Fonts & Design Archives

Here’s a question from my recent FAQ post. Nicole wrote: Maybe this is a silly question, but how did you get the paint colors off the brand’s websites? [...] I wanted to email a “true” swatch [to my family] with my photos but couldn’t save a swatch from the Valspar website. Did you get permission [...]

I’ve made two changes to the blog that you may or may not have noticed… I’ve been wanting to overhaul the blogroll in the sidebar for some time, but I hadn’t gotten around to it. I thought it would be nice to actually link to all of the blogs that I read (all 100 or [...]

“Squeee!!” That is the approximate sound I made when I found out that Archer is now available. The font was created for Martha Stewart Living, but their exclusive license has now expired. It’s a versatile and beautiful font. Pricey, but worth it. I’ve already purchased my copy.

I have chunkier, more substantial fonts for you this time around. Just as before, they’ve been added to the far right sidebar above my wishlist, and each page load will randomly display one of the fonts. Two fonts are free (for personal use only): Sanka and White Bold. The other three are suitable for commercial [...]

There’s a nice tutorial over at Suffix.Abuse about using glyphs. Many fonts have alternate versions of letters that you can use for a more decorative look, and you can access them in Illustrator and InDesign through the glyphs menu. For those of you on a Mac, the Keyboard Viewer is another helpful way to get [...]