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I need a font like this but don't know which terms to look for
johnp already mentioned using an automated font identification tool might prove troublesome without a rendered sample, but you could always just make your own rendered sample. It doesn't have to be ...
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Font that doesn't move when text is edited
I think you're either asking about a monospaced typeface – where each character has the same width – or the tabular lining opentype feature, which makes numbers the same width in typefaces where this ...
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Which font's digits resemble Nixie tube digits?
One family I've recently noticed is the TT Chocolates and the Extra Light looks pretty close to what you need, but note the '1' in the image below is replaced with an uppercase 'i' (as suggested by ...
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I need a font like this but don't know which terms to look for
If you are looking for a font which specific features, I would recommend using font identification apps/sites based on the traits you have in mind. In your case, it would be helpful to upload your ...
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How to get children active in graphic design?
A tablet is nice. But my answer is a bit different:
Take him or her to exhibitions
Let him or her touch sculptures
Let your kid draw (with pen and pencil) or ok, at the computer too, a real life-...
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How can one transform a neutral lookup table texture for color blindness?
I'm not sure you are fully understanding what the Photoshop simulation is showing you here. It shows you what these colours look like for someone with colour blindness. You can't export this as it's ...
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Where are some good places to find royalty free stock images?
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Creative Commons CC0 license & Public Domain:
Sites that exclusively list images in the public domain or with a Creative Commons CC0 (or equivalent) license.
Pixabay
Pexels
Unsplash
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Layperson friendly software or filetype for editable/formatted form?
Tell your client "no". This is why you are hired.
Would you ask a chef for his/her recipes so you can "make this on your own"?
Would you ask an architect to make plans you can &...
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Recommended practice to improve illustrating skills?
Practice, practice, and more practice is the overall message here. But it must be meaningful. When I say that I mean setting achievable goals either on a daily basis or weekly (draw one icon, draw one ...
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Can logo designers use free resources or elements from free image websites in their designs?
The long and short if it is, it's about legal issues. Logos need to often be trademarked or registered. Using free resources often means the designer does not own the rights to the free item. So, ...
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How to get children active in graphic design?
My experience is the exact opposite of Lucian I guess, myself starting with (web)design related things at the age of 8. (Now 24)
My neighbour gifted me a copy of Paint Shop Pro, and without tutorials ...
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How do you make a multiplication sign in Illustrator?
×
If you don't know how to use Glyphs panel, the quicker way is to google "multiplication sign" and you will get this character "×".
Copy paste this character "×" into ...
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Can logo designers use free resources or elements from free image websites in their designs?
First, most things in existence are copies of some idea or other. The skill to pick, search and match are worth while design skills*. In fact its often better to pick out things than to succumb to the ...
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Tips and resources for beginning designers
A few points to keep in mind:
Every design solves a problem
Stop thinking about the design in terms of "How do I make this pretty?" and start thinking about it in terms "How do I make this as easy ...
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Free vector graphic images, for commercial use
2016
Creative Commons CC0 license & Public Domain:
Sites that exclusively list images in the public domain or with a Creative Commons CC0 (or equivalent) license.
Public Domain Vectors
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How to get children active in graphic design?
The short answer.....
You don't. Graphic design is about balance, proximity, white space, interaction, etc. These are things a child is still developing a sense for. You can't push a child to ...
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Font that doesn't move when text is edited
You are talking about a proportional font, in which, other than its opposite monospaced, each character has a unique width. So an m is drawn significantly wider than an n, which in turn is wider than ...
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Steps to becoming a Web Designer without writing code?
There are two very important factors I see....
To be good at design, one must understand production.
I think that even if you can't "code" you need to know what is and is not possible and ...
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Unorthodox question, but I need help knowing where these images came from
There are thousands of similar — and possibly identical — icons on the Noun Project website.
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Layperson friendly software or filetype for editable/formatted form?
To answer objectively, you can attempt this with Google Slides, Figma or Canva, which are sort of cloud-based, Powerpoint-similar apps.
The client would still need to sign up and get used to the ...
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I need a font like this but don't know which terms to look for
If you would like to try a decent FREE font exchange go to http://www.dafont.com/. You can type in the actual letters you want to see in the fonts they have listed. They have it grouped very well and ...
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Guide to typsetting code for non-programmers
Maybe the real point is that code should not really be typeset the way people understand typesetting. So when putting code into a document it should be put there verbatim, as in all spaces, tabs, ...
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What resource to learn about the psychological effects of typography?
I don't think Psychology is the proper search term to associate what you're looking for in relation to your line(s) of questioning here in graphicdesign.stackexchange.
Rather than Psychology of ...
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Type foundries which allow free test version downloads
Actually you can find some on MyFonts.com using the advanced search to filter out demo versions. Currently finds a little over 1000 fonts.
The search returns families of fonts, but within those ...
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How to find open source alternatives to commercial fonts?
I use alternatype.net it shows the most similar fonts to a commercial one from Google Fonts and Font Squirrel. The database is not too big but I think the project is growing everyday.
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Lorem Ipsum placeholder Images
There are several placeholder image sites.
placekitten.com (kitten placeholders)
placebear.com (bear placeholders)
fillmurray.com (Bill Murray placeholders)
placecage.com (Nicolas Cage placeholders)
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Google has removed the "Download Image" link, what changes should I make as a designer?
Yes, an interesting development, but the truth is nothing much has really changed, it's only cosmetic - and I suspect only to please their lawyers.
You can still right click and "view image" in ...
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How to find a maximum set of well separated color-gradients black-to-color?
OK the real answer is don't do it. Its not really possible to do this with very many colors. Finding singular colors that work is a significantly challenging thing, what your asking is even more ...
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Can logo designers use free resources or elements from free image websites in their designs?
While not 'free' perhaps the 'cheapest' logo vs. size of company of recent memory is this one:
The twitter logo originated as a $6 piece of stock art. And, well, it actually worked out pretty good ...
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