'Tis the season and with all the hustle and bustle of baking cookies and visiting family and friends, Christian has rounded up eight fonts that can be used for any and all designs. These fonts are 100% free for commercial and personal use. This thin, delicate typeface is perfect for the holidays with its assortment of ornaments, frames, and fun curled serifs. Download Aptly named, Christmas Card is a throwback to the days of blackletter. What I really like about this one is the swirly descender of the lowercase 'g.' Download With drip-like swashes, Znikomit No. 24 reminds me of…
Spring has sprung and all around us the flowers are blooming, the sun is shining, and everyone's wearing pastels. Ok, maybe in some dream world that's happening, but as designers that's what we do, paint beautiful dream worlds with our designs and use of typography. So now that Easter is here, you may need to create some promotional materials for a client that paints that perfect Spring-like dream. I've selected 5 100% free for commercial use fonts that would lend themselves perfectly to your Spring design. First on the list is my favorite, Garineldo No01. This is the perfect Spring…
As the year comes to a close and we've exchanged our gifts and holiday best wishes, we want to pause a moment and reflect on the time that's passed. Every year around this time, you hear people sigh and say to themselves, "Where has the year gone?" We are no different. Our fourteenth year of the twenty first century was as fleeting and as lively as anyone else's. In January, we moved into our new office and kicked off the year immediately in high gear. February brought the annual ADDY's, which of course meant an immense amount of added stress.…
WHO LOVES THEM SOME SHAPES? I sure do. Around here, they call me Shapemaster Dan. They don't, but it would be great if they did. Now, I know what you're thinking: "Handsome Shapemaster, I learned everything I need to know about shapes back in elementary school. What value could they possibly have in my boring, grown-up life?" I'm glad you asked. Geometry, basically the study of shapes, has been practiced and lauded since early human history. But I'm not here to talk about Euclid and my main-man Descartes. I would like to share some personal stories about how shapes have…
Designers create. That’s the nitty gritty of it. They plan and they devise. Any construction, any composition, any creation, was originally the brain child of a designer. It’s likely a wiring in the brain, this need to make something out of nothing. To see what is there where others cannot. And, when someone is wired in this way, it’s impossible to turn it off. In our previous installment of our Designer’s Fashion discussion, we exhibited the finished product; the favorite wardrobe items of designer Christian Knightly. Our creative sample this time? Orlando Magazine art director and graphic design adjunct instructor…
