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Font Collections / 9 Apr 2025

The Psychology of Fonts: How Typography Shapes Brand Perception

Fonts do more than convey words—they tell stories, trigger emotions, and help shape how people perceive a brand.

Whether it’s the confident tone of a bold sans-serif or the refined elegance of a classic serif, typography plays a key role in branding.

It influences how your message is received long before someone reads the fine print.

Understanding font psychology can help you choose typefaces that not only look good but also support your brand’s personality and values.

In this article, we’ll explore how different types of fonts affect perception and how to use them effectively in brand design.

Font Collections / 27 Jan 2025

130+ Best Condensed & Narrow Fonts of 2025

Contrary to popular belief, condensed and narrow fonts don’t make your text cramped or crowded. You just have to know the appropriate time and place to use the font. Condensed fonts are widely used these days for headlines and portraying bold messages, and when deployed in the right place, they can give stunning impact!

It takes a lot of testing and experimenting to find the perfect font for a design, but our tips for choosing and working with condensed and narrow fonts will help get you off to a great start!

PowerPoint Templates / 30 Dec 2024

Choosing the Best Font for PowerPoint: 10 Tips & Examples

There’s a fine art to creating a great PowerPont presentation that wows. With so many tricks and features in this little bit of software, it’s more likely to see a bad presentation than a good one (and you don’t want to be that person!)

While there are a lot of factors that contribute to the overall design, choosing a suitable font for PowerPoint is near the top of the list. The audience needs to be able to read the words on the screen with ease, to ensure that your presentation is as effective as possible.

So how do you do it? Where do you start when choosing a font for PowerPoint? We have 10 tips for you with a few examples of PowerPoint slides (and templates) that will impress your audience.

Font Collections / 20 Dec 2024

Serif vs. Sans Serif Fonts: Is One Really Better Than the Other?

There is an ongoing debate among designers – both print and digital – about what makes an ideal typeface for a project. The debate almost always breaks down to a single question: serif or sans serif?

Before you answer that question, think about all of the things you know about serif and sans serif typefaces and all the myths associated with them.

Today, we’ll take a look at both categories of type and try to determine if one is really better than the other, and in what circumstance.

Font Collections / 9 Dec 2024

20+ Best Places to Find Free Fonts

Typography plays a big role in all types of designs, from product packaging to mobile apps and more. Today we’re taking a look at the best places to find free fonts, and take your design work to a new level.

But why is typography so important? Remember what happened at the Oscars 2017, when they gave the Best Picture award to the wrong film? Typography is to blame for that huge mess. As the creative strategist Benjamin Bannister points out, a simple change in the font and the design could have helped avoid such an embarrassing incident.

This is why it’s important to have more options when designing a new project. Don’t settle for those overused default fonts. Be brave enough to try something new.

There are many places you can download a great looking font free of charge. We narrowed down the list to the top 20 websites for finding free fonts. Have a look.

Font Collections / 20 Nov 2024

Fonts That Speak: Typography as a Storytelling Tool in Modern Design

Typography plays a pivotal role in every design and it has the power to make or break a creation or sometimes even an entire business.

While good typography has helped businesses boost revenue bad typography has cost brands millions, mainly as a result of disregard for the psychological effects and the user experience of typography design.

The style and design of the fonts you use are just as important as the wording you choose for the messages in a design. As the German typographer Hans Peter Willberg once said, “typefaces are not only there to be read, you also see them.”

Let’s dive into the world of typography design and explore how it relates to storytelling to figure out how you can leverage it.

Font Collections / 14 Nov 2024

60+ Bold & Free Script Fonts 2025

Today we’re featuring some of the best free script fonts from across the web. We’ve hand-picked bold script fonts with impact, that can be a stand-out choice for your next project.

Fonts don’t always need to be expensive. In fact, it’s hard to believe that the fonts in this collection are actually free to use.

We handpicked these bold script fonts from all around the web, so be sure to check the license and attribution details before using them with your client and commercial projects.

Font Collections / 4 Oct 2024

30+ Typography Trends for 2025

Want to give your design a quick facelift? Using new and interesting typography trends might be the answer. Designers are using bold colors, cutouts, gradients, and even customizations to create lettering that stands out.

Changing typefaces or recreating an image or header in a trending style can give a design a fresh look without a full-scale overhaul. Not sure where to start? This list features typography trends with examples to use as inspiration for how to use them.

Here’s a look at the top typography trends this year.

Graphics / 18 Jun 2024

10 Web Design Trends We’re Already Over

Design trends play a big role in moving the web design industry forward. However, most of the new web design trends usually fade away as fast as they appear.

It’s part of innovation. As technology evolves better and more creative trends appear. And we replace the old trends with those newer design trends. The problem is, sometimes we forget to let go of those old design trends.

So in this blog post, we share with you some of the outdated web design trends that need to go away. These design trends are no longer relevant and some of them could even lead to major issues with website functionality.

See if you’re still using any of these design trends.

Typography / 22 Apr 2024

What Is Hierarchy in Typography?

Typography is not just about choosing attractive fonts; it’s about effectively organizing content to guide the reader through a text in a meaningful way. Hierarchy in typography is a critical tool that helps designers achieve this goal.

It shapes the way information is perceived and understood, ensuring that the most important elements catch the eye first. It’s an important concept that all types of designers should know about.

In this comprehensive guide, we explore the concept of hierarchy in typography, its fundamental components, practical applications, and tips for mastering typographic design to enhance communication and engagement. Let’s get started.

Font Collections / 15 Apr 2024

What Is Stem in Typography?

One of the most important yet overlooked elements in typography is the Stem. The stem stands as a foundational feature in the anatomy of typography and it’s something every designer should learn to observe and leverage.

In this article, we dive into the definition of stems in typography, their significance, and how understanding stems can enhance your typographic designs.

With practical tips and insights, this guide will help enrich your design projects even further, whether you are crafting digital content, print materials, or exploring creative typography.

Font Collections / 12 Apr 2024

10 Bad Examples of Typography (& What to Learn From Them)

Finding the perfect font pair, adjusting font spacing, creating contrast, and improving readability is a process that takes time and experience. Unfortunately, many choose to skip this process by randomly using fonts that just “look good”, which leads to disastrous typography designs.

Today, we take a look at some of those bad typography examples to see what we can learn from them.

Good typography design is crucial to the success of every design. And with these examples, you will be able to learn how to avoid making such costly mistakes in your design projects.