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I don’t know if we know anyone else quite like Missy… Typographer, romance novelist, comedian, graphic designer, avid Jeopardy enthusiast (and contestant), cat lady, gamer… the list could go on. Missy is so talented across a wide variety of art. She is one of those people that seem like she is good at everything she… Continue Reading ›
Over and over we see new designers struggle with Font Spacing. It’s common for someone to invest time in finding just the right font, but once they do, don’t spend much time tailoring that font to their design. Understanding all the options available in highly functional fonts will take your typography to the next level. However, the first adjustment can be done with any ttf or otf font available. Adjusting letter spacing in a project takes little time and can make a drastic impact on the readability and feel of the words in your project. Continue Reading ›
History About 4 or 5 years ago I helped start a small group of designers who work together while remaining completely independent, which we now call the MakersType Designer Community. This has been a fantastic addition to our workflow and confidence. Having a group of people we can ask for help, bounce ideas off of,… Continue Reading ›
Looking for some great Fall fonts that are free to download? Here are 10 great options for your designs for Autumn 2021. What makes a good fall font? It’s important to remember that there is not really anything that is a “fall font”. The most important thing is to pick out something that goes with… Continue Reading ›
Collaboration Fonts From time to time designers will work together on a single font or group of fonts. This can be fun, and help designers learn from each other. Until now, this has been difficult to handle on distribution sites. Typically one designer or the other has to share the font, sometimes renaming it for… Continue Reading ›
So you have a style of font in mind and you have a trusted source to choose from, now it’s time to make sure your font will meet all of your project’s needs. One thing to check for is that you are selecting Highly Functional Fonts. Not all fonts are created equal. Just because it… Continue Reading ›
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 ›
Here is a quick cheat sheet for you to help find great Valentines Fonts for 2022. This list features 5 great symbol fonts for all of your hearts, lip prints, and banners that you might want vector forms of, as well as 13 assorted fonts that could work great for your project. Symbol Fonts (Dingbats)… Continue Reading ›
Our next Featured Designer is Misti Hammers from Misti’s Fonts. For over eight years, Misti has been producing an extremely wide range of high quality fonts. From cute and casual scripts like “I Love Glitter”, to the recognizable anywhere whimsical calligraphy “Watermelon Script”, to fun and useful dingbats like her new “Kiss Kiss” lipstick print… Continue Reading ›
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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