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FONTS

Graphic design is hollow without good knowledge of fonts, using good fonts is a must to be more creative and bring traffic to your design.

Getting Started

watch this here to get an idea of what to use when.

Types of fonts

Sans Seriff

a sans-serif, sans serif, gothic, or simply sans letterform is one that does not have extending features called "serifs" at the end of strokes. For example : Arial , Arciform. Use Sans seriff for most of your projects including UI/UX , some fonts to be noted are Montserrat, Roboto and Raleway.

Seriff

a serif (/ˈsɛrɪf/) is a small line or stroke regularly attached to the end of a larger stroke in a letter or symbol within a particular font or family of fonts. For example : Times new roman

Slab-seriff

a slab serif (also called mechanistic, square serif, antique or Egyptian) typeface is a type of serif typeface characterized by thick, block-like serifs. For example : Bitter , Aleo

Calligraphic

Calligraphy (from Greek: καλλιγραφία) is a visual art related to writing. It is the design and execution of lettering with a broad-tipped instrument, brush, or other writing instrument.For example : Alex Brush

Handwritten

These are the fonts which cannot be classified under any of th above fonts since they don't have a fixed way. For example : Trash hand

-Some awesome fonts are : Montserrat, Josefine Sans, Raleway, Roboto UI

-All these fonts are available google_fonts

-Some great websites for fonts are font_squirrel , font_fabric , DaFonts , 1001fonts

if you still can't find a font then just google search it

We hope you now know the roadmap to being a professional Graphic Designer ✌️