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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 ›
Working with Ascenders and Descenders This font pairing guide looks to help everyone focus on the space above and below the fonts, known as “line spacing”. We will for sure go over line spacing a few times, so this one is just focused on paying attention to a font’s ascenders & descenders. Specifically we are… Continue Reading ›
Måns Grebäck sets the bar for what it means to be an independent type designer. With over a 100 millions downloads, his work is art in the form of letters. You have seen his fonts everywhere, used by companies like Disney, Sony, McDonald’s, L’Oréal and many, many more. When not making fonts, Måns also enjoys… Continue Reading ›
Brittney never checks her email. Like … ever. Most of the time she has several message notifications in her Facebook account. Texts… nope! Just talking to people in general terrifies her. Continue Reading ›
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 ›
What is the difference between Personal vs Commercial Use? One of the most common questions we get asked as independent design foundries is “Do I need a license for this use”? Knowing the differences between Personal vs Commercial Use can be tricky at first, but by the end of this article, we hope you will… Continue Reading ›
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 ›
Kimberly Geswein (also known as KG fonts) is the Queen of handwritten fonts. You have seen her work on … everything. From Skittles to Ariana Grande’s “My Everything”, her work has become iconic and inspiring to those of us in the font design community. More than just her work, Kimberly as a person is inspirational.… Continue Reading ›
Understanding Font Licensing As an imperfect summary, Font Licensing is broken down to where the font is installed/located at. If it is installed/located in multiple places, you will most likely need multiple licenses. **It is sometimes helpful (but not always) to think of font licensing as similar to software licensing.** Donation Based Some designers just… Continue Reading ›