Font Basics
by Stephen Bucaro
A font is actually a graphic shape, for example
a triangle, which can be used to create a typographic
character. A group of fonts of similar design can
be used to create a typeface. A set of typefaces
in different sizes and weights, created from the
same group of fonts, is a type family. These terms
are often misused, the term "font" being
used to mean a typeface.
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Fonts for Your Website: Is it
Just a Matter of style?
by Francisco Aloy
The choice of font you use at your website can be
affected by so many different elements: personal
taste, style, screen resolution and size, operating
system, monitor age, background and - not last -
readability and ease of use.
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Fonts
Top Ten Absolutely Free Websites
for Downloading Cool Fonts
by Michael Turner
The following list of websites is the best compilation
of sites on the web where you can download many
different fonts totally free. Also, there are a
variety of different types of fonts and styles you
can download from the following sites so start searching
today. Keep in mind that these sites are not listed
in any particular order.
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Creating 3D Text Effects in
Photoshop
by Mart Gil Abareta
 We
know that with Photoshop, we can do everything that
we want in terms of web and graphic design. This
software has become a valuable tool in every designer’s
works of art. Now, I have here the procedure from
www.absolutecross.com in creating a pretty cool
text effect to make it seem to melt into or "pop
out of" your website's background.
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Anti-Aliasing for Great-Looking
Text Graphics
by Granny's Mettle
Macromedia has a wonderful software application
that helps users create great-looking text graphics
by using anti-aliasing capabilities. In Fireworks
MX 2004, artists and designers can create readable
and attractive text graphics by substituting shades
of the font color around the lines and curves which
otherwise can be broken and craggy in appearance.
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5 Basic Rules on Typography
by Granny's Mettle
 Whenever
you get projects for designing graphics for different
media materials, there are certain rules you need
to know before venturing to the complexities and
elaborate world of graphic design. One of the elements
considered in graphic design is typography. This
is how you utilize and create your text to come
out with a result that complements your images and
design of the whole media material, whether it's
for print or web.
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Browser "Safe" Fonts
by Shruti Gupta
 Fonts
make a big difference to the look and experience
of the website. Usage of fonts requires sense of
aesthetics and discretion. We have the liberty to
use any font we want in an image but when we specify
the fonts for the text on a web page, we need to
ensure that we use only 'browser safe" fonts.
Browsers support TrueType fonts and all operating
systems come with sets of standard TrueType fonts
that have been preinstalled.
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