For a lot of people, college is one of the best years of their life. From clubs, friends, to parties, and classes: as they say, time flies by when you’re having fun. Whether it’s community college or at a university,…
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Need a little help in deciding which fonts to add to your design arsenal? Check out these roundups for the best fonts from various categories.
For a lot of people, college is one of the best years of their life. From clubs, friends, to parties, and classes: as they say, time flies by when you’re having fun. Whether it’s community college or at a university,…
Read MoreFrom poodle skirts, Elvis Presley, to jukeboxes, and drive-in movies – these are just a few of the icons from the ‘Roaring 50s’. It was during this time, between 1946 and 1960 that it seemed like there would be a…
Read MoreArchitecture isn’t just about designing buildings. It’s often a long – and sometimes frustrating – process of creating structures that are not only aesthetically pleasing, but also useful. A good number of buildings in fact, have gone down in history,…
Read MoreGoing on a cross-country road trip is bound to take you through one of North America’s four major deserts. There’s the Mohave, Great Basin, Chihuahuan, and Sonoran. Deserts aren’t just dunes of sand like you see in the Sahara. It…
Read MoreWhen it comes to creating or evoking a certain theme, sometimes, less is more. Maybe use colors, an illustration or two, and of course, the right typeface. Cowboy and nautical concepts for example, can look tacky if overdone. Putting together…
Read MoreWho says you can’t say it all using the right typeface? For decades, the greatest of creatives would even design their own to help get the correct messages across. There’s clean and condensed for the practical-minded, and big and bold…
Read MoreDesign has the power to evoke all kinds of emotions on a subconscious level. That’s why it’s important to carefully think about the images, color, and font that you want for your project. Posters for instance, are meant to be…
Read MoreWhether it’s the wind in your hair or simply a change in scenery, people have been on the move since forever. From race tracks to plane flights, there’s this feeling of wanting to break limits. Humans are particularly creative. If…
Read MoreJust like pictures, typography can evoke certain feelings or call to mind images. Narrow condensed fonts for instance, can remind you of serious notes. Meanwhile, chubby, irregular characters can convey playfulness, warmth, or the essence of childhood. It all depends…
Read MoreAlso known as the ‘American frontier’, the great Wild West is best remembered today for its host of gunslingers, cowboys, and outlaws. But this golden era has much more to offer than shootouts. It was during this period that historic…
Read MoreSlab typefaces became popular around the 19th century, right when advertising boomed as well. Often called sans serifs or added serifs, these are structured and were meant to draw in attention. You’d usually see these plastered on posters and as…
Read MoreDid you know that flowering plants only began taking root in our world 130 million years ago? That’s fairly new, considering ferns and trees have been around far longer than that. Still, the way they have changed our surroundings and…
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