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Font Fun

03.24.2010 · Posted in Design

Submerged is an appropriate name for the styling of this font. It would be great to bring this font into Photoshop and put some different colors to the reverse text. I picked this font simply because it has “Chocolate” in its title. On its face, it isn’t that impressive. Blase serifs, flourishes on the uppercase letters, and ...

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Color Scheme: Green Suit

08.01.2008 · Posted in Design

I have a green suit that I love to wear. Green isn’t the most flattering shade or my skin and hair color, but the suit itself is fantastic and it has helped me to break out of my (boring) wardrobe of black or gray paired with red or purple. I’ve worn it with a scarf that ...

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Font Friday: Lauren Script

06.27.2008 · Posted in Design

As a rule, I don’t like script fonts. They’re hard to read and not very useful to do the things I do. Even for formal invitations and the like, scriptyness and I just don’t get along. I don’t like how the font scales down, or how it scales up. If I saw someone with handwriting like ...

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Font Friday: Boring Lesson

06.20.2008 · Posted in Design

Here’s one for all you teachers out there. Another good name for this would have been “Nails on a chalkboard.” Imagine the pitted black surface of a chalkboard and clouds of white dust. That’s what this font makes me think of. The letters are built a bit wide for my liking, but I think the concept ...

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Font Friday: Blown Deadline

06.13.2008 · Posted in Design

Generally, blown deadlines are something to avoid. The Blown Deadline font, however, is something to be embraced. Look at the whimsical swirls on the G, J, t, 2 and 5! You think you’re dealing with a regular serif, then BAM, the font throws you a whirl. It plays with angles and curves and really is quite ...

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