I'm Rae. I make fonts & blog. I reside in a city on a lake but spend most of my time living in my head.
take a little trip to the land of sun and sand with Waikiki Doodles. 30 resort drawings that can be used for Waikiki and other warm weather destinations. From generic tourist icons like palm trees and a camera to the specific like Diamond Head and hula dancer. 29 drawings and the word Aloha lettered in script.
from time to time I am asked what is kerning?
The term kerning refers to adjusting the space between two letters. If letters in a typeface are spaced too uniformly, they make a pattern that doesn’t look uniform enough. Gaps occur, for example, around letters whose forms angle outward or frame an open space (W, Y, V, T, L). In metal type, a kerned letter extends past the lead slug that supports it, allowing two letters to sit more closely together. In the digital typefaces used today, the space between letters is controlled by a table of kerning pairs, which specify spaces between different letter combinations. Because the space between characters expands as the type size increases, designers often fine-tune letterspacing when working with large letters. As the word “rub†gets bigger, the gap between u and b grows more obvious.
When I make an alphabet font I spend a lot of time kerning the font. It is tedious but necessary work.
Go to http://type.method.ac/ and try your hand at kerning.
(Thanks Paul!)
Poor, poor Comic Sans. The butt of all type jokes. Here is a cute site to help with your addiction if you are an avid user.
I LOVEÂ this new style that Nancy developed for this month's new font Vibrant Women. A totally less is more drawing style. This is a great clip art font that has many uses. Simple, elegant, classic.
And I've been saving Diva Doodles Too to go with her font. If you still need even more womanly graphics take a look at Diva Doodles. To get Diva Doodles Too for free use the download link on the right. Enjoy!
fonts.com has a great article on their site "Confusing (and Frequently Misused) Type Terminology, Part 1" by Ilene Strizver. I know I am looking forward to Part 2.
Nancy's as yet unnamed Women font will hopefully be for sale by the end of next week.
Waikiki Doodles is just started. If there is something you need in that font leave a comment... It will be a resort font with palm trees and thatched huts, surfboards and kayaks.
Reading and Writing Doodles is mostly still in my head. But I like to think about one font while working on another. Again, if there is something you need just let me know.
Have a great weekend. If you live in Madison remember that tonight is Gallery Night. That is always fun.
15 frames... to use in lots of different ways. Candy labels...
or spice labels. Most of these are square or square ish. Lots is similarities and lots of variation. Lots of good mix and match.
And 17 banners. I always hate to stop in the middle of a job and draw one.
Check out Frames and Banners to see the full collection.
And don't miss this months FREE Font Hearts and Swirls Too. The download link is on the right. Enjoy!
i want to make some script fonts... I have one I keep starting and stopping on. I thought that this book may prove to be an inspiration. Yummy book which breaks down the samples into French, British, German, Italian and American scripts. More info below.
I'm Rae. I make fonts and blog. I reside in a city on a lake but spend most of the time living in my head.
