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Resources blog. Angel, 14, China. I code, I write, and I sleep a lot. That's about it. Here, you'll find resources of all kinds, from writing to coding to photoshop! I hope you'll find something that will be useful for you.
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novacorps: “ “ “Make all visual distinctions as subtle as possible, but still clear and effective.” Tips, tricks, and resources for the basics of good online typography. Does not apply to print. There always exceptions to the advice below. ” GENERAL...

novacorps:

“Make all visual distinctions as subtle as possible, but still clear and effective.”

Tips, tricks, and resources for the basics of good online typography. Does not apply to print. There always exceptions to the advice below. 

GENERAL TIPS

Align your text left. text-align: left; The ragged right hand side tends help you keep your place while reading.

Make your leading 140%. line-height: 140%; This makes it more legible. 

User proper punctuation. Em dashes instead of hyphens. Curly quotes instead of dumb quotes. You can find the codes here.

Look into good fonts. Font packs and best free fonts lists are your friends.

SERIFS VS. SANS SERIFS

Serifs. a.k.a Times New Roman, Georgia. Typically used for headers. Easy to read. Can stand out too much. Work better over 12pt. Most have poorly spaced lettering (which means letters may run together) and serifs tend to make letters blur together. 

Sans Serifs. a.k.a Arial, Helvetica. Typically used for body text. Take up less space. Overused. Visually appealing. Tend to read better small (but blur at a larger size). Most people can read sans serif fonts faster online. 

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“ font friday 07/04/14 ; inspired by orphan black characters. [download] ”

font friday 07/04/14 ; inspired by orphan black characters. [download]

ofabeautifulnight:

Since I recently hit 5k followers, I wanted to put together a little something to thank you all! This pack has 50+ fonts, color schemes, textures, links, silhouettes, etc. Please like or reblog if you download and feel free to message me in you have any questions! [DOWNLOAD]

awesomaticrobotronic: “ A few of my favorite fonts I like to use! For some of the fonts, I didn’t use my own uploaded links, because I feel that I don’t rly have the rights to do so. I just linked them to dafont.com. If you want more fonts, just go...

awesomaticrobotronic:

A few of my favorite fonts I like to use! For some of the fonts, I didn’t use my own uploaded links, because I feel that I don’t rly have the rights to do so. I just linked them to dafont.com. If you want more fonts, just go to dafont and you’ll be set! Reblogs/Likes are appreciated! ♥

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So here’s my tip of font using in graphic design. I made this list of fonts I suggest to be used more often and fonts I suggest to be used less often. Especially from Helvetica to Gill Sans, they are really popular fonts to be used by professional designers. They all work finely whether in graphic design, web design or typography.

From Rockwell to Parisish, they are fonts to be used in typography or artworks, mostly for vintage style. They are probably not suitable in some formal occasions. But they will be your good choice when you want to make a fancy coffee shop banner.

You might be surprised that Arial and Times New Roman are in my less used list. But don’t stop using them in your homework and essay- well, now you probably understand why you shouldn’t put them in your graphic works.

The rest of the fonts are what I constantly see people using in their graphic works and I must say that even tho those fonts look cool and fancy, they actually don’t look as quality as you think.

BUT, that doesn’t mean you should delete these fonts from your computer (oh but delete Comic Sans for God’s sake) They can still be used for certain situation, as long as you handle them well. However, please never do something like using Colors of Autumn as the title and Typewriter as the concept, unless you’re trying to drive someone crazy.

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swifth:

Typography Masterpost by swifth

    1. Tutorials:

    2. Fonts:

    3. Textures / Backgrounds:

    4. Color Palettes:

+ Looking for inspiration?

Enjoy!

Bekas’ favorite fonts (AKA a resource list):
[Cellos Script // Cezanne // Code // Edition // Herencia // LEHN240 // Lovelo // Mensch // Prism // Windsong]

l-agallerrie: “ Download .rar | Please, like if you save and don’t repass. ”

l-agallerrie:

Download .rar | Please, like if you save and don’t repass.

nevver:

10 Commandments of Typography

THEME ♥