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Choice of Fonts for Emails 

There’s an interesting article at the Wichite State University website that deals with how a font choice in your email can change your recipient’s perception of your email. A sample email message was presented in three fonts (Calibri, Comic Sans, and Gigi). The three chosen fonts represented a high, medium, and low level of congruency for email messages. Read the rest of this entry »


Old English Fonts 

Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Ye Olde Publication needs some help.

An Old English font is the perfect choice for advertisements, invitations, newsletters, flyers, greeting cards and any publication that demands a formal, hand-lettered, or engraved look. No other font quite compares to the distinguished look of the Old English font. In fact, the historic charm of this style has made it one of the most popularly searched for fonts on the internet. Read the rest of this entry »


Graffiti Fonts 

One of the most popular font categories on this website is Graffiti Fonts, but what exactly is a graffiti? The word Graffiti is actually the plural of Graffito which means a drawing or inscription made on a wall or other surface, usually meant to be seen by the public. Read the rest of this entry »


A Few Common Font Types 

Fonts, typefaces, just what are they? A font is a set of characters including both letters and numbers, in a particular size and style of type. Letters and characters have different looks and a font face or typeface is the name given to describe the particular typesetting. Read the rest of this entry »


Funky Fonts: Just Because You Can, Should You? 

Most word processors, web page editors and templates come loaded with fonts. In addition, fonts can be downloaded all over the net for little to no cost. It’s tempting to use them all, but should you? Read the rest of this entry »