On fonts
The question of what fonts I use came up recently. Now, I'm not that good at text, but there are some fonts that I get love from, so I thought I'd share those.
Three fonts I'd take with me to a desert island: Times New Roman, Tom's New Roman, and Violation.
The rest (and details) here.
Times New Roman -- yeah, it's boring, but it's still one of the best fonts to use when you don't want to distract people too much with flashy text. It's also almost always the font to use for tinytext.
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Untidy Italic Skrawl -- a light, casual font good for cute or humorous icons.
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Tom's New Roman -- a quirkier, more interesting version of Times New Roman that still manages not to be too distracting. One of my favorites and, along with Violation (see below), one of those fonts I use way too much. Despite its quirkiness, it works almost anywhere, even in serious icons. If you're strapped for space, though, you'll want to avoid it due to its slightly weird tracking (spacing).
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Genius of Crack -- another good "quirky" font, not nearly as versatile as Tom's New Roman but more distinctive. Also, I like the name, okay.
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Teen/Teen Light -- two variations on a good rounded print font. I don't use them that often, but I think the text comes out pretty decent when I do.
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Secret Code -- another rounded font which tends to produce a nice effect. It can be a bit troublesome with its thinness and its odd tracking, though, so I'm only just getting used to it.
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Century Gothic -- a nice rounded print font. I don't use it that often, but it comes out pretty well when I do.
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Violation -- a script font. One of my personal favorites; I use it entirely too often. It's a slightly messy but still very readable font that looks pretty without being distracting. It also makes for good tinyscript.
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ShelleyVolanteBT -- another script font that scores high for prettiness and readability, this one better for a more formal feel. Probably my second-favorite script font after Violation, although these days Swenson seems to be up there too.
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Miss Brooks -- a slightly cuter, more rounded script font that's good for a more low-key approach.
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Swenson -- another script font, more regular than Violation, more rounded than ShelleyVolanteBT, and not as cute as Miss.
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Scriptina -- probably the fanciest of the script fonts I use. Good if you really want something thin and elegant, but readability can sometimes be a problem.
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Three fonts I'd take with me to a desert island: Times New Roman, Tom's New Roman, and Violation.
The rest (and details) here.
Times New Roman -- yeah, it's boring, but it's still one of the best fonts to use when you don't want to distract people too much with flashy text. It's also almost always the font to use for tinytext.
Examples:
Untidy Italic Skrawl -- a light, casual font good for cute or humorous icons.
Examples:
Tom's New Roman -- a quirkier, more interesting version of Times New Roman that still manages not to be too distracting. One of my favorites and, along with Violation (see below), one of those fonts I use way too much. Despite its quirkiness, it works almost anywhere, even in serious icons. If you're strapped for space, though, you'll want to avoid it due to its slightly weird tracking (spacing).
Examples:
Genius of Crack -- another good "quirky" font, not nearly as versatile as Tom's New Roman but more distinctive. Also, I like the name, okay.
Examples:
Teen/Teen Light -- two variations on a good rounded print font. I don't use them that often, but I think the text comes out pretty decent when I do.
Examples:
Secret Code -- another rounded font which tends to produce a nice effect. It can be a bit troublesome with its thinness and its odd tracking, though, so I'm only just getting used to it.
Examples:
Century Gothic -- a nice rounded print font. I don't use it that often, but it comes out pretty well when I do.
Examples:
Violation -- a script font. One of my personal favorites; I use it entirely too often. It's a slightly messy but still very readable font that looks pretty without being distracting. It also makes for good tinyscript.
Examples:
ShelleyVolanteBT -- another script font that scores high for prettiness and readability, this one better for a more formal feel. Probably my second-favorite script font after Violation, although these days Swenson seems to be up there too.
Examples:
Miss Brooks -- a slightly cuter, more rounded script font that's good for a more low-key approach.
Examples:
Swenson -- another script font, more regular than Violation, more rounded than ShelleyVolanteBT, and not as cute as Miss.
Examples:
Scriptina -- probably the fanciest of the script fonts I use. Good if you really want something thin and elegant, but readability can sometimes be a problem.
Examples: