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Reputable Font Sites

Choosing The Right Font: Reputable Font Sites

When choosing fonts for your next project, making sure you find them from reputable font sites will help you, the project designer, your client, and the font designer. I will admit it… I wasn’t always this way. At one point in time, I was naïve enough to believe that picking the right font was easy… Continue Reading ›

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OpenType Features: Alternates

I love fonts. I suppose that’s a bit obvious. I did choose to make them for a living. I especially like fonts that are imperfect- ones that are rather quirky, whimsical or organic. Again, probably not a surprise if you take a look at my catalog. But what if I told you that my favorite… Continue Reading ›

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20 Great Christmas Fonts 2020

Presenting MakersType’s 2020 lineup of our best Christmas Fonts. These will all work great in your holiday cards, winter graphic design projects, and help give any crafts an instant feeling of happy cheer. Let us know which ones you like and share with us on social media pictures of how you have used them. 1.… Continue Reading ›

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Font Pairing Guide | Font Families

Our Font Pairing Guides are here to help you quickly find a few suggestions of fonts to pair, while at the same time trying to help you understand the reason they might work together, so that in the future you can find pairs on your own. Font families can be a subtle way to accent… Continue Reading ›

Installing Fonts On Windows 10

Installing Fonts on Windows 10

Installing Fonts on Windows 10 The moment I discovered there were fonts that existed outside of what just comes on your computer was an almost spiritual moment for me. At some point when we are more comfortable with one another, I will share with you how I used Papyrus on my wedding invitations, because that… Continue Reading ›