All About Styles
This was originally posted at Family Matters.
Vintage Scrapbooking Elements
Cathe Holden finds the most amazing vintage design elements, updates them and shares them with the rest of us. You’ll find her blogging at Just Something I Made and her designs at Scribd. Here’s a little taste.
March 4th, 2010 in
Scrapbooking for Publishers | tags: Cathe Holden, ornaments, vintage |
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e-Style: Capitalization
Back in the old typewriter days, titles were often typed in all caps to give them emphasis. We now have much better options for giving emphasis to text – like changing fonts, increasing the font size, changing color or making it bold. These not only add a more professional look to your writing project, but make it easier to read.
| NOW IS THE TIME FOR ALL GOOD MEN AND WOMEN TO COME TO THE AID OF THEIR COUNTRY. | Now is the time for all good men and women to come to the aid of their country. |
Our eyes usually scan text recognizing words by their shapes. When words are typed in all caps, those shapes don’t exist and our eyes are forced to focus on each letter. Not only does this slow down your reading, but it tires your eyes.
If you do use all caps, use them sparingly. And, if you use them in online communications (email, instant messaging, discussion forums and postings), it’s considered the digital equivalent of yelling.
More Fonts
Just received MacFonts Series 3. The collection includes more than 1,000 fonts – mostly decorative – with quite a few elegant scripts. These fonts are licensed for both personal and commercial use and can be embedded in PDF documents.
My only complaint with MacFonts is that while the have posted font samples from their first two collections on their site, the latest two don’t have any samples. I didn’t know what I would get until they arrived.
And the answer to your question is yes, I really am that font crazy.
