An Urban Take on Free Font Friday
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As the handcrafted artisanal look gives way to a more modern approach, designers are reaching for fresh fonts that look modern, without looking stark. And that’s why we really like these two fonts. First up is Axis, created by Brazilian-based...
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Keepin it Clean and Simple for Free Font Friday
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A hallmark of great design is often what we don’t include. Sometimes, the piece you are creating begs for a simple treatment, without sacrificing an ounce of style. If you’ve been looking for some fonts that can deliver that clean,...
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Print vs. Digital: How We Really Consume Our Magazines – 2017 edition
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UPDATED 2017 STATISTICS 9/29/17  Freeport Press promoted a 14-question survey (added 7 questions vs. 2016 edition) to a variety of magazine readers in the North America - demographics chart below. The survey was open for 3 days in September 2017...
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Going Gaga for Free Font Gogoia
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One look and you’re transported to the world of Ingrid Berman and Cary Grant’s version of Brazil, ala Hitchcock’s classic film Notorious. Gogoia is tall display typeface in all uppercase letters inspired by Brazilian culture. The free font includes a regular...
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This Week, a Free transmogrified Font
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Who doesn’t love a great transmogrification? Especially when it results in a beautiful new typeface. Newslab was created by combining three typefaces — Andes, Sánchez and Roble – into one stunning new iteration. Whether in black, extra-bold, light or thin,...
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Sleek and Gritty for Free Font Friday
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Korneuburg Slab is gritty, quirky and a great paragraph font. Designer Flö Rastbichler took inspiration from the beautiful city of Korneuburg in Lower Austria and created this masterpiece, reminiscent of the multiple arches in Korneuburg’s architecture. Download it at Behance. While we’re talking...
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Free Font Fridays with an Old West Twist
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Both of this week’s free fonts would look at home in a John Wayne movie poster. Pony up and get ‘em now. We love a good throwback, and this week’s font choices both have a bit of the Wild, Wild...
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Catch this NYC Type Exhibit this Summer
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Oh wow, have we got a treat for our East Coast typography fans. The New York Times Magazine has put together an exhibit of outstanding typographic examples at the Type Directors Club in NYC. It runs through September 5, according...
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Great Band Name, or Awesome Font?
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Atletico Foglihten just might be the best band you never heard of…or not. We like fonts so much around here we get a little punchy about it. Take this week’s offerings, for example. You gotta admit both of these fonts...
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Trysting the Night Away on Free Font Friday
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Can a typeface have split personalities? Any good font geek will tell you they sure can. But it’s not always obvious on first glance. Take Tryst, a transitional, highly readable serif font designed by Philatype. The way it’s been designed...
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