I have finally found the names of the main fonts used in Canadian Family!
The script font is called Liza Display Pro (possibly Liza Text Pro too).
The Futura-like font is Neutraface or Neutraface 2*
The Georgia/Century-like font is Eames*
*the sentences with stars mean that the fonts are not 100% guaranteed correct, but are researched, educated guesses.
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Sunday, July 21, 2013
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Best Kid Fonts - For Those People Who Don't Want To Use COMIC SANS
THE MYSTERY IS SOLVED!
CASE CLOSED BY SCOUT COLLINS
Anyone who's been looking for AWESOME, FANTASTIC & TRULY BEAUTIFUL style fonts for kids, you've come to the right place.
I've compiled a list of a ton of fonts for kids & adults alike who have good taste. There's fonts for babies, boys, girls, birthday/holiday cards, novels, pamphlets, schools, and just about everything in between. The list is designed so kids can pick out the fonts they like easily, and adults can look for whatever kind of font they want.
The fonts are all organized by alphabetical order, so look at all of the four pictures to see the different fonts!
You can go to the updated & revised version of the Best Kid Fonts page to see the new additions or you can just follow this link: http://thefontguide.blogspot.ca/p/best-kid-fonts-for-every-occasion.html
CASE CLOSED BY SCOUT COLLINS
Anyone who's been looking for AWESOME, FANTASTIC & TRULY BEAUTIFUL style fonts for kids, you've come to the right place.
I've compiled a list of a ton of fonts for kids & adults alike who have good taste. There's fonts for babies, boys, girls, birthday/holiday cards, novels, pamphlets, schools, and just about everything in between. The list is designed so kids can pick out the fonts they like easily, and adults can look for whatever kind of font they want.
The fonts are all organized by alphabetical order, so look at all of the four pictures to see the different fonts!
You can go to the updated & revised version of the Best Kid Fonts page to see the new additions or you can just follow this link: http://thefontguide.blogspot.ca/p/best-kid-fonts-for-every-occasion.html
Monday, May 6, 2013
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Friday, March 29, 2013
Jodi Picoult Fonts
Bonjour!
Today I decided to do a bit of research on Jodi Picoult fonts. I couldn't find too many answers, so I decided to give everyone else a clear idea instead!
I've only read a few of Jodi Picoult's books, so I'll tell you the fonts from the ones I know.
The title font on almost every single one of her novels is Trajan (Roman).
Now, for the specific novels (I've read My Sister's Keeper, Sing You Home, Handle With Care and a few others).
Sing You Home
Max: Book Antiqua Bold, Constantia?
Zoe: ?
Vanessa: a variation of Lane Narrow?
Sammy: Bradley Hand ITC
Handle With Care
Charlotte: Times New Roman
Sean: Rockwell
Piper: ?
Amelia: possibly Corbel, Segoe UI or Segoe UI Light?
Willow: BauerBodoni BT or Bodoni BT
Marin: Adobe Garamond [Pro]?
Today I decided to do a bit of research on Jodi Picoult fonts. I couldn't find too many answers, so I decided to give everyone else a clear idea instead!
I've only read a few of Jodi Picoult's books, so I'll tell you the fonts from the ones I know.
The title font on almost every single one of her novels is Trajan (Roman).
Now, for the specific novels (I've read My Sister's Keeper, Sing You Home, Handle With Care and a few others).
Sing You Home
Max: Book Antiqua Bold, Constantia?
Zoe: ?
Vanessa: a variation of Lane Narrow?
Sammy: Bradley Hand ITC
Handle With Care
Charlotte: Times New Roman
Sean: Rockwell
Piper: ?
Amelia: possibly Corbel, Segoe UI or Segoe UI Light?
Willow: BauerBodoni BT or Bodoni BT
Marin: Adobe Garamond [Pro]?
Sunday, February 10, 2013
What I Hate About Italic Fonts
Today I'm writing a post about what I hate about italic fonts.
This doesn't apply to all italic fonts. Only some. The fonts that don't really have their own italic font; their designer just tilted the letters a little to make it look italic... but also ugly.
(for example, take this font. Copse does not have a good italic base. It's only good for using normally.)
What I hate about those italic fonts is, when you've finally found that awesome, stunning font that is absolutely to die for, when you try to type something in italics the font just explodes in utter failure; the letters are tilted at a bad angle; the font looks... plain; even though there are only a few sentences or words in italic, it ruins the whole page you have written; etc.
The Top 5 Worst Fonts In Italic (out of the good ones) would probably have to include:
(I'll count down from five to build up some suspense)
#4– Copse
Copse is a well designed font, although when italic is used , it turns into a jumble of font crap. The other problem with this font is that if you use it in sizes between 0 and 24 pt, it looks even worse.
#3 - Geo Sans Light
When using fonts based off of Twentieth Century Monotype (commonly referred to as Tw Cen MT) you have to be careful.. this is the closest font I would ever come even close to using. But the italics in this whole family of fonts is just hideous. The lowercase j looks bad enough non italic!
#2 – Blackout
Blackout is a great font when not used in italic. The letters become slim, tilted too much to the right and the tasteful black filled in areas in the letters such as a, b, d, o, p, q and r become just dark pools of dizzying, headache starting bad design.
#1 – Comic Sans MS
Okay, okay. I know I said out of the good fonts... but I just had to rank this one first. Comic Sans MS is the king of bad fontwork - worst regular, italic, underline, bold italic, bold italic underline, you get the point—this font just had to be first. The already distasteful design of the font just worsens with every letter of italic.
This doesn't apply to all italic fonts. Only some. The fonts that don't really have their own italic font; their designer just tilted the letters a little to make it look italic... but also ugly.
(for example, take this font. Copse does not have a good italic base. It's only good for using normally.)
What I hate about those italic fonts is, when you've finally found that awesome, stunning font that is absolutely to die for, when you try to type something in italics the font just explodes in utter failure; the letters are tilted at a bad angle; the font looks... plain; even though there are only a few sentences or words in italic, it ruins the whole page you have written; etc.
The Top 5 Worst Fonts In Italic (out of the good ones) would probably have to include:
(I'll count down from five to build up some suspense)
#5 - Champagne & Limousines
Champagne
& Limousines is a good font, based
off of Century Gothic. But when you try to use italics in this font, it is one
of the worst things you'll ever see in italic font disasters!!! #4– Copse
Copse is a well designed font, although when italic is used , it turns into a jumble of font crap. The other problem with this font is that if you use it in sizes between 0 and 24 pt, it looks even worse.
#3 - Geo Sans Light
When using fonts based off of Twentieth Century Monotype (commonly referred to as Tw Cen MT) you have to be careful.. this is the closest font I would ever come even close to using. But the italics in this whole family of fonts is just hideous. The lowercase j looks bad enough non italic!
#2 – Blackout
Blackout is a great font when not used in italic. The letters become slim, tilted too much to the right and the tasteful black filled in areas in the letters such as a, b, d, o, p, q and r become just dark pools of dizzying, headache starting bad design.
#1 – Comic Sans MS
Okay, okay. I know I said out of the good fonts... but I just had to rank this one first. Comic Sans MS is the king of bad fontwork - worst regular, italic, underline, bold italic, bold italic underline, you get the point—this font just had to be first. The already distasteful design of the font just worsens with every letter of italic.
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Ivy and Bean Font*
What is the font from the Ivy and Bean series?
Gosh, I've been asking myself the same question for, like, a MILLION years... but I finally found the answer!
Although fonts Caecilla LTD and Nadia Serif are closely related to the font in Ivy and Bean, the main one, Caecilla is to spacey and light to be good enough to use and Nadia... well, there are no quotation marks, commas, or apostrophes... what kind of a font is that? It has good letters but had a very stupid designer. Adelle Thin and Adelle Light were close, although the font is not worth $65+.
The answer to the question: Candida.
The font in Ivy and Bean is Candida.
*I originally thought the font was Adelle Thin, but after asking the question on the WTF Forum (no, not wtf, but what the font!) a very amazing and kind user named Akira1975 answered my question.
If you would like to visit my Ivy and Bean post, here is the link: http://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/forum/case/559396/
If you are wondering about a font, you can posey our own case and because of the fantastic quality of service at What the Font, your question should be answered in a matter of hours... with the right font!
Here is the link to start your own case: http://www.myfonts.com/search/candida/fonts/
You can download Candida from Font Supply free at this link: http://www.fontsupply.com/fonts/C/Candida.html
You should be careful about the advertisements around the download - if you see an add that says anything about a font installer it is a virus... so for you new fonties you have to pay attention to those kind of things. Oh, also - they have a preview of the font at the link too so you can see what Candida looks like AND you can download it at the same time!
Sorry about that little glitch.. Adelle Thin is very similar to the Ivy and Bean font, except the one difference that really sprang out at me was the g in both fonts. In font picking I usually pay attention to the lowercase g, y, q and p.. because the curves and lines in them are very distinctive to me. The y in Adelle was similar although the g was rounded.
Adelle Bold and Adelle Bold Italic are avaliable for free download... the other fonts (around 14 to 20, depending on the website) are priced from $29 to about $70... the link below is for the download of Adelle Bold and Adelle Bold Italic. It is a nice font although it's a little expensive for my taste.
http://www.type-together.com/index.php?action=portal/viewContent&cntId_content=3000&id_section=166 (takes a little longer due to having to put in a code).
note: freepremiumfonts.blogspot.ca has lots of popups and advertisements as soon as you click on the link to the website... it is one of the first results although it is just a big scam! They don't actually let you download any fonts - I would recommend avoiding it.
Well, that's one more question me and all the font searchers can stop asking themselves. Phew! No more whenever I go looking for fonts, What is the font from Ivy and Bean?
If you haven't heard of Ivy and Bean or Adelle Thin, you can check out both of them here:
Ivy and Bean Book Series: http://www.anniebarrows.com/ivyandbean/
Candida Preview: http://www.myfonts.com/search/candida/fonts/
*updated version of previous post
Gosh, I've been asking myself the same question for, like, a MILLION years... but I finally found the answer!
Although fonts Caecilla LTD and Nadia Serif are closely related to the font in Ivy and Bean, the main one, Caecilla is to spacey and light to be good enough to use and Nadia... well, there are no quotation marks, commas, or apostrophes... what kind of a font is that? It has good letters but had a very stupid designer. Adelle Thin and Adelle Light were close, although the font is not worth $65+.
The answer to the question: Candida.
The font in Ivy and Bean is Candida.
*I originally thought the font was Adelle Thin, but after asking the question on the WTF Forum (no, not wtf, but what the font!) a very amazing and kind user named Akira1975 answered my question.
If you would like to visit my Ivy and Bean post, here is the link: http://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/forum/case/559396/
If you are wondering about a font, you can posey our own case and because of the fantastic quality of service at What the Font, your question should be answered in a matter of hours... with the right font!
Here is the link to start your own case: http://www.myfonts.com/search/candida/fonts/
You can download Candida from Font Supply free at this link: http://www.fontsupply.com/fonts/C/Candida.html
You should be careful about the advertisements around the download - if you see an add that says anything about a font installer it is a virus... so for you new fonties you have to pay attention to those kind of things. Oh, also - they have a preview of the font at the link too so you can see what Candida looks like AND you can download it at the same time!
Sorry about that little glitch.. Adelle Thin is very similar to the Ivy and Bean font, except the one difference that really sprang out at me was the g in both fonts. In font picking I usually pay attention to the lowercase g, y, q and p.. because the curves and lines in them are very distinctive to me. The y in Adelle was similar although the g was rounded.
Adelle Bold and Adelle Bold Italic are avaliable for free download... the other fonts (around 14 to 20, depending on the website) are priced from $29 to about $70... the link below is for the download of Adelle Bold and Adelle Bold Italic. It is a nice font although it's a little expensive for my taste.
http://www.type-together.com/index.php?action=portal/viewContent&cntId_content=3000&id_section=166 (takes a little longer due to having to put in a code).
note: freepremiumfonts.blogspot.ca has lots of popups and advertisements as soon as you click on the link to the website... it is one of the first results although it is just a big scam! They don't actually let you download any fonts - I would recommend avoiding it.
Well, that's one more question me and all the font searchers can stop asking themselves. Phew! No more whenever I go looking for fonts, What is the font from Ivy and Bean?
If you haven't heard of Ivy and Bean or Adelle Thin, you can check out both of them here:
Ivy and Bean Book Series: http://www.anniebarrows.com/ivyandbean/
Candida Preview: http://www.myfonts.com/search/candida/fonts/
*updated version of previous post
What is the Ivy and Bean Font?
What is the font from the Ivy and Bean series?
Gosh, I've been asking myself the same question for a MILLION years... but I finally found the answer!
Although fonts Caecilla LTD and Nadia Serif are closely related to the font in Ivy and Bean, the main one, Caecilla is to spacey and light to be good enough to use and Nadia... well, there are no quotation marks, commas, or apostrophes... what kind of a font is that? It has good letters but had a very stupid designer.
The answer to the question: Adelle Thin.
The font in Ivy and Bean is Adelle Thin.
The problem is, after three hours of non-stop searching, there is no website that has a free download - the only fonts you can download from the Adelle family is the Adelle Bold and the Adelle Bold Italic.
The price for this font ranges from $36 to about $70, depending on where you're buying from.
Annie Barrows and Sophie Farell (or the company who has published their books) has done just about EVERYTHING to stop people from posting pictures of the font [sample text from the book], they have stopped people from figuring out what font it is, etc - but finally, after years of seaching (for real!) I figured it out.
Adelle Thin and the whole Adelle family font can be downloaded from Adobe Typekit, 101 Free Fonts and Fonts.com. There are also some other websites that carry it too.
Well, that's one more question me and all the font searchers can stop asking themselves. Phew! No more whenever I go looking for fonts, What is the font from Ivy and Bean?
If you haven't heard of Ivy and Bean or Adelle Thin, you can check out both of them here:
Ivy and Bean Book Series: http://www.anniebarrows.com/ivyandbean/
Adelle Thin Preview: https://typekit.com/fonts/adelle-web
Gosh, I've been asking myself the same question for a MILLION years... but I finally found the answer!
Although fonts Caecilla LTD and Nadia Serif are closely related to the font in Ivy and Bean, the main one, Caecilla is to spacey and light to be good enough to use and Nadia... well, there are no quotation marks, commas, or apostrophes... what kind of a font is that? It has good letters but had a very stupid designer.
The answer to the question: Adelle Thin.
The font in Ivy and Bean is Adelle Thin.
The problem is, after three hours of non-stop searching, there is no website that has a free download - the only fonts you can download from the Adelle family is the Adelle Bold and the Adelle Bold Italic.
The price for this font ranges from $36 to about $70, depending on where you're buying from.
Annie Barrows and Sophie Farell (or the company who has published their books) has done just about EVERYTHING to stop people from posting pictures of the font [sample text from the book], they have stopped people from figuring out what font it is, etc - but finally, after years of seaching (for real!) I figured it out.
Adelle Thin and the whole Adelle family font can be downloaded from Adobe Typekit, 101 Free Fonts and Fonts.com. There are also some other websites that carry it too.
Well, that's one more question me and all the font searchers can stop asking themselves. Phew! No more whenever I go looking for fonts, What is the font from Ivy and Bean?
If you haven't heard of Ivy and Bean or Adelle Thin, you can check out both of them here:
Ivy and Bean Book Series: http://www.anniebarrows.com/ivyandbean/
Adelle Thin Preview: https://typekit.com/fonts/adelle-web
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Bad Fonts
Today I decided to review some bad fonts.
(You can see my full review of them at the Bad Fonts page).
My top ones were Comic Sans MS, Papyrus and Century Gothic. I originally liked Papyrus and Century Gothic, although I've always hated Comic Sans MS, phew!
Why I hate them? Well, Comic Sans MS is THE MOST HATED FONT IN THE WORLD. I usually defer from popular opinion, (I hate The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, The Hunger Games, Harry Potter, Times New Roman, Studio Ghibli, you get the point) for once I agreed. The same goes for Papyrus.
I'm going to keep on adding to it - I thought about reviewing Twentieth Century Monotype (usually referred to as Tw Cen MT) but in 14 it actually looked okay, so I decided against it.
I started looking around the internet for some good ideas on what fonts I should hate - the top two were usually Papyrus (second) and Comic Sans MS (first).
The other fonts, all of which I'd heard of, included Kristen ITC, Jokerman (this one isn't so bad!!), Monotype Corsiva, Playbill, Courier [New], Brush Script, and New Times Roman.
I have to say that Jokerman and Monotype Corsiva are okay. I can totally believe some people don't like Times, Kristen ITC, Playbill and Brush Script.
Here is a link to the Bad Fonts Page, where I reviewed Century Gothic, Times New Roman, Comic Sans MS, Papyrus, Brush Script and more:
http://thefontguide.blogspot.ca/p/bad-fonts.html
(You can see my full review of them at the Bad Fonts page).
My top ones were Comic Sans MS, Papyrus and Century Gothic. I originally liked Papyrus and Century Gothic, although I've always hated Comic Sans MS, phew!
Why I hate them? Well, Comic Sans MS is THE MOST HATED FONT IN THE WORLD. I usually defer from popular opinion, (I hate The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, The Hunger Games, Harry Potter, Times New Roman, Studio Ghibli, you get the point) for once I agreed. The same goes for Papyrus.
I'm going to keep on adding to it - I thought about reviewing Twentieth Century Monotype (usually referred to as Tw Cen MT) but in 14 it actually looked okay, so I decided against it.
I started looking around the internet for some good ideas on what fonts I should hate - the top two were usually Papyrus (second) and Comic Sans MS (first).
The other fonts, all of which I'd heard of, included Kristen ITC, Jokerman (this one isn't so bad!!), Monotype Corsiva, Playbill, Courier [New], Brush Script, and New Times Roman.
I have to say that Jokerman and Monotype Corsiva are okay. I can totally believe some people don't like Times, Kristen ITC, Playbill and Brush Script.
Here is a link to the Bad Fonts Page, where I reviewed Century Gothic, Times New Roman, Comic Sans MS, Papyrus, Brush Script and more:
http://thefontguide.blogspot.ca/p/bad-fonts.html
Sunday, February 3, 2013
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