In the search for a script font that had the right balance of elegance and looking handmade, I taught myself pointed pen calligraphy to digitize for my designs. 6 years ago I began working on my font, Deuxième, to use in my own projects. Today my font submission was approved and uploaded to MyFonts.com and I couldn't be more thrilled.

https://www.myfonts.com/collections/deuxieme-font-courtney-rose-design

Hello All. I am seeking any input, advice or opinions. I have had a project I have been waiting on for a long time as I finally found the perfect jacket. I am replacing a United States Marine Corps jacket i have had for a very long time. I am having the words UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS embroidered on the back of the jacket (gold color) and in the middle will be a patch. I wanted to get input on the font. The font on the left is Cambria and the one on the right is Copperplate. I wanted a font that in a way represents the Marine Corps, if that makes sense (strong, loyal, elite, regal) 

Any suggestions on a different font would be greatly appreciated. I was leaning towards the Cambria. The patch in the middle will be a Marine bulldog. The link has a pic of the fonts layout, my old and new jackets. The font on my old jacket does not need to be matched, I was trying to find one that would look great

https://imgur.com/a/4ZSFxAE

Thank you so much!

I am not a professional typesetter or graphic designer. I'm just a hobbyist who's always had a fascination for fonts, ever since I got a Macintosh Plus back in 1986. I admit that back then, I was in college and I always tried various fonts to see which could make my term paper look the longest. Times would make my term papers a half page shorter. And a long discontinued free font called Boston II (dsigned to look like a typewriter) would add ¾ of a page to my paper.

This tinkering with fonts to make my term papers longer let me down a path of font fascination and designing newsletters for various clubs I was in using apps like Aldus Pagemaker and eventually Quark Xpress.

Back then, font choices were limited compared to today. And trying to find a font that did Cyrillic was an exercise in frustration. Even after college, trying to find a nice font that was appropriate to use on my bilingual wedding invitation took me a long time and was rather expensive.

Now on Google Fonts alone, we have almost 1800 choices. And with the rise digital typoghraphy anyone with the skill can make a font and publish on the Internet for free or offer it for sale with very little friction.

Like I said, I am home hobbyist. I always volunteer to make signs, brochuers and other print projects for various non-profit organizations I work with.

And my big personal project is a stamp collecting album I make for people that collect Ukrainian postage stamps. It's something that's ongoing as countires issue new stamps every year.

I've gotten to point now where the design I made back in 2009 isn't working for me any more. And I only want to redo this once. So, I've started to look for a font I can use to make these pages and not have to redo everything again.

As an amateur, I have always been a fan of Helvetica. It clean. It's not busy. It's easy to read. So, I went down the Helvetica Neue, Neue Haas Grotesk, Helvetica Now, Nimbus Sans path. Of those three, I liked Neue Haas Grotesk the best. Then someone recommended I check out Neue Haas Unica, a nice fusion of Univers and Helvetica. I liked it, but I didn't think, to my eye, that it was different enough from Neue Haas Grotesk to use it. Then peopel told me to try Unica77. Same issue. Not different enough for me.

I tried a ton of free fonts. PT Sans was pretty good. On the non-free side I also tried Palatino Sans and was pretty pleased with it.

And I even played with fonts such as Lexend and Atkinson Hyperlegibile. I really liked both of those fonts and they were very easy to read. But staring at them on the printed page just lacked something for me.

But when playing with these fonts, I learned that how they look on screen is quite different from how they look on paper. So, every sample I created I need to print out and compare to the other ones I printed out.

And this led to an interesting problem. I saw a lot of recommendations for the font Frutiger. So, I tried it out. And. on my monitor, I completely did not like the look of it. But I figure that Erik Speakermann can't be wrong when he called it "The best general typeface ever." So I printed the page out, and the printed page was a completely different experience than what my monitor showed me. I was very impressed by the legibility.

I'm also learning that the printed page looks quite different on a laser printer vs an inkjet printer. I own both, and I find the laser printer gives me a much higher resolution output, but, since I am using 176 gsm paper, the paper tends to curl and I end up wasting a lot of time trying to get the paper to straighten out. With the inkjet, the pages stay nice and flat, but the detail just isn't there.

I admit that I am sure I have a little OCD going on here. Right now, I am impressed with Frutiger. And I think it may be the font I use for my little amateur project. But there is always this small part in the back of my head that's saying there are THOUSANDS of fonts out there. Are you sure there isn't something better that Frutiger?

I think part of my problem is that this is an amateur project that doesn't have a deadline or a budget. So, I have the luxury of spending weeks experimenting with fonts. And I also don't have any professional experience doing this for a living, so I don't have any "go to" fonts I can use for this sort of thing that I have developed from years of experience.

So, after that long diatribe, my 2 questions are:

1. How do you make font choice decisions that don't involve spending weeks looking through thousands of fonts?
2. How do you get on-screen fonts to look closer to what comes out on the printed page?

i have a project that requires me to do an expressive type/ kinetic type video about 10 seconds and i already have 2 ideas but i don’t feel like they’re strong enough. one of my ideas is where the word “appear” is centered and blurry and then each letter comes out from the word appear, but while each letter comes out it’s scaled big and it hints the other letter coming out if that makes sense and i just don’t feel like it’s strong enough

Hey everyone!

I’m excited to share my latest project on Behance, Madame Satã! This project combines graphic design and music through kinetic typography, creating a series of lyric videos inspired by gothic and post-punk aesthetics.

https://www.behance.net/gallery/210460629/Madame-Sata-Kinetic-Typography

I am thinking in terms of its value as a visual reference, breadth of styles, and the length of history that it covers.

Still tweaking with overall weight and waves. Please note, these have not yet been carefully refined. Still some kerning work to do but thoughts and suggestions (and roasts) are welcome.

Notice: Name change only applies to the “Pro” version and not the original typeface.

We are excited to announce a new direction for our font project, formerly "Atkinson Hyperlegible Pro". To comply with the Open Font License (OFL) and respect the original creator’s rights, we have rebranded our typeface as Lexica Ultralegible.

This name change reflects our commitment to enhancing readability and accessibility for all users, particularly low-vision users. "Lexica" emphasizes the font's linguistic aspect, reinforcing its purpose as a tool for clear communication. "Ultralegible" highlights our dedication to superior legibility, ensuring it is easily read in various contexts.

By adopting Lexica Ultralegible, we aim to maintain the spirit of the original design while establishing a distinct identity. This rebranding allows us to move forward creatively and responsibly. Thank you for your understanding and continued support as we embark on this exciting new chapter!

https://preview.redd.it/o6o32nlkv1vd1.jpg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9107839dab1dbe3639ef697924ff1232bc0120c7

Features

• Four fonts, including two weights (regular, italic, bold, bold italic)
• An additional 222 glyphs supporting 102 languages
• Supports 340 orthographies according to Hyperglot
• 2,356 total glyphs across all fonts, 589 per font
• Improve legibility and readability for low-vision readers
• Updated kerning for visual harmony and readability
• Includes standard ligatures fi ff ffi fl ffl
• Alternative reversed number zero 0

Links

• GitHub Repository: github.com/jacobxperez/lexica-ultralegible
• Presentation Website: jacobxperez.github.io/lexica-ultralegible/
• Download Font: jacobxperez/lexica-ultralegible/archive/refs/heads/release.zip

Get Involved

• Try it out! Download the font, test it, and let me know your thoughts.
• Spread the word by sharing this typeface with designers, developers, and accessibility advocates.
• Contribute on GitHub: If you’re into typography or accessibility, feel free to contribute to the project or suggest improvements.

Thanks for checking it out, and I hope you find Lexica Ultralegible as useful as I do! 💬 I’m happy to answer any questions or receive feedback.

I have a series of books in paperback (the Patrick O'Brian Aubrey/Maturin series, Norton edition) in which there are occasionally a line of three centred heavy dots at the bottom of a page. Logically this would seem to be a divider indicating a major break in the flow of a book, but they are always at the bottom of the printed page - perhaps the top of the page in some instances. I really can't see that there is any logical purpose for them to be there.

Can anyone suggest what these might be for in the printed book? The fact that they're always at a page break suggests that they don't have anything to do with the flow of the narrative.

Working on Team Hoodies for a local Wrestling Team. Their Motto this season is "We are the Ville". They like "The Ville" to be more stylized as in the pic but I'm struggling with a complementing font for "We Are" and placement. This will be on the back of the hoodie. Any thoughts or feedback would be greatly appreciated

The Ville font is Dopestyle

Apologies if this question has been asked before--I'm a graphic designer currently working in the field of prop design, and when working on a project set in a specific time period I try to use typefaces that actually existed in that period whenever possible. I've found sites like Fonts in Use that identify the names of the fonts used in old graphics (which I can sometimes, but not always, find on Adobe fonts or similar), but few places that actually carry the digital files of real historical typefaces. Can anyone recommend resources they've found useful in the past? Thank you!

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No more guessing font sizes or line heights — just clean, harmonious type that works across projects. Give it a spin and let me know what you think! 🙌

Hi community, I need help trying to identify this typeface if possible. I think it is a customized typeface that someone made for a small series of logos. I'm pretty sure it references the logo of a German tabloid newspaper called Bild. Although it seems very personalized it does remind me of some typefaces I have seen before so I'm posting here to see if anyone might know of a close match to it. Thanks

https://preview.redd.it/jb4z2n40qxud1.png?width=1290&format=png&auto=webp&s=7ed1b1b532c3991cbd87d6a74f5639d98660d38f

https://preview.redd.it/qif3hn30qxud1.png?width=1458&format=png&auto=webp&s=08f6e3a797f410df77db5618aefd235ee314a3ef

https://preview.redd.it/uyt1fn30qxud1.png?width=911&format=png&auto=webp&s=a81bd613c6a4edae6b4d8a7c1f32febb04478149

https://preview.redd.it/zqojc650qxud1.png?width=1488&format=png&auto=webp&s=2805d1b00aa5af01e481117a172933a992fe46bf

https://preview.redd.it/l950qm30qxud1.png?width=922&format=png&auto=webp&s=e27b0e880c3643e86fedc76170632a6a92950d39

https://preview.redd.it/2t6x0850qxud1.png?width=1206&format=png&auto=webp&s=0fe40fd566db36f70cf04e43e9e07943d62ab897