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Font Collections / 7 Jul 2022

Cursive vs. Script Typography: Which Is Better?

Typography is an art form with a rich history. If you ask any experienced designer, they’ll agree with you immediately that typography is much more than just font pairing and choosing good-looking typefaces.

Much like picking the right colors and arranging content in a layout, typography also plays an important role and has strong psychological effects on every design. The debate between cursive and script fonts is quite the same.

On the surface, they may look very similar but cursive and script are two different fonts used in different types of designs. While some designers prefer script fonts over cursive and vice versa, it’s not just a matter of preference. It’s mainly about which font is appropriate for the overall design.

Let’s explore this topic and end this cursive vs. script debate once and for all by figuring out which type of font is better.

Font Collections / 6 Jul 2022

25+ Best Curvy Fonts in 2022 (Free & Pro)

Curvy fonts (or script fonts) are always known to add a certain elegance to designs. Especially when it comes to wedding invitations, greeting cards, and feminine logos, a curvy font is a must-have element to complete the design.

Lately, designers have been using script and curvy fonts in many creative ways. Like crafting titles for website headers and even product label designs. As it helps to add a sophisticated look that can’t be achieved with most other types of fonts.

Today, we’re showcasing some of the most beautiful curvy fonts we’ve found. These fonts have stylish curves, swashes, and letters with bends and twists to give your text an extra special look.

We gathered premium fonts from Envato Elements and included a few free curvy fonts for you to download. Check them all out below.

PowerPoint Templates / 6 Jul 2022

50+ Best Science & Technology PowerPoint Templates

Today, we’re bringing you a collection of science and technology PowerPoint templates for making more compelling arguments in your tech and science related presentations.

Every science presentation needs charts and graphs to engage and entertain the audience. Same goes for tech-related presentations. A presentation at a tech conference or startup meeting won’t be complete without infographics and attractive timelines.

Of course, we know that not everyone has the time to design unique charts, graphs, and infographics for each and every PowerPoint slideshow they create. That’s why we handpicked these PowerPoint templates, which include all the slide designs you’ll need to design a professional presentation slideshow.

Plus, be sure to check out our tips for making a science or technology presentation for some helpful presentation advice!

Google Slides Themes / 5 Jul 2022

20+ Pitch Deck Presentation Templates for Google Slides

Creating an effective and engaging Google Slides pitch template can often be the most challenging part of a project, especially if it’s not your area of expertise. You’ve done all your research, come up with an incredible idea, and collated your content ready to win buy-in from your stakeholders – but now you’ve got to put on your graphic designer hat and make it look good, too?

Fortunately, we’ve come up with a list of the best professionally designed, purpose-built Google Slides pitch deck templates from both premium and free design sources, all ready for you to download, customize and use for your next pitch!

No matter what industry you’re in, or whether you’re pitching a project, business, or anything in between, we’re confident that you’ll find a template that’s perfect for your needs – and will save you plenty of time and stress in creating your own from scratch!

Let’s take a look at our selection of the best Google Slides pitch deck templates for 2022.

Affinity Publisher Templates / 5 Jul 2022

40+ Best Affinity Publisher Templates & Assets 2022 (Free & Premium)

Affinity Publisher is a great, affordable alternative to Adobe InDesign. And much like InDesign, Affinity Publisher also supports pre-made templates. With Affinity Publisher templates, you can easily create professional-looking documents, brochures, flyers, and more with just a few clicks.

We handpicked some of the best Affinity Publisher templates to show you what kind of designs you can make with the software. You can download and use them for your own projects as well.

Adobe InDesign (IDML) templates are also fully compatible with Affinity Publisher. However, Affinity Publisher (AFPUB) templates offer more flexibility for customizing the design using the Serif software.

Still unsure whether Affinity Publisher is a good fit for you? Our Affinity Publisher FAQs might help!

Final Cut Pro Templates / 5 Jul 2022

20+ Text & Typography Templates for Final Cut Pro (Animated Text)

Using typography in videos is more than just about animating text. It’s a process that requires creative thinking. If you don’t pick the right template, you could ruin the entire video.

For example, typography in explainer videos needs to be very clear and have animations that flow with the video to help educate the audience about a product or service. And it’s an entirely different process for designing typography for a movie credits scene, YouTube intro, or adding song lyrics to a music video.

What if you could find typography templates for all those different types of videos in one place? Well, that’s exactly what we did.

In this article, you’ll find brilliant text and typography templates for Final Cut Pro. Download, customize, and start making amazing videos.

Font Collections / 4 Jul 2022

30+ Best Bold & Thick Fonts in 2022

Big bold fonts help you craft titles and headings that grab attention from miles away. That’s why they are commonly used in poster, banner, and billboard designs.

If you’re searching for a similar thick font to use in your designs, you’re in luck. In this post, we present to your some of the best bold and thick fonts you can use to create more attractive titles.

Whether you want a bold serif font or a thick sans font, our collection includes all kinds of thick fonts with modern, vintage, retro, and handwritten designs. There are a few free bold fonts as well.

Check out the fonts collection below and be sure to download them all.

Font Collections / 4 Jul 2022

35+ Best Friendly & Simple Fonts in 2022 (Free & Premium)

There are some fonts that give you a warm, friendly feeling and make you feel right at home. This collection is all about those friendly fonts.

Fonts are one of the few design elements that have the power to evoke emotions. With the right typeface, you could create a nostalgic feeling or even a happy, playful feeling through your designs. But not all fonts have this ability to evoke emotions.

We found a few fonts with friendly and simple designs that allow you to create a pleasant, peaceful, and familiar feeling through your titles, headings, and paragraphs. These fonts are great for creating designs with a personalized look and feel.

Explore the fonts collection below and see if you can find a simple font for your project.

Accessibility / 4 Jul 2022

10 Reasons Why Alt Text Matters

If you aren’t using meaningful alt text in website projects, you are committing a crime on the internet. This tiny element has a big function, and comes with a huge impact on usability, readability, and accessibility.

If you thought that alt text was only for the purposes of accessibility, think again. It can help Google better understand your content, provide important context for what your page is about, and help readers navigate.

Here’s a guide to creating alt text that will help create more impact and a better user experience on your website.

Font Collections / 2 Jul 2022

50+ Best Number Fonts for Displaying Numbers

The style of numbers and digits is particularly important in graphic design, and no less so when designing a typeface. Although every font has a unique look-and-feel, very few stand out specifically when it comes to the design of their numbers and digits.

After scouring the web, we’ve tracked down a few great examples of number fonts, and typefaces that do something particularly unique with their numbers. Some of these fonts are directed only towards digits, while others are complete packs of alphabets and numbers. Hopefully, they’ll help you in your search for a great number font for your next project!

Lightroom Presets / 1 Jul 2022

70+ Best Free Lightroom Presets 2022

Adobe Lightroom is one of the most useful tools you can use to optimize your photos and graphics. Whether you’re a beginner or a pro, it has features suitable for everyone.

What makes Lightroom more powerful is its ability to extend its features with third-party presets. These presets allow you to instantly apply effects, enhance photos, adjust tone and mood, and much with just a few clicks.

Finding amazing Lightroom presets is not difficult. There are plenty available on platforms like Envato Elements. But, for those of you who are on a tight budget and can’t afford premium presets, we made this list of best free Lightroom presets you can download and use to enhance all kinds of photos.

Mockup Templates / 30 Jun 2022

50+ Best Isometric Mockup Templates

Are you looking for a unique way to present your designs to your clients? Then these isometric mockup templates can give your designs a 3D-like view and stand out from the crowd.

Mockups created with an isometric perspective allow you to showcase your website designs, apps, logos, business cards, and more while giving them a 3D visual representation. This is an effective way to avoid showing the same old flat front-and-back views of your design. We’ve picked some of the best isometric mockups you can use for showcasing different types of designs.

Font Collections / 30 Jun 2022

45+ Best Retro Text Effects & Styles

Are you looking for a way to design stunning retro text effects without having to spend hours in Photoshop? Then you’ll love our collection of retro text effect templates and styles that you can use to cut your design work in half.

Whether you’re working on a retro-style title for a website header, designing a badge for a T-shirt, logo for a brand, or crafting unique quote pictures for a social media campaign, this handpicked collection has a text effect for all kinds of design work.

No need to choose. You can actually download all these text effects for a single price. Simply subscribe to Envato Elements and start downloading everything on the platform. See if you can find some inspiration for your next design from this great collection of retro text effects!

We’ve also featured our tips for retro design, to help you get you started with any retro-style design project.

CV & Resume Templates / 30 Jun 2022

20+ Modern Google Docs Resume Templates 2022

Google Docs is arguably the best app you can use to make a great resume. Why? Because it’s Free!

Unlike Microsoft Word, you don’t have to buy an expensive subscription to use Google Docs. And you can use templates to quickly make resumes without effort. It’s just what you need when you have to put together a quick resume for that dream job opening that just appeared on your Twitter feed.

Whether you’re preparing a resume for your first job application or revamping an old resume, we’ve gathered some great Google Docs resume templates for you to choose from.

In this list, you’ll find many different styles of resume and CV templates for all kinds of professions. There are a few free templates in there as well. Go have a look.