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10 Websites to Download Free Fonts

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10 Websites to Download Free Fonts

30 Free Western Fonts Collection

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30 Free Western Fonts Collection

15 Professional Fonts for Web and Graphic Designers

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15 Professional Fonts for Web and Graphic Designers

15 Valentine’s free fonts

admin — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:45:19 +0000

15 Valentine’s free fonts

4 Ways to Tweet as a Visual Brand

admin — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:06:00 +0000

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.

Companies that rely on a visual or photographic web presence often find it difficult to convey their media on Twitter. Take, for instance, apparel brands that need… read more

Friday Fresh Free Fonts #138

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:04:06 +0000

I will be posting some fresh free fonts every Friday, yes I know it’s awesome. I will look forward to bring a lot of great fonts that will sure help you improve your typography work. Check out what I selected for you on the FFFF#138 and make sure to comeback… read more

Start Your Own Email Newsletter the Easy Way with TinyLetter

admin — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:00:04 +0000

Most of us have sent emails to multiple people at once, whether a holiday email to family or a marketing newsletter to fans and customers. Many of us have gotten emails with dozens of addresses at the top where the sender sent the email to their whole list by just… read more

How to make your type more appealing on the web

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Best of Tuts+ in January 2012

admin — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:00:55 +0000

Each month, we bring together a selection of the best tutorials and articles from across the whole Tuts+ network. Whether you’d like to read the top posts from your favourite site, or would like to start learning something completely new, this is the best place to start!

Psdtuts+ — Photoshop Tutorials

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Quick Tip: Using Typography to Create a Lunar New Year Card

admin — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:00:09 +0000

Lunar New Year is here! This red card was chosen as a Lunar New Year E-card because in Chinese culture the color red is auspicious and represents happiness or good luck. During Chinese New Year red packets are given out for luck and prosperity in the coming year. In this… read more

The Future Of Screen Typography Is In Your Hands

admin — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:52:34 +0000

We do more reading on the screen today than we did even a year ago. If we are ever to have a golden age of reading on the screen, this might be the start of it.

Tablets, Nooks and Kindles make buying a book or magazine for the screen almost unavoidable…. read more

15 Most Downloaded Free Typewriter Fonts For You

admin — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:45:19 +0000

15 Most Downloaded Free Typewriter Fonts For You

Cool Tattoo Fonts for Tattoo Writing Styles

admin — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 06:25:19 +0000

Cool Tattoo Fonts for Tattoo Writing Styles

8 High Quality and Free Icon Fonts Available for Embedding | gonzoblog.nl

admin — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:45:19 +0000

8 High Quality and Free Icon Fonts Available for Embedding | gonzoblog.nl

Friday Fresh Free Fonts #137

admin — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:12:10 +0000

Useful CSS Snippets for Your Coding Arsenal

admin — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:01:17 +0000

CSS is a beautiful language but it can also be frustrating at times. Certain CSS solutions don’t work on certain browsers (cough Internet Explorer cough) and much of your time can be spent debugging code.

Thankfully there are lots of great CSS snippets available online that fix common problems and design… read more

7 mistakes developers make

admin — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:26:08 +0000

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iBooks Author: Multi-Touch Book Creation With a Big Catch

admin — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:00:14 +0000

While it’s no secret that iBooks hasn’t been a runaway success as Apple had hoped, the company is trying their hand at revolutionizing the book industry once more -but this time they’ve shifted their efforts towards the education market. Along with the new iBooks 2, Apple introduced iBooks Author, their… read more

13 Important Resources for Learning How to Design Typefaces and Full Fonts

admin — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:00:51 +0000

If you’re serious about creating a typeface design, then you’ll need some solid resources to get started. Learn effective typeface design workflows, how to take an initial spark of an idea from sketch, through Illustrator, into Fontlab, and then work your creation into a complete and custom font design. Here… read more

60+ Latest Logo Designs for Logo Design Inspiration

admin — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:21:30 +0000

A Logo is a graphical element that, together with its logotype (a uniquely set and arranged typeface) form a trademark or commercial brand. Typically, a logo’s design is for immediate recognition. The logo is one aspect of a company’s commercial brand, or economic or academic entity, and its shapes, colors,… read more

10 New Fresh Free Fonts

admin — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:45:19 +0000

10 New Fresh Free Fonts

25 New Fonts for Graphic & Web Designers – Download Now

admin — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:25:19 +0000

25 New Fonts for Graphic & Web Designers – Download Now

Blank & Bare WordPress HTML5 Frameworks

admin — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:25:19 +0000

Blank & Bare WordPress HTML5 Frameworks

Freebie: Colorful 3D UI Kit

admin — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:24:24 +0000

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We have a fantastic freebie for all of you web designers out there, you’ll love this:)
Designed by Land-of-Web, the Colorful 3D UI Kit comes in .psd format and is full of beautifully designed modern web elements covering almost all aspects of web design,… read more

10 New Free Fonts for Your Designs

admin — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:20:28 +0000

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Finding the perfect font for a project is a real challenge, and that is why we like to provide our readers with as much fonts as we can. We know that having a lot of options to choose from is very helpful, so today we gathered… read more

How to make your own icon webfont

admin — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:24:25 +0000

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Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.117)

admin — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:01:29 +0000

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This is our weekly column were we share our favorite design related articles, resources and cool tidbits from the past week. Enjoy :)
If you would like to receive our daily updates and kepp up to date with the latest and greatest articles and… read more

Typography With Extra Bold Fonts Free Download

admin — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 05:45:19 +0000

Typography With Extra Bold Fonts Free Download

Quick Tip: How to Create Typographic Snowflakes

admin — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:00:44 +0000

In this tutorial you will learn how to create a series of different snowflakes from letters. To achieve this effect you will use the Transform Effect on a single letter. You will easily be able to create a series of individual snowflakes, taking advantage of editable type and the variety… read more

Working with Professional Typography in Adobe Illustrator

admin — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:00:20 +0000

I would like to dedicate this tutorial to typography, which are the methods of processing printed text for better legibility and beauty. Typography is composed through the graphic design of printed text using the specifics for that languages rules. In this Basix tutorial will be apply the typography methods and… read more

Benefits and Pitfalls of Using Code Frameworks

admin — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:31:03 +0000

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A code framework is nothing more than a collection of pre-formatted classes and functions. There are frameworks created for practically every language out there – even including frontend web development like JavaScript and CSS. Developers would be wise to follow these trends of working on… read more

FontAgent Pro Enterprise Server 5

admin — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:56:53 +0000

Fast Font Serving

FontAgent Pro Enterprise Server is one of the fastest font servers I’ve used. This latest version uses the J2EE (Java 2 Enterprise Edition) architecture and is multithreaded to take advantage of multicore Macs. The actual server setup involves setting up users, groups, and permissions. The user permissions… read more

Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.116)

admin — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:59:52 +0000

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Resolution Independence With SVG

admin — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:35:00 +0000

In this article, we’ll look at Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), one of the most underused technologies in website development today.

Before diving into an example, let’s consider the state of the Web at present and where it is going. Website design has found new vigor in recent years, with the evolving technique… read more

What’s new for designers – January 2012

admin — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:27:44 +0000

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4 Tips to Keep Your Website Ahead of the Curve in 2012

admin — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 20:29:59 +0000

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.

Sure, having a website for your business serves a practical need: to draw net-surfing users to your product or service. However, it’s also much more than slapping… read more

Our favorite tweets of the week Jan 9-Jan 15, 2012

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Creative Use of Typography in Print Ads

admin — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:09:58 +0000

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When it comes to advertising, what’s being said can be a bit less important than how it’s said. In no case is this more true than in the case of typography based advertisements, which are common in print advertising and gaining popularity even in television… read more

40 CSS Reference Websites and Resources

admin — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:00:08 +0000

If you want to design websites or modify your existing website design, then you need to have at least a basic knowledge of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). Thankfully, CSS is a very easy language to get to a grip on, however you may find it takes a little more time… read more

Usability Design for Online Web Forms

admin — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:35:04 +0000

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Designers aren’t just creating pleasing graphics for the Internet anymore. As a web designer you need to consider other properties of user interaction and coding. UX design is possibly the most important topic to cover, and this is especially true designing web forms. All webmasters should… read more

These aren’t the fonts you’re looking for…

admin — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:25:29 +0000

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The other day I was on location with a customer, and as they are a secure site I was not allowed to bring my laptop any further than the security locker at the font desk. This I don’t mind as I would usually just leave… read more

Why a Web designer Should not Ignore the Importance of HTML5 in Designing

admin — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:44:47 +0000

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The answer to the question; why a web designer should not ignore the importance of HTML5 in designing is actually very simple. HTML5 is the language of the future when it comes to web designing. Move over Flash, HTML5 is here. But why is this language being… read more

How to Add Decorative Glamour to Your Ordinary Script Font

admin — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:00:18 +0000

Sometimes you need to go a little bit wild with your typography. In these cases, you can either take the easy way and choose a fancy font from some of the free font site like Dafont or Urban Fonts, or get creative and give some extra sparkle to your ordinary… read more

The Top 25 WordPress Themes Of 2011

admin — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:00:16 +0000

One could argue that every year the WordPress platform gets better and better, and 2011 was no different with the release of three major updates: WordPress 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3. We have seen the addition of post formats, advanced taxonomy and custom fields queries, an improved import and export system,… read more

40 Effectively Designed Non-Profit and Charity Web Sites

admin — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:56:45 +0000

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A charity or cause may not need the sleek sales pages of a business on the web, but a poorly designed one could still mean the difference between helping people or failing to do so. Therefore, a non profit website design should be appealing enough… read more

Stupid Guide of Choosing Web Fonts

admin — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:05:19 +0000

Stupid Guide of Choosing Web Fonts

The Best Free and High-Quality Fonts of 2011 [Compilation] | gonzoblog.nl

admin — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 08:05:19 +0000

The Best Free and High-Quality Fonts of 2011 [Compilation] | gonzoblog.nl

Create the Ultimate Landing Page With Unbounce

admin — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 04:00:00 +0000

Launching a new product or service via the web is no easy task in today’s fast-paced market. There’s plenty of competition and many variables involved in determining whether yours will be a success or failure. One of the metrics marketers use to determine how well their promotional web pages are… read more

10 Fresh Free Fonts

admin — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:56:15 +0000

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There are tons of remarkable free fonts out there, and helping you find them is something we really like to do. Since we know that having great fonts to count on is very important we decided to start the year presenting you a few fresh free… read more

Best of the Vector Web – December 2011

admin — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 19:00:13 +0000

Each month, we search the web for the best vector-related content and showcase it here for you all to enjoy. This month, we showcase high quality tutorials on creating cubist style logos, speeding up your work in Illustrator and InDesign, and more. We have loads of tutorials, in addition to… read more

Friday Fresh Free Fonts #133

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Our Top 20 Posts from 2011

admin — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:22:34 +0000

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2011 has been Speckyboy’s best year yet in terms of growth. More great readers and followers, more great authors, more great sponsors. However, at the core is (hopefully) great content here on Speckyboy. And just to recap some of our best content, here are our… read more

Best Of 2011: 50 Free Fonts To Enhance Your Designs

admin — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 03:13:21 +0000

Since 2011 is just about to end so we though, this would be the perfect time to showcase some of the best fonts that we have seen in 2011 lately. In this collection, we have gathered 50 latest free fonts from 2011 that can truly enhance your designs. We all… read more

10 Awesome Free Web Fonts

admin — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 10:25:19 +0000

10 Awesome Free Web Fonts

Best Usable Free Fonts of 2011

admin — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 09:25:19 +0000

Best Usable Free Fonts of 2011

30+ Cool & Fresh Free Fonts For Your Next Design

admin — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 03:45:19 +0000

30+ Cool & Fresh Free Fonts For Your Next Design

15+ Illustrator Tutorials on Retro Text Effects and Vintage Lettering

admin — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 19:00:14 +0000

If you’re looking to improve your skills in Illustrator, specifically learn to create retro text effects, beautiful vintage lettering, and work with classic type, then we have the collection of Illustrator tutorials you’re looking for. Learn to draw fluid, retro lettering, compose vintage designs with classic fonts, and transform your… read more

Fonts Used In Logo of Popular Websites (Part 2)

admin — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 05:05:19 +0000

Fonts Used In Logo of Popular Websites (Part 2)

Best Of 2011: Best Useful jQuery Plugins And Tutorials

admin — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 22:35:54 +0000

jQuery is one of the most accepted JavaScript library that possesses an enormous collection of plugins which makes it even more powerful. On the other hand, there is a good deal of additional codes or modules, from simple alert functions to multifaceted galleries or form validation methods, that are hard-coded… read more

50 Fantastic Premium Business WordPress Themes From 2011

admin — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:00:31 +0000

Whilst Joomla and Drupal are popular amongst website designers, WordPress is by far the number 1 used CMS in the world. Which is one of the reasons that WordPress themes are seen as such a hot commodity these days in the design world.

It’s popularity amongst design firms could explain the… read more

Read Better With Readings

admin — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 06:00:52 +0000

There is little innovation happening in the online news reader space. I am so jealous at the awesome apps like Google Currents, Flipboard, Pulse, and more that push the envelop for reading on a tablet. After mercilessly slaughtering the usability of the Google Reader web app, Google came up with… read more

[Freebies] High Quality Editable Web Button Set

admin — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:04:39 +0000

Icons are very essential in almost any web project. Effective use of icons can easily help bridge connection between the user and the website. Websites, specially blogs and community sites, normally use icons to add action links to their site. No matter you hate or love icons, whether you want… read more

7 WordPress plugins for font replacement

admin — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:21:57 +0000

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10 Holly Jolly Christmas Fonts

admin — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:36:20 +0000

10 Holly Jolly Christmas Fonts

With Christmas right around the corner, now’s the time that you realize you haven’t sent out your yearly Christmas card. Or it has just dawned on you that you haven’t sent out the invitations for Christmas dinner. Let’s have a look at ten free Christmas-themed fonts… read more

Best Android Apps Useful for Web Designers

admin — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:42:01 +0000

It is mesmerizing to see such high end developments in the field of technology. Perhaps one of the most scintillating advancements has taken place in the field of web services for mobile phones. Earlier it was considered as a luxury to own mobile phones and now even the young adolescents… read more

Compilation of Christmas design resources

admin — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:21:05 +0000

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22 Last Minute Holiday Gift Ideas for Freelancers

admin — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 21:00:32 +0000

Santa will be going down the chimney soon. We’re running out of time to give those perfect gifts to freelancers. Shipping will only get more expensive as we get closer to the big present opening morning. The clock is ticking and the days are running down. There are plenty… read more

Create a 3D Grungy Text Effect in Illustrator

admin — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:00:36 +0000

In the following tutorial you will learn how to create a grungy, 3D text effect. Learn how to draw highlights and shadows on your text to give it that 3D punch. Then design grunge effects using blending modes and other Illustrator tools. This grungy text effect is relatively simple to… read more

Web design predictions for 2012

admin — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:18:15 +0000

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Friday Fresh Free Fonts #131

admin — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:32:05 +0000

Nine Excellent (Yet Free) Online Word Cloud Generators

admin — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 22:49:29 +0000

There are many online word cloud generator out there for web users, but getting by free and good ones is not that easy. That is why I am sharing Nine Excellent (Yet Free) Online Word Cloud Generators. Read each entry in the list and see which one suits your needs… read more

Creating your first WordPress child theme

admin — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:30:04 +0000

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Kindle Fire Owners Love Their Tablet, Flaws and All

admin — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 07:39:26 +0000

Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablet is no Apple iPad — and it seems that most Fire owners are quite okay with that.

In a recent open thread on Mashable regarding the product’s recent troubles, freshly minted Kindle Fire owners shared their stories — and mostly, love — for what could end… read more

Best Of 2011: Ultimate Collection Of High Quality Photoshop Tutorials

admin — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:57:41 +0000

Every so often, you may discover it complicated to search for some of the highest quality Photoshop tutorials by means of search engines. Seeing that most of time, approximately all tutorials would tag themselves to be excellent, high quality or even the best Photoshop tutorial you can get. When exploring… read more

10 tips and resources for creating a stunning web presentation

admin — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:09:59 +0000

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Web Design Trends in 2012

admin — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:00:27 +0000

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It’s that time of year again, where we look into our crystal ball to see what will be the hot trends in web design for the upcoming year. It’s no secret that trends come and go, with some hanging around longer than they should. (Yes, splash… read more

20 Best Free Fonts From 2011

admin — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 11:33:39 +0000

20 Best Free Fonts From 2011

12 New And Free Fonts For Your Design

admin — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 06:21:59 +0000

12 New And Free Fonts For Your Design

‘Comic Sans Project’ Seeks to Save the Web’s Most Hated Font

admin — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:18:15 +0000

1. Tumblr

The Tumblr logo itself is re-imagined with the Comic Sans treatment.

Click here to view this gallery.

Some fonts… read more

15+ Best Desktop Publishing Resources and Beginner Tips

admin — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:00:04 +0000

Desktop publishing has become a critical business skill today, and the use of the Internet means that creation of print content is no longer the only consideration.

Now the documents you create likely have to be displayed in both print and on the web.

This article looks at how to determine… read more

80+ New Digital Media Resources You May Have Missed

admin — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 22:54:35 +0000

Last week was a busy one for social media. In fact, Christmas might have come early for you with the reveal of Twitter’s new design and the long-awaiting roll-out of Facebook’s Timeline. If you were left indecisive about which shiny new toy to play with first, we have all the… read more

What’s new for designers, December 2011

admin — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:19:45 +0000

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10 Cool Fonts That You Should Use

admin — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 06:54:59 +0000

10 Cool Fonts That You Should Use

Friday Fresh Free Fonts #130

admin — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 21:27:38 +0000

Best Free UI PSDs of 2011

admin — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 11:51:47 +0000

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So far in our Best of 2011 series, we’ve shown you our picks for the best free fonts and the best jQuery plugins. For this week, we’ve went back through all the UI PSDs that’s been released over the past year and picked our favorites. We… read more

MoreDays: Plan Your Life With Style the Fun Way

admin — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 20:00:56 +0000

Planning makes life easy. In fact, a lot of us plan things ahead using the best technique we know or works for us. So planning isn’t the problem. General laziness and short attention spans are some some of few reasons things that were planned in advance do not get done…. read more

Solo: An Artsy Project Manager (with a giveaway!)

admin — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 04:00:13 +0000

The world of web apps is over-saturated with project management apps. It often seems like the only new apps you hear about are new project management, time tracking, or invoicing apps. There’s only so many ways you can design an app for the same purpose, and so many project managers look like… read more

The 50 Most Useful jQuery Plugins from 2011

admin — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:16:16 +0000

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What an exciting web development year we have had (OK, its not quite finished, but almost). HTML5 and CSS3 have forced there way into the mainstream, responsive layouts techniques are rapidly moving towards being the standard, sites like Dribble, Forrst and GitHub have offered a… read more

How to Draw a Vector, Music Folder Icon

admin — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:00:23 +0000

Read this tutorial and learn how to draw a music folder icon in Illustrator. We’ll use the 3D Revolve tool and Extrude & Bevel effects. They are put into use throughout the entire workflow, starting from shaping a 3D folder using a single path and finishing with all the colorful… read more

Best Fonts: Best Free Fonts For Designers

admin — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 10:29:59 +0000

Best Fonts: Best Free Fonts For Designers

Daily Inspiration #997

admin — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 05:05:55 +0000

This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users.
If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more

20 Beautiful Free Christmas Decorative Fonts

admin — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 06:41:39 +0000

20 Beautiful Free Christmas Decorative Fonts

50 Fresh and Beautiful Free Fonts from 2011

admin — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 09:21:39 +0000

50 Fresh and Beautiful Free Fonts from 2011

How to Use Script Fonts in Design Projects

admin — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 08:01:39 +0000

How to Use Script Fonts in Design Projects

Friday Fresh Free Fonts #129

admin — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 22:23:29 +0000

The Politics of Typography

admin — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 17:42:24 +0000

Graphic designers will already appreciate the important role of typography in delivering a message, and that throughout the ages the character and form of typography has often reflected the historical and political spirit of the epoch in which it was created.

While the use, context and meaning of different typefaces often… read more

40 Beautiful Free HTML5 & CSS3 Templates

admin — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:00:03 +0000

Over the last few years there has been great collections of quality free HTML & CSS templates published on Noupe such as 50 Free High-Quality and “New” (X)HTML/CSS Templates (2009) and 40+ Elegant Free CSS/(X)HTML Templates (2010).

There have been some great free templates released over the last year so… read more

15 productivity tools to play with

admin — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:36:16 +0000

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Mega Design Elements – Mega Fonts, Headers & Footers

admin — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 07:16:39 +0000

Mega Design Elements – Mega Fonts, Headers & Footers

Best of the Vector Web – November 2011

admin — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:00:04 +0000

Each month, we search the web for the best vector-related content and showcase it here for you all to enjoy. This month, we showcase high quality tutorials on creating interactive magazines in InDesign, which are destined for the iPad. We also work with basic geometric shapes in Illustrator, learn the… read more

45 Latest Free Fonts To Enhance Your Designs

admin — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:17:31 +0000

Typography is the art and techniques of arranging type, type design, and modifying type glyphs. Display typography is a potent element in graphic design, where there is less concern for readability and more potential for using type in an artistic manner.

The proper selection of typography can convert your normal design… read more

20 Revealing Fonts Used in Logo of Popular Websites

admin — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 11:01:39 +0000

20 Revealing Fonts Used in Logo of Popular Websites

Awesome Fonts You Can Add to Your Website Using Cufon and Sifr

admin — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 03:36:11 +0000

Designing a website is a massive job. Do you design it how you like it or how you think other people will like it? One of the most important factors is the font, making sure that it is easy to read yet bold and eye-catching. Here is a run down… read more

Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.113)

admin — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 22:17:54 +0000

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The Perfect Paragraph

admin — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:53:24 +0000

In this article, I’d like to reacquaint you with the humble workhorse of communication that is the paragraph. Paragraphs are everywhere. In fact, at the high risk of stating the obvious, you are reading one now. Despite their ubiquity, we frequently neglect their presentation. This is a mistake. Here, we’ll… read more

20 Festive Holiday Theme Tutorials from Vectortuts+

admin — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:00:13 +0000

With the holidays fast approaching we have bundled together a collection festive illustration and decoration tutorials from the Vectortuts+ archives. Covering a variety of subjects from effects to illustration there’s plenty of projects to keep you busy during the silly season.

Quick Tip: Make a Cut Out Gift Tag with Adobe… read more

40+ Useful and Fresh jQuery Plugins

admin — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:00:18 +0000

Plugins are there to assist you and let you perform the desired action in a more convenient and speedy manner. Therefore, today we decided to come up with an exciting and interesting collection of 40+ fresh and cool jQuery plugins for our reader’s convenience. This compilation is targeted at the… read more

Collection of Free Fonts Useful for Movie Poster

admin — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 08:46:39 +0000

Collection of Free Fonts Useful for Movie Poster

Should You Watermark Your Art?

admin — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:00:15 +0000

In Today’s article we look at watermarking your artwork. We’ll consider the opinions of those who use them in their work. Should you watermark your work to prevent misuse? Let’s read on to find out.

Watermarking Your Artwork Online

In a perfect world, we could post our artwork online without people misusing… read more

Creating Pixel-Perfect UI for iPhone Applications

admin — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:23:44 +0000

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Developing apps for the iPhone or iPad can be a tricky process. You need to understand not just the programming libraries, but also design standards and common themes in user interfaces. This entire skillset would require months of study just to build your first live… read more

Our favorite tweets of the week Nov 21-Nov 27, 2011

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25 Free Fonts for Your Creative Projects

admin — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 09:04:09 +0000

25 Free Fonts for Your Creative Projects

Black Friday Fresh Free Fonts #128

admin — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 23:28:37 +0000

Which Custom Web Fonts Solution Should You Use?

admin — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 02:51:39 +0000

Which Custom Web Fonts Solution Should You Use?

How To Set Up A Print Style Sheet

admin — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 21:11:41 +0000

In a time when everyone seems to have a tablet, which makes it possible to consume everything digitally, and the only real paper we use is bathroom tissue, it might seem odd to write about the long-forgotten habit of printing a Web page. Nevertheless, as odd as it might seem… read more

How to Improve as a Graphic Designer

admin — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 17:00:31 +0000

One of the major threats to your career as a graphic designer is to let your work stagnate and your improvement slow down. It’s very easy to fall into a comfort zone where you stop exploring new design techniques and simply stick with what you know. This is why most… read more

10 Awesome Websites With The Best Navigation Structure

admin — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 02:43:17 +0000

The main thing that separates a good site from a great site is how easy it is to navigate. If the links aren’t consistent throughout the site and the viewer gets more and more lost the deeper they go in to your site, eventually they will become so frustrated they… read more

30 Sleek Fonts for Your Minimalist Designs

admin — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 22:00:42 +0000

The minimalist style is rampant in the design industry. But just because it has become increasingly popular doesn’t mean that it’s that simple to practice. Anyone can try doing it, but not everyone can achieve it.

One of the most essential elements in a minimalist design is typography. Let’s face it, you… read more

Perfect Beginner Tips for Branding your Startup

admin — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:54:11 +0000

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During the process of launching a new company your logo and branding ideas are possibly the most important concepts. You have to consider not only the solid brand, but a whole slew of factors additional including website design and user interface, internal graphics, print work, marketing… read more

8 Creative Modern Fonts You Wouldn’t want to Miss

admin — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 03:58:19 +0000

8 Creative Modern Fonts You Wouldn’t want to Miss

Options for @font-face implementation

admin — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:57:47 +0000

Webfont embedding is so widely supported by modern browsers at this point that there’s really no excuse not to incorporate them when appropriate in your designs. There are hundreds of free fonts available for embedding, as well as plenty of paid services that allow you to include commercial fonts in… read more

Tips on Designing Layouts Focused around Content

admin — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:16:25 +0000

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In web design we frequently assume any layout with a spiffy logo and graphics will work out perfect. But designing for the web goes much deeper than attractive page graphics. The entire user experience comes into play and you have to account for a number… read more

Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.112)

admin — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 20:29:24 +0000

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This is our weekly column were we share our favorite design related articles, resources and cool tidbits from the past week. Enjoy :)
If you would like to receive our daily updates you can follow us on Twitter, on Facebookor by subscribing to our… read more

Nook Tablet Gives Kindle Fire a Run for Its Money [REVIEW]

admin — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 11:18:04 +0000

When I told people I was reviewing the Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet, the first thing they asked me was: “Is it better than the Amazon Kindle Fire?” The second thing they asked was, “Should I buy it instead of the Apple iPad?”

To both questions, here’s the short… read more

Friday Fresh Free Fonts #127

admin — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 21:57:44 +0000

Learning to Code for the Web Interactively at W3Schools

admin — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 20:00:00 +0000

As I progress in my path as a designer, I realized that it was probably time that I learned to make my own website. My instinct was to jump right into using Adobe Dreamweaver, but I remember an old boss telling me that most people have problems with that software… read more

Branding Your Photography Business – Part 2: Business Cards

admin — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 19:29:07 +0000

Part two in this four-part branding your photography business primer takes a look at photographers’ business cards. You can find part one here.

You’d be hard pressed to find a functional business without a business card – no matter what industry. Photographers are no exception – and in fact their business… read more

Create a 50s ad poster in Illustrator

admin — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:35:21 +0000

It seems that the 50s are back, not just in advertising and design, but also on clothes, TV shows, and elsewhere.

I honestly think this is one of the most interesting and creative eras for advertisement; some ads are really memorable and funny.

So, inspired by that I decided to make a… read more

Best Free Fonts of 2011

admin — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 11:15:30 +0000

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With only a month and a half left in 2011, it’s hard to believe another year is drawing to a close. If you’re a long time reader of WDL, you probably know that at the end of each year we publish a series of posts that… read more

Evernote Launches Browser Extension to Remove Clutter From the Web Reading Experience

admin — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 23:59:50 +0000

Evernote has unveiled a new browser extension that removes ads and other distractions from the web-reading experience.

Evernote Clearly, which is now available for Chrome and soon other browsers, is a simple, one-click button that creates an alternative view of the content you’re reading online. It removes all the extra clutter,… read more

My Favorite Handwritten Fonts

admin — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:04:01 +0000

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Tons of new websites are being created everyday and it is noticable that if you want to be unique and stand out from the crowd you need to find creative ways of using type, pictures and other design elements in any kind of work you… read more

The Data-Pixel Approach To Improving User Experience

admin — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:12:38 +0000

There are many ways to skin a redesign (I think that’s how the saying goes). On a philosophical level, I agree with those who advocate for realigning, not redesigning, but these are mere words when you’re staring a design problem in the face with no idea where to start. This… read more

35 Free Graffiti Fonts that are Hella Cool

admin — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 22:00:49 +0000

In street art, graffiti is often used by artists as a form of self-expression. It makes common words and names that we wouldn’t usually care about stand out, and brings to life even the dullest corners of the street. Graffiti art definitely is the most forgivable form of vandalism, at… read more

Quick Tip: Designing a Business Card with InDesign CS5

admin — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 21:00:29 +0000

Today we are going to take a business card design from first idea to preparing the file for print. So whether you need a business card for yourself or a client read on.

Step 1

Start sketching out a few ideas for your card, think about any special attributes you want to… read more

Fresh Free Fonts

admin — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 06:16:39 +0000

Fresh Free Fonts

Friday Fresh Free Fonts #126

admin — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 19:16:55 +0000

LyX: Produce Great Looking TeX Documents With Ease

admin — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 12:00:22 +0000

TeX is one of the lesser known ways of creating documents as it has mostly extremely specialized uses. The typesetting system was designed and written (mostly) by Donald Knuth during the late 1970′s and is a popular choice for typing documents for two main reasons. The first is that documents… read more

Find New Fonts For Your Website

admin — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 05:46:39 +0000

Find New Fonts For Your Website

Quick Tip: How to Create an Ornament Illustration for a Holiday Sale

admin — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 21:00:18 +0000

Love it or loath it, the lead up to the holidays is often the busiest time of the year for designers and illustrators. It’s around this time requests come in for all sorts of promotions and sales. I’ve lost count of the number of baubles, turkeys and gift boxes I’ve… read more

ZeroMail: Your Personal Email Assistant

admin — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 20:00:21 +0000

For most of us, a large chunk of emails received are usually automated and unimportant stuff like notifications, newsletters, bills, mailing lists, registrations, event invites and the like. Even when you set up multiple filters to move them into their respective folders skipping the inbox, you will still end up… read more

The Future Of CSS: Embracing The Machine

admin — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 19:47:40 +0000

Designers hold CSS close to their hearts. It’s just code, but it is also what makes our carefully crafted designs come to life. Thoughtful CSS is CSS that respects our designs, that is handcrafted with precision. The common conception among Web designers is that a good style sheet is created… read more

What’s new for designers – Nov. 2011

admin — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 15:16:42 +0000

The November edition of what’s new for web designers and developers includes new web apps, frameworks, some JavaScript tools and resources, some great project management tools, and a number of great new fonts.

Many of the resources below are free or very low cost, and are sure to be useful to… read more

Wireframing & Prototyping with Adobe Fireworks – Resources and Tutorials

admin — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 14:00:39 +0000

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Adobe Fireworks is one of the most popular application choices amongst web designers for wireframing and prototyping. There are many reasons as to why you should use Fireworks over any other graphic editor, but we won’t go into them with this post (perhaps you could… read more

Branding Your Photography Business – Part 1: Logos

admin — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 19:06:23 +0000

As a former PR person, the importance of branding was always a topic I was harping on with clients – from individual authors to multi-million dollar corporations and non-profit agencies. How a business presents itself can be the difference between success and failure. Photographers are no exception to this rule…. read more

Four Yahoo! Web Development Tools You May Not Know About

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Anything that can save time for a web developer is well worth its weight in gold. Whether you’re looking to cut loading time for your website or make light work of placing interactive elements into a design, these four tools could help speed things up:

YUI… read more

Beautiful San serif Fonts for Titles and Headlines

admin — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 08:01:39 +0000

Beautiful San serif Fonts for Titles and Headlines

45 New Digital Media Resources You May Have Missed

admin — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 04:17:20 +0000

This week at Mashable, we jumped (or barrel rolled) right into November, buzzing about the great Kardashian divorce of 2011 and already preparing to rock the holiday season. Still reminiscing over last weekend’s Halloween shenanigans? Or if you were left unfulfilled because of the snow, we have a few things… read more

Friday Fresh Free Fonts #125

admin — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 22:23:49 +0000

DIY: Producing Your Photography Book

admin — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 18:00:56 +0000

Bike-tography: Combining Bicycling with Photography

Back in July, I wrote a review of Publish Your Photography Book by Darius Himes and Mary Virginia Swanson.

I finished that review by saying, “If you’d rather shun the commercial publishing route and travel the do-it-yourself road, be prepared for quite the learning experience. Because… read more

6 Ways to Make the Web Easier to Read

admin — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 03:00:27 +0000

Sometimes it seems that writing is more important today than it’s ever been in history. From Facebook status updates to txt messages, we’re all writing and reading almost more than we’re talking and listening. And while the internet has hastened print media’s troubles, many of us still read tons of… read more

Web Typography 101

admin — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:51:20 +0000

The Fontography Series is supported by join.me, the easiest way to have an online meeting. join.me lets you instantly share your screen with anyone, for free. Use it to collaborate, demo, show off – the possibilities are endless. Try it today.

The rise of web fonts has given way to a… read more

“But The Client Wants IE 6 Support!”

admin — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 19:35:56 +0000

Frequently, when I discuss CSS3 with other developers, the issue of stubborn clients comes up. They tell me that even though they personally don’t think a website should look the same in all browsers and they’re eager to try all of these new techniques, their clients insist that their website… read more

50 Wonderful Free Fonts For Vintage And Retro Designing

admin — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 21:21:13 +0000

Ever wonder why vintage or retro style is getting so much popular and is being adopted extensively? This is because vintage and retro style is the best way to express yourself in a unique way and take your audience back to the decades of 50’s. Designers make an effort to… read more

40 New Web, Mobile and Application GUI Kits

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It has been a long time since we last took a look at what GUI kits were freely available. So, in this round-up we thought we would bring you right up to date by taking a look at some of the best and freshest that… read more

500 Ultimate Fonts Collections – Steadfast for Web & Graphic Designs

admin — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 08:01:39 +0000

500 Ultimate Fonts Collections – Steadfast for Web & Graphic Designs

Reviews Of Blog Designs In The Wild

admin — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:00:51 +0000

Like any designer, no website is without its merits and flaws. It is through critical analysis and thoughtful conversation that we grow as individuals. If we do not talk about our work and the work of others, then we will not grow as creatives.

We have evaluated each website in this… read more

40 Free Fonts for Your Professional Designs

admin — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 01:41:39 +0000

40 Free Fonts for Your Professional Designs

25+ Latest Free Fonts For Designers

admin — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 09:40:39 +0000

25+ Latest Free Fonts For Designers

30 Revealing Epic Movie Fonts that You May Download

admin — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 00:40:39 +0000

30 Revealing Epic Movie Fonts that You May Download

Friday Fresh Free Fonts #124

admin — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 20:39:29 +0000

50 Great Free WordPress Themes From 2011

admin — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:00:49 +0000

There are probably a good amount of Noupe readers who would think little to nothing of paying money for a high quality WordPress theme if it was exactly what they were looking for. When compared to spending thousands of dollars on a unique design, a $40 investment in a premium… read more

The Ultimate Collection of Professional Free Fonts

admin — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:00:00 +0000

As designers we’re always looking for new fonts to integrate into our designs. Adding new fonts to your library can often help inspire you, giving a fresh feel to your designs. Unfortunately it can be really hard to locate quality free fonts amidst the thousands of mediocre ones.

Luckily we’ve… read more

Top 10 iPhone Apps for Halloween

admin — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 04:06:45 +0000

1. Make A Zombie

Zombies usually get a bad rap for being downright creepy, but the zombies in this… read more

add custom cool fonts to your website

admin — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 02:40:39 +0000

add custom cool fonts to your website

10 Free Halloween Ecards [PICS]

admin — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 23:14:51 +0000

1. Punchbowl’s Halloween Digital Greeting Cards

We’re such fans of Punchbowl’s ecards we’ve included two in this roundup. With… read more

30 New Free Fonts For Designers

admin — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 21:00:58 +0000

Typography plays a huge role in any design. While designers usually pick from a set of favorite fonts, it’s always good to be on the lookout for new ones that may be more appropriate to use for certain projects and could make your designs more trendy. To help you save your precious… read more

Quick Tip: Designing a Halloween Invitation with InDesign

admin — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:00:28 +0000

It’s Halloween next week and if you are having a party you might need some last minute invites. Today’s tut contains the knowledge of how to design an invitation quickly. We are going to make the most of free online resources, including vectors and fonts.

You may want to print this… read more

Simple but powerful website building and hosting with Squarespace

admin — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:02:52 +0000

[Editor's note: This is a sponsored review for Squarespace]

Whether you want to create a blog, a brochure site, or something more involved, the platform you choose to create it on is important. There are a lot of blog and website building and hosting platforms out there, some free and… read more

Product Review and $1200 Squarespace Giveaway

admin — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 20:00:41 +0000

If you’ve ever needed to build a website on a quick deadline, then you know how difficult it is to make one from scratch. If you’re anything like me and don’t keep your web design skills sharp, or you don’t have a web design background at all, then you’ll… read more

13 Fresh and Cool Fonts for Designers

admin — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 10:40:39 +0000

13 Fresh and Cool Fonts for Designers

Changing the Fonts of Your WordPress Site – Part 1: Using a Plugin

admin — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 07:47:55 +0000

Changing the Fonts of Your WordPress Site – Part 1: Using a Plugin

Focusing on Good Design, Not (Just) Good Decoration

admin — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:00:24 +0000

Time and time again, we mistake good decoration for good design. When we are looking for inspiration, we go to the same websites and the same showcases trying to get that added push necessary to create something we love. Now this isn’t a huge deal (especially if we are looking… read more

25 jQuery Plugins to help with Responsive Layouts

admin — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:56:42 +0000

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The most popular topic of discussion at the moment is undoubtedly responsive layouts in web design. Without going discussing too much what you will already know, a responsive layout allows you to offer a specific and optimised screen size based on whatever device (mobile, tablet…)… read more

Our favorite tweets of the week Oct 17-Oct 23, 2011

admin — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 15:44:25 +0000

Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can be of interest to web designers.

The best way to keep track of our tweets is simply to follow us on Twitter, however, in case you missed some here’s a quick… read more

Friday Fresh Free Fonts #123

admin — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 20:06:25 +0000

Design a Print-Ready Beer Label in Adobe Illustrator

admin — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 18:00:25 +0000

A few times a each month we revisit some of our reader’s favorite posts from throughout the history of Vectortuts+. This tutorial by Alan Ballard was first published on March 18th 2009.

Alright folks, it’s time to roll up the sleeves and get down to business with this full-featured Adobe illustrator… read more

A Collection of Innovative and Inspiring Typography

admin — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 16:00:01 +0000

Typography is the art or technique of arranging type. It’s a broad medium, covering areas such as typeface selection, line length, line spacing, kerning, tracking, and of course wider design features such as color, lighting etc…

Typography is a growing phenomenon amongst graphic designers, many of whom have gone beyond the… read more

8 Fresh Free Fonts for Your Designs

admin — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 10:28:26 +0000

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Here at WDL we love to hunt down nice freebies for our readers… and one of our favorites freebies to find are fonts. Since we know that a fresh font is always a great asset to any designer, here are a few new fonts to spice… read more

Font Selection: An Important Step to Your Company’s Success

admin — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 22:08:46 +0000

Choosing the right font design is the first and most vital step in making an identity for your brand. With the right font, you can become instantly recognizable to customers, and at the same time convey a message about your business. There’s no denying it – font selection is the… read more

Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.108)

admin — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 13:33:30 +0000

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60 Fresh Free Fonts You’d Consider Using In Your Projects

admin — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 08:40:39 +0000

60 Fresh Free Fonts You’d Consider Using In Your Projects

How Disregarding Design Limits The Power Of Content

admin — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 20:23:11 +0000

It appears to be a reader’s market. More written content is freely available than ever before, accessible in just about every format you could imagine. If you want it on paper, you’ve got it. On screen? What size, friend? We can shrink, stretch and stitch it all together every which… read more

Vintage Typography Experiment in Illustrator and Photoshop

admin — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 08:20:17 +0000

We all love typography and especially the vintage/retro ones. There’s something on those artworks that catch our eyes and makes us really crazy about them. Despite the fact that some are quite old and done with rudimentary process the quality of the design is amazing and that’s why books are… read more

Our favorite tweets of the week Oct 10-Oct 16, 2011

admin — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 15:10:44 +0000

Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can be of interest to web designers.

The best way to keep track of our tweets is simply to follow us on Twitter, however, in case you missed some here’s a quick… read more

Friday Fresh Free Fonts #122

admin — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 20:50:32 +0000

A Short Introduction into Typography

admin — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 17:52:00 +0000

Due to the huge opportunities, sometimes, the online medium is more competitive than the “material reality” and, here, existing is equivalent to being professional. Freelance web designers but also specialized companies noticed this fact very quickly, doing their best to have an interesting and eye-catching online presence at the same… read more

The Do’s And Don’ts Of Infographic Design

admin — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:26:17 +0000

Since the dawn of the Internet, the demand for good design has continued to skyrocket. From Web 1.0 to Web 2.0 and beyond, designers have remained on their toes as they define the trends and expectations of our online universe. The Internet is a great designer’s playground, and online businesses… read more

A Collection of Beautiful, Free Fonts

admin — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 23:18:38 +0000

It’s fairly common knowledge that the choice of font you use can have a huge impact on the tone of the site you’re designing. A clean & professional serif might be at home on a site that takes itself seriously, while a quirky sans serif might be a better fit… read more

A Collection of Inspiring Blog Designs

admin — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:00:31 +0000

Since their inception, blogs have often had some of the most innovative, beautiful and creative designs in the web design community. This is perhaps because bloggers are naturally expressive individuals who enjoy visual and written expression.

Whatever the reason, blogs are always a great source of inspiration if you’re working on… read more

What’s new for web designers – Oct 2011

admin — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:58:46 +0000

The October edition of what’s new for web designers and developers includes new web apps, boilerplates, some JavaScript tools and resources, useful documents for working with clients, and a number of great new fonts.

Many of the resources below are free or very low cost, and are sure to be useful… read more

7 Essential JavaScript Typography Resources

admin — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 06:59:40 +0000

When you think of web typography, CSS instantly comes to mind. And that’s great, because CSS is the primary option when dealing with the style/visual layer of your website.

However, when you hit a roadblock with CSS, take it up a level by using JavaScript (JS).

Open source JavaScript libraries can help… read more

13 New Cool and Creative Fonts to Download

admin — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 10:57:39 +0000

13 New Cool and Creative Fonts to Download

20 Excellent List of Free Fonts Resources Site

admin — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 10:08:39 +0000

20 Excellent List of Free Fonts Resources Site

Most Influential Fonts in Graphic Design and Their History

admin — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 03:01:59 +0000

Most Influential Fonts in Graphic Design and Their History

Friday Fresh Free Fonts #121

admin — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 21:51:27 +0000

How to Create a Trendy Retro Type Treatment

admin — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 18:00:47 +0000

A few times a each month we revisit some of our reader’s favorite posts from throughout the history of Vectortuts+. This tutorial by Rype was first published on September 11th 2008.

In this Illustrator tutorial, I’ll show you how to create a trendy retro type treatment with a free font, gradients,… read more

16 Pixels: For Body Copy. Anything Less Is A Costly Mistake

admin — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 16:06:22 +0000

16 Pixels
For Body Copy. Anything Less Is
A Costly Mistake

I know what you’re thinking. “Did he just say 16 pixels? For body copy? Obnoxiously big! 12 pixels is ideal for most websites.”

I’d like to persuade you otherwise.

As usability expert Oliver Reichenstein says in “The 100% Easy-2-Read Standard”:

[16 pixels]… read more

30 Free Serif Fonts to Download

admin — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 10:55:19 +0000

30 Free Serif Fonts to Download

10 Online HTML5 Tools For Web Designers

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If you haven’t heard, HTML5 is taking the web by storm! It is currently being enhanced by experts to provide us Web Designers & Developers with awesome new revolutionary web page features!

HTML5 Background Information

For those of you who are new to HTML5, here is some quick… read more

Free Stuff: 210 Grunge Brushes from VectorPack.net – Comment to Win

admin — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 05:22:43 +0000

In honor of VectorPack.net‘s Mega Design Bundle 2, I’ve got 5 copies of 210 Grunge brushes to give away! For this contest, I get to give away part of the brushes from that bundle to 5 lucky winners. Make sure to read the rules, and good luck!

Contest Rules:

All you have… read more