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Is all-caps blackletter no longer taboo?
You can't use tattoo art as a reference. Tattoo art often fails to follow any rhyme or reasoning. It's always a one-off and created with the intention of a very narrow audience, not broader viewing. (...
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Is all-caps blackletter no longer taboo?
Received typographic wisdom holds that Blackletter ("Old English", "Gothic") text only looks good in lower case or with initial capitalization — never with capital letters in series
If you ask me (...
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What is the actual problem with Calibri?
I agree with some of the other answers here that there really isn't a problem per se and that visually, Calibri can hold its own as a default system font. Here are some of the problems I've had with ...
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What is the actual problem with Calibri?
I think the main factor at work here is the fact that it's default.
Just like Arial before it, Calibri is the default typeface in Microsoft Office. Hence, anyone who doesn't care about typeface will ...
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What role do yearly published logo "trends" play into the process of creating a logo?
None, beyond possible sources of inspiration or "what to avoid" lists.
All those "trend" articles are written by one person expressing their opinion. (Different person for each article). They are no ...
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What is the actual problem with Calibri?
This seems like a trend thing. since calibri is packed with microsoft office since 2007 on, it is getting a bit overused and people are grabbing it to put it in stuff not office-related. Calibri is ...
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What is the actual problem with Calibri?
A few thoughts. Well, there's nothing wrong with it technically - it's legible, it's designed by an expert and it has a very full character set, so it can handle any challenge like obscure currencies, ...
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What role do yearly published logo "trends" play into the process of creating a logo?
I've been approached a number of times by clients who've trawled through such lists for their initial ideas, and although it can cause some interesting frustrations in expectations and communication ...
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Web design trend - Sketched characters animation
Not everything has a "name".
These are merely illustrations, probably vector in nature, using a minimalist tone.
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Where’d this trend in “round highlighters” come from?
I don't think it's a trend, just a matter of practicality/convenience.
Firstly, I reckon it's not a vector line with end caps, because the text is quite obviously scanned or photographed, and the ...
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Modern design - What's that?
I think the use of the word "modern" here is very broad, and usually means - minimalistic, clean, geometrical, efficient
basically it means remove all unnecessary decorations and put the content in ...
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Where can I find GIF inspiration about a certain subject (find us page)?
I don't know what kind of GIF your boss wants. But you can always search for trends on popular designer's sites like dribbble. Honestly you have to do the research yourself, Google is your friend.
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Where’d this trend in “round highlighters” come from?
Photoshop with coloured rounded rectangle overlayed probably. Can be done in just about every photo editing app.
As you can see from the woncky angle it is a picture and not live digital text. Colour ...
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What is this design called?
These are vector graphics/illustrations, and the style is often called "Flat Design". Basically that means vector shapes which are filled with flat colour, i.e. without any gradients or shading. Yes, ...
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What this art style/trend is called?
I'm not sure if this has a specific name. But if you want to search similar stuff for inspiration or exploration or for references, following can help:
About the illustration/icons:
If you search ...
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Off-kilter design style
I would call it ultra contemporary or minimalist with hierarchal and visual weight.
It looks very "Bauhaus". Their design philosophy revolved around things being:
minimalist
geometrical
anti-...
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Logo design: what is this style called?
Bill Gardner, a logo designer and the creator of the website LogoLounge, publishes an annual review of the trends in logo design that he has identified over the course of the past year. In 2008, he ...
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Logo design: what is this style called?
There are 2 terms that describe this artwork:
Flat Low Poly
A search on Youtube brings similar results to your example.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=flat+low+poly+logo
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Logo design: what is this style called?
There is no specific name (like minimalism or skeuomorph). You can find this type of design by a category name.
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Are dotted pictures a new trend in Web Design?
The reason is to mask the low resolution of the image.
Using a low resolution image can improve website loading times and make Google happy. So from an SEO perspective it´s a trend.
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What's up with the one-page website design fad?
From SEO perspective, the one-page website design is a fad.
It is something that will probably ruin your SEO performance, especially when you work in a highly competitive business background. I know ...
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