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Logo and identity designer Emanuele Abrate recently conducted a very curious experiment. He decided to recreate some of the most famous logos on earth–from Adidas to Red Bull–by replacing each brand name with the typeface used in each logo. Put down your Freight Sans Black frappuccino and ...

As she was walking down a street in Panjim in 2017, a shop sign caught the eye of Pooja Saxena, a typeface and graphic designer. The wooden sign, written in cursive Sans Serif font, was advertising Bentex watches and straps. It was the elaborately designed “B” with its multiple curves and an eye in the ...

Not Arial or Times New Roman, Indian streets are ruled by charming homegrown fonts. Typeface and graphic designer Pooja Saxena identifies interesting fonts on Indian streets and records them on Instagram. by Zinnia Ray Chaudhuri. Published Apr 22, 2018 · 11:30 am. Not Arial or Times New Roman, Indian streets are ...

Satya Rajpurohit cannot imagine a life without fonts. When he married his interest in Indian languages to his design expertise, ITF, a design firm redefining typography in Indian languages was born. Back in 2009, there were no type foundries specialising in Indian fonts. But ITF got its first big break in 2011 ...

Fonts finally have a special spot in Windows 10 Settings. I have been using Windows for years, and Fonts have been one of my favorite features to fiddle around with when using themes. We all love to have our own favorite font everywhere on Windows, and with Windows 10 v1803, Microsoft has made it ...

The handwriting of several late rock legends has been transformed into downloadable typefaces called Songwriters Fonts. The typefaces were developed from “original handwritten letters and notes” by the great singers of the past including Kurt Cobain, David Bowie, John Lennon, Leonard Cohen, and Serge Gainsbourg.

You know the logos, but do you know the fonts? That was the question that clearly obsessed Emanuele Abrate, an Italian graphic designer and educator. Logos are a passion for Abrate, an art director focused on identity design who also is managing partner for design site Grafigata! and a graphic design ...

Rock fans can now type documents in the style of some iconic rockers' handwriting. The handwriting of Kurt Cobain, David Bowie, John Lennon, Leonard Cohen and Serge Gainsbourg has been made into downloadable fonts available for free here. Created by Nicolas Damiens and Julien Sens, the fonts ...

“The Songwriters fonts have been created to give musicians inspiration,” the duo writes on SongwritersFonts.com. “Writing lyrics with the handwriting of influential songwriters helps imagination to develop. Being in the mood of Bowie, Cobain, Cohen, Gainsbourg, Lennon, might be purely imaginative … but ...

... which reflects the handwriting style of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain. Songwriters Fonts lets you channel rock stars of the past by downloading a program that lets you write in their script. Besides Kurt Cobain, there's also David Bowie and Leonard Cohen fonts, although musical inspiration not guaranteed.

Hollywood has long known this marketing trick, with movie studios strategically choosing fonts, colors and lighting for a film title that will reflect its tone and genre. And in a crowded marketplace, many mainstream consumer brands — like Southwest Airlines, Remax and Domino's Pizza — have placed more ...

It is here where display fonts are most important. They help us to convey information as well as a spirit, making the message complete at all levels. Let's say that you need to create a vintage-inspired logotype; try an old-timey font like Vhiena that includes seven styles to mix and match. Or maybe you were ...

You may have access to lots of different fonts these days, but safe to say that you don't have anything nearly as cool as Judas Priest's logo font. And while the band haven't made that available for general use, you can still get your name rendered to look like the legendary metal band's logo. Judas Priest ...

You may have access to lots of different fonts these days, but safe to say that you don't have anything nearly as cool as Judas Priest's logo font. And while the band haven't made that available for general use, you can still get your name rendered to look like the legendary metal band's logo. Judas Priest ...

Burnaware Technologies has released PDF Shaper Free 8.2, a major update to its freeware PDF toolkit for Windows users. PDF Shaper provides a series of tools for managing and optimizing PDF files, and is also available in Premium and Professional editions. It's the paid-for editions that get the most love ...

Wondering where to get handwritten script fonts or calligraphy fonts? We've compiled a list of the best places to find them. Most of these sources are free for personal use. If you're using the font for commercial purposes (such as graphics used for logos), you may need a commercial license to use them so ...

Fonts in Use took a stab at identifying all of the fonts used in the Srirachi bottle label, which breaks all design rules but still looks awesome. Both the packaging and ... Unfortunately my skills with recognizing fonts for Chinese text aren't good enough to identify those used on the label. Any insight is welcome.

Both the packaging and contents of tương ớt sriracha hot chili sauce bottles from Huy Fong Foods, Inc. have become condiment icons in recent decades. Sometimes referred to as “rooster sauce” because of the rooster on its label (the illustrator of which is unknown), the chili sauce features a chaotic jumble ...

Snapchat users now have the ability to change the text font on their snaps. The new feature, which was made available in the U.S. on Wednesday, is part of Snapchat's comprehensive makeover that has left users confused and irate, even resulting in a petition to reverse the changes. Thankfully, the ...

SNAPCHAT has rolled out an update of the app, including the option to use different fonts on your photo or video captions. But what are the new font and caption styles and how do you use them? The new font options will really make your photos and videos pop. Snapchat. The new font options will really ...

Guys, we know you're upset. But Snapchat is trying to do a good thing here. In an effort to tailor the social media app toward personal connections, Snapchat underwent a pretty major update. Users aren't particularly happy with the changes, but we're all going to have to come around to them eventually.

As you probably noticed, Instagram has been releasing a lot of updates lately, and while none of them address everyone's biggest frustration with the app (bring back chronological order!), they certainly are fun to play around with. The best change in the past few weeks has to be the new fonts available in ...

Users were quick to take to Twitter hailing the arrival, furiously questioning when they would get the update if they hadn't already, and noting how certain fonts, like the cursive script of "neon", added character to their Stories. "Instagram's new font features make my fangirling look real aesthetic," one woman ...

In more lighthearted fare, Snapchat confirms it's starting to roll out new text styles just a week after Instagram added its new “Type Mode” with modern, signature, typewriter and billboard fonts. They're coming as part of the big redesign that's currently reached the U.K., Australia and Canada, but that a wider ...

From poet Cleo Wade to The Good Quote, Instagram users have long proven that text-only posts have a place on the platform. A picture may be worth a thousand words, but sometimes, you just want some really cool fonts to get your point across. Now, Instagram is making that possible: With the launch of ...

Nicolas Damiens and Julien Sans thought it would be cool to offer inspiring fonts based on the scrawl of some of their favorite recording artists like Bowie, Lennon, and Cobain, whose handwriting appears on the cool cover of his published journals (above). IP lawyers put the kibosh on their ...

Unless you're a dedicated design geek, you probably can't recognize the fonts used in the logos of some of the most recognizable companies in the world—even if you see them every day. Enter graphic designer Emanuele Abrate, whose latest project, Logofonts, illuminates the favorite fonts of the brands ...

Choosing the fonts to use for your business and marketing materials is a very important part of your design plan. There are several different situations where you're going to have to pick fonts for specific projects. Each of these different formats has its own set of considerations. Overall, you'll want to keep ...

Out of the box, Google Docs does have some decent fonts, but the selection is quite limited. What if you could add more, a lot more? If you're like me, the idea of more fonts is appealing on numerous levels. But this is Google Docs. It's not like you can just install new fonts for your operating system and have ...

Microsoft announced in January that Windows 10 users will now be able to download fonts from the Microsoft Store. Windows Insiders who are on Windows 10 Redstone 4 17040 or later can install these font packages from the company's Store. The software giant also brought the ability for Insiders to ...