When it comes to fonts you can go wrong really fast. This is probably the most important thing when hiring a designer. Choosing one who has the refinement in typography is how you separate the good designers from the bad, or the people who are designing their own logo from the people who hire out. So, I want to give you a few tips and some good freebies for you to mess around with on our own.

TIP 1: MIXING FONTS

When mixing fonts it is important to use two fonts that are very different. When you use two that are too similar like two san-serif fonts (Arial and Gothom), it will look off and unbalanced. I usually suggest doing a san-serif mixed with a fun script or a dramatic serif font (Gotham and Magnel). If you do want to mix two san-serif fonts use one that is condensed and one that is round or extened as well as change up the font weights. You can also use the same font and just change the weight and size, and maybe even consider italicizing.

TIP 2: SIZE MATTERS

When mixing fonts, its important to use variations in size. Usually (as per tip 1), the dramatic font is larger like the main word of the business and then the simple font is much smaller used below for a subline of some kind. The variations in size bring interest and focus as to what is most important on your design. If you are making a for sale sign, you would put those words biggest in the specialty font and then the rest of your sale information below in smaller text and usually a different complimentary font.

TIP 3: THE THING ABOUT FREE FONTS

There are several sites that offer free fonts. It is easy to get really excited and start downloading all of them because they are FREEE! and who doesn’t love free? But most of them are crap. Seriously crappy ugly fonts that if used, will make your ad, flyer, logo or whatever look terrible. In the sea of ugly free fonts, there are some gems that generally look good in most uses. Be careful as to what you download. Don’t fill your fontbook with tons of crap because you just might use a nasty one and that would be horrible.

All of these fonts were found at dafont.com

Those are all of my tips for now. Let me know what other free stuff you want to see. Thanks!

COMBO 1:Moon Tahu    COMBO 2:Cocogoose  halimun   COMBO 3: Wanderlust The light font

XOXOXO

Kirsten

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Didot  |  edition |  Vanity  |  Fine Style  |  Bodoniflf  |  glamor  | red velvet | pistilli roman

MUSIC INSPIRATION: Hello Friday ~ Jason Derulo, look Flo Rida

8 Free fashion fonts for this awesome Friday! I am starting to get back into fashion after my 3 year hiatus and its really fun. These are some cool fonts that can make any print or design you are using clean and modern with a touch of fashion. If you notice, all the fashion magazines and designers use similar fonts which is probably why these type of serif fonts are branded toward the fashion industry. Generations have been looking at them and now they are engrained into our brains as fashion fonts although many of them derived from fonts like Bodoni designed for books and newspapers. Well I hope you enjoy!

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If you are like me, healing store you want a variety of fonts when doing a project for Valentines day. I have made up a list of fonts that would be perfect for any crafted valentine this year and they are all free! Bonus!

MUSIC INSPIRATION: I love you ~ Woodkid

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I wanted my theme to be inspirational since it is suicide prevention month and I have had some friends pass this summer from suicide. Depression and low self-esteem is a terrible disease. Everyone catches it on occasion and for some, prostate purchase it never goes away. My wish is that people can somehow understand how important they are and have a knowledge of Gods love for them individually.

MUSIC INSPIRATION: Let Me Love ~ ARCHIS

Le Havre | Jane Austen | Oliver Regular | Basic Title Font | Luna

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Who doesn’t love free fonts??? I have found some really amazing one in the last few days and thought I would share.

angel face | sunn | besom | sweet pea | springtime | umbrella script

MUSIC INSPIRATION: Tightropes ~ Robyn Sherwell

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Ok so I have been finding some amazing new free fonts. I used to be very picky about the fonts I used, and I only used a few perfectly designed fonts (which I still use when I am designing for serious) but I love to be funky and try new things with my blog and new scripty fonts fulfill that bit of wildness for me. Ha ha, yes playing with fonts is fun to me. I have five fun ones for you to try with a playlist that goes along. Enjoy these beauties. xoxo

haiku’s script / alley cat / tamoro script / cheddar jack / manus

MUSIC PLAYLIST:

Chandelier ~ Sia

Counting ~ Autre Ne Veut

Capital Cities – Stayin Alive

How did we get here ~ODESZA

Shower ~ Becky G

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I have been finding a lot of fun free fonts lately and thought I would share them with you. The scripty old school type is really in and it reminds me of retro summer vacations so I found a bunch of songs that explained exactly the feeling these fonts give me. From The Beach Boys to Madonna they are vintage classics and I added a cover by Jack Johnson to help give it a touch of modernism. The first word is a link to the song and the second is the free font. Enjoy  making fun things with these this summer!

Copacabana: Antrokas / San Pedro: Halo Handletter / Kokomo: Honey Script / Bangkok: Blackjack / Pina Colada : Mission Script

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