of my clients. 2. Things in general always look better when they are simpler, it’s hard to avoid wanting to add in extra graphic design elements. 3. 4. 5. Some free image resources which may be useful for mocking up your designs include: 6. 7.
Skout™ WP eMember – Easy to Use WordPress Membership Plugin Last week we bought excellent plugin's from Tips and Tricks HQ. Today we would like to introduce a WP eMember - powerful WordPress Membership Plugin that can turn your existing or new WordPress site into a membership site easily. WP eMember lets you selectively protect articles by creating various membership levels (example: Free, Basic, Premium, Ultimate etc.) and protect the content (posts, pages, comments etc) of your site. The plugin manages all the membership management side of things. Plugin Features Below are just some of the notable features of the WP eMember Plugin: Easy Installation Easy installation like any other WordPress plugin. Content Protection Selectively protect the full or a section of an article content. Unlimited Membership Levels Create “Basic”, “Premium”, “Ultimate”, or any other levels you want. Multi Site License When you buy the WP eMember plugin you can use it on as many sites as you own (you gotta love that!). Easy Member Management Partial Content Display
30 Fonts Perfect for Vintage and Retro Style Design A Vintage or retro style design is meant to transport it’s audience decades into the past. Designers try to do this by using various design elements such as textures and patterns from a certain time period. But it’s also important to use accurate typography from the time period you are trying to represent. In this post, we’ve rounded up 30 excellent vintage and retro fonts that you can use in your designs. You’ll notice that these font’s range from a 1920’s look all the way up to the retro typography style of the 50’s. Matchbook Bazar, Medium Embossed Black Ugly Qua Hill House Shrewsbury-Condensed Bold Caslon Seaside Resort Fontleroy Brown Fusty Saddle Dirty Ames Bolton Dymaxion Just Old Fashion Riesling Goudy Bookletter 1911 Opera-Lyrics-Smooth Carnivalee Freakshow Circus Ornate Upper East Side Brandon Grotesque Regular (free until April 15) Ballpark East Market BP Script Rocket Script Arwen Anagram Louisianne Lemon Chicken Anastasia About the Author
9 Big Ideas That Changed The Face Of Graphic Design What makes for good graphic design? You’ve probably formed your own opinions on the subject as you’ve looked through countless books, magazines, posters, and signage. And chances are you’ve also begun to recognize certain patterns: diagonal lines lend a certain dynamism to a page, typography can be readable or illegible, a layout can honor or obliterate white space. But how did graphic design develop into what it is today? Fortunately, there are people like Steven Heller to pinpoint the big-bang ideas that led to the standards we take for granted. When the authors began to compile their list, they made sure to focus on the big-bang ideas rather than “tropes or conceits--as in stylistic manifestations rather than substantive design foundations.” Nor do Heller and Vienne claim to have covered every important notion, good or bad, of graphic design: “We determined more ‘aha’ moments exist than these. At least one graphic design genre dates back to Neolithic times.
100 Free Fonts Fonts have already been among the essential materials used by designers. Whether it is a web design project or a logo design – font is the element, capable of attracting people’s attention, rendering the key idea, and communicating the necessary message. That is why, thousands of free fonts reside today in multiple online font repositories. Below we are introducing a collection of 100 free fonts, which represent vividly only some of the most significant trends in typography, however all of these fonts feature really unique and fresh designs. Clean fonts contain the samples of free fonts of the sans serif family with classic proportions, distinct lines, and clean backgrounds. Fancy fonts introduce multiple decorative elements, used in typography – from curly fonts to eroded and distorted ones. 1. Delicious-Roman DiavloBook-Regular HattoriHanzo-LightItalic LT Oksana Bold Champagne & Limousines Vegur-Regular Caviar Dreams Bold Ageone Aldo SemiBold Zrnic Zero Threes Yanone Kaffeesatz Regular Mabella 2.
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50 Fresh Free Fonts of 2010 Though there's a broad variety of fonts available for download online, designers keep on tracing the fresh ones to enhance their design copy, a website, brochure, or even an advertisement in a brand new an' awesome way. Still, the free stuff could not always boast of good quality – premium goodies always demand some kind of money investment. However, now it's possible to find the appropriate font that's free, clear, beautiful, and effective for design purposes. Many great designers are now offering professional quality fonts completely for free. Today's round-up actually goes outside the standard font variety. We've managed to gather a collection of 50 novelty styled free fonts which you can instantly download and use to add a powerful impact for your designs. Geomancy Kilogram Tribbon Quadranta Adec Teardrop St Marie Dekar Code Cube Piron Glide Planer Paranoid Circled St Ryde Danger Pincoyablack New Garden Titillium Text Sylar Scriber Mentone Circula Sansation LT Oksana Font V4.0 Lintel Frgmnt Amsterdam Sol Pro Zag
Adobe Photoshop Tutorials from Beginner to Advanced Free Fonts 28Feb 20 Free Elegant Handwritten Fonts Hello folks, it is Monday today and we are glad to welcome you with superb collection of free handwritten fonts that we’ve gathered for you. There is no doubt that all design freebies are great though we think that free fonts are those delicious parts of design pie that everybody loves to have. Though you should know that handwritten-styled fonts are very exquisite and you should be careful with their usage because there are not so many designs that would win with implementing such kind of fonts. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.