9-Week Make a Greeting Card Class: Font Selection

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9-Week Make a Greeting Card Class Font Selection From Jacci Howard Bear, your Guide to Desktop Publishing Fonts are fun. This week we're going to learn ways to narrow down your choice to just the right fonts for your greeting card. This is Lesson 6 in the weekly Create a Greeting Card Class. If you did not receive or lost a previous lesson, retrieve it here: Missing Lessons Definitions Your Type of Fonts It would be impossible to learn everything about fonts in this short lesson but take a day or two to study the terms in this lesson, including the bonus material with more in-depth definitons and tutorials on using type. It all applies whether you are creating a greeting card, a postcard, or an annual report. Instruction Mix 'n Match In this lesson you'll find some simple lists to help you match a style of font to the mood or image it conveys. There are also checklists for matching two typestyles and for matching your fonts to your graphics - that's right, fonts and graphics should work together too. Assignment Choose Your Fonts After you've studied all the ways that we can mix 'n match fonts, it's time to put what you've learned into practice. Pick the perfect fonts for your greeting card. DTP Classroom Wondering if you've made the right choices? Post font samples in the forum and ask for opinions. Tell us what you're trying to convey with your font choices. Related Resources & Tutorials of Interest Installing Fonts A frequent question I receive in email is how to make fonts show up in the software font lists, especially after downloading them from the Web. This guide shows you step-by-step how to obtain fonts, open archived fonts, and install fonts for Mac and PC. Fonts for Desktop Publishing Don't have enough fonts already? Look here for commercial and free fonts in a multitude of styles. This email is written by: Jacci Howard Bear Desktop Publishing Guide Email Me | My Blog | My Forum   Missing a lesson? Click here. About U. is our collection of free online courses designed to help you learn a new skill, solve a problem, get something done, or just learn more about your world. Sign up now, and we will email you lessons on a daily or weekly basis. You are receiving this email because you subscribed to the About.com '9-Week Make a Greeting Card Class' email. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here. About respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 249 West 17th Street New York, NY, 10011 © 2010 About.com   Advertisement