Fonts must be evaluated against the rest of your content and there are some easy questions to help you, the sort that I would ask you and, if you need support, detangle with you to get the perfect font for your brand, book, website or social media. Read on to get the secret ingredients!

Designers can do a lot to help with the climate emergency. We can use our talents to create awareness or translate data to accessible facts, alongside speed and efficiency which reduces power. Designers with knowledge of ethical supply chains can advise our clients on buying choices, reducing proof stages, agile practice and waste (particularly true when it comes to branded plastic consumables).

I was asked if I could write a post explaining some of the terms used in print design. If I’ve missed anything, you can always ask me! I welcome your questions and will do my best to answer or find someone who does!

Earlier this summer, Carter and Cone and David Berlow’s Font Bureau removed all their fonts from the Adobe Font library. In March, House Industries also retired their fonts. Carter and Cone’s decision took away 50 families or 700 fonts. This isn’t uncommon, not all business relationships are endless, but it has an impact on creative work.

This video was made for Digital Women and covers 10 key areas of choosing fonts for your next project. I hope you find it useful!

There are lots of sites on the web that offer advice on fonts. Here’s my list of some of the best resources including books, blogs and learning tools. This page will be updated.

Do you remember MySpace and the crazy font options? Some scary stuff appeared on screens written in Comic Sans bright green, so much so, that social media platforms limit the options. Whilst it makes for a clean interface, it doesn’t help with strengthening brands. So how do you stay on brand and not go font crazy?