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Alex

Technical lead at WhatFontIs since 2010 with a (healthy?) obsession for fonts.

Typography Rules You Should Know as a Designer

Graphic design typography, however, comes with a clear set of typography rules. No matter how good you think you are or how inexperienced you are, it’s never a waste of time to remember the typography rules because they transform your creativity into an effective design.

Typography mistakes that designers should avoid

Carefully-tailored typography that harmoniously blends with all the elements of your design may be overlooked or may not even be appreciated sufficiently. On the other hand, typography mistakes will stand out glaringly and will weigh down your overall design.

How to find a cursive font you’ve seen in a design

The world of the best cursive fonts is sophisticated and intimidating if you are a beginner. What is more, one of the most asked questions in a designers’ community is: How to find a cursive font you’ve seen in a design?

Learning the basics of kerning

What is kerning? What does kerning mean? Kerning is a typography process that allows designers to make the required adjustment of the spacing between letters or characters to avoid those off-looking clumsy gaps and ultimately improve readability.

Graphic design books to read this year

With numerous new graphic design books being published, it can be hard to know which ones to purchase or not.  We have taken the guesswork out of it for you.

Color theory: what you need to know as a designer

What is color theory? The most important and subjective thing about design is color. A color will arouse different reactions from different people. This is due to culture, association, or personal preference.

How to install a font you downloaded from the internet

So, you download a font from the internet and you want to use it in your projects. But do you know how to install a font on your local system? There are plenty of apps, such as Word or Excel, that automatically install fonts when you install them. You can often use these fonts with any other app on …

Make your own font: A guide on how to create a font

Ever wanted to make your own font? When you consider packages such as Typekit and Google Fonts, you will find there are practically limitless options for choosing the correct font for your project. However, you’re still choosing something that another person has created. There are plenty of things t…

Font pairing: Combinations of fonts that go together

Any graphic designer will tell you that it’s a pretty difficult task to find a font pairing that won’t fight each other for attention and will harmonize without looking dull and boring. The rule most designers go by is “concord or contrast, but don’t conflict”. Even though you might think font pairi…