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Typography Mistakes to Avoid

Typography Mistakes to Avoid

Typography Mistakes to Avoid! One of the most important elements of design is typography. There are so many important components that go into creating typography that people will read and remember. Here’s an ocreations official typography checklist of rookie mistakes to avoid to take your typography skills to the next level! Use this checklist when proofing your design to clean it up and make it top-notch! Tracking & Kerning Sure, our design programs allow us to customize the copy in [...]

By Laura Smith|2019-10-10T08:27:20-04:00October 10th, 2019|

FONT LICENSING: THE DMV OF THE DESIGN WORLD

FONT LICENSING: THE DMV OF THE DESIGN WORLD

Font Licensing: The DMV of the Design World Working with fonts is an everyday occurrence for designers. Working with good, new fonts can be tricky. Font websites throw around words like commercial use, personal use, open source - what does it all mean? It’s best to know what these words mean before you use a font. There are a lot of legalities around font usage, so it’s important to be well-informed in the world of fonts. So, we took [...]

By Laura Smith|2019-03-15T06:11:18-04:00January 25th, 2019|

CREATING YOUR OWN CUSTOM FONT: PART 2

CREATING YOUR OWN CUSTOM FONT: PART 2

CREATING YOUR OWN CUSTOM FONT: PART 2 Now that you’ve gone through the design process of creating your font characters, it’s time to make them fully functioning fonts! There are a few different sources you can use to finalize your fonts… FONTSELF Fontself is a purchasable software that works seamlessly with Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop. Once you download and install the script, Fontself becomes an extension of Adobe Illustrator and/or Photoshop (depending on which package you purchase). [...]

By Laura Smith|2019-03-15T06:11:20-04:00September 7th, 2018|

CREATING YOUR OWN CUSTOM FONT: PART 1

CREATING YOUR OWN CUSTOM FONT: PART 1

CREATING YOUR OWN CUSTOM FONT: PART 1 Ever wonder how designers make custom fonts, or ever dreamed of making your own font? You’ve come to the right place! Our tutorial is in-depth, so we’ve broken it into two separate blogs. 1.START ON PAPER Like any other creative project, it’s always best to generate ideas by starting from scratch with a pencil and a blank sheet of paper. Sketch out different variations of letters, see how letters look next [...]

By Laura Smith|2019-03-15T06:11:20-04:00August 24th, 2018|

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