Category Archives: Typography
Illustrator & Type Tips Worth Knowing
Posted on 17'10 Feb
Improve your skills and workflow by exploring these five oft-overlooked aspects of Illustrator and typography; the differences between optical and metric kerning, how to use the Glyphs panel, the use of Roman hanging punctuation, the correct use of dashes and [..]
27 Classic & Elegant Serif Fonts
Posted on 11'09 Oct
– “There are now about as many different varieties of letters as there are different kinds of fools.” Eric Gill Choosing a font for a project isn’t always an easy task but hopefully this list of professional classic and elegant [..]
10 Commercial Fonts Every Print Designer Should Own
Posted on 31'09 Aug
– Image courtesy of Shutterstock What do you believe are the top commercial fonts that every print designer should own? Issue 166 of Computer Arts magazine suggested these ten below and I thought they were a good pick. What about [..]
Designer’s Favourite Fonts & Why
Posted on 23'09 Jun
– I sent out a tweet (follow me) asking my followers (and Facebook Friends) what their favourite font was and why – these were some of their replies… what about you? For the record, at present, my favourite is Gill [..]
The Top 100 Best Fonts Of All Time
Posted on 04'09 Mar
– Based on a variety of factors listed below, these are the top 100 best fonts of all time. To say the least, ranking fonts is an obviously hard task… how does one measure aesthetic quality, the benefit of an [..]
20 Typefaces To Start A Designer’s Career
Posted on 11'08 Nov
– I recently came across a great discussion in the archives of Typophile from 2003 called 20 Typefaces To Start A Designer’s Career and it needs to be revived. As a design student myself, I notice that typography is one [..]
Top 7 Fonts Used By Professionals In Graphic Design
Posted on 23'08 Sep
– Although there have been many other most used font posts, most of them outline fonts used by the ‘not-so-well-trained’ designer. In this post I want to outline the fonts that are often used by the more ‘professional’ of designers. [..]