February 1, 2013 – 10:42 AM
We have lots of typography boards on Pinterest and it’s easy to get lost in them. But one of the most important boards is our Typography 101 pinboard — it’s a place where you’ll learn about fonts and using type! Those who are new to the world of typography, those who dabble, design students and professionals should bookmark this board; we’ll be continuing to expand this board with lots of great information from David’s Using Type series to other fun facts and important tidbits from our Buyer’s Guide series on licensing and finding fonts.
January 28, 2013 – 9:59 AM
Here at FontShop, we have thousands of fonts. In turn, we sell fonts from many different foundries. Each foundry has their own End User License Agreement (EULA), which is important to read before purchasing a font.
There are a couple different ways to find the EULA for a font. If you know the foundry of the font you’re interested in, you can go to our Licenses page, which lists out every EULA by foundry.
You can also find a link to a font’s EULA at the bottom of its product’s page:
End User License Agreements are rules to follow when you want to use a font. You’ll want to keep in mind that you are not purchasing the typeface itself, but a license to use the font software. Don’t forget to read the EULA!
January 25, 2013 – 10:48 AM
This week, we have one new Pinterest board that focuses on a FontFont. The super family of FF Clan is showcased in various uses in our In Your Face: FF Clan pinboard, from its thin weights to its ultra weights. We love FF Clan since it’s such a versatile typeface — it’s also the official typeface of TYPO!
Have you seen FF Clan in use in your city?
January 21, 2013 – 8:39 PM
Currently, you can only link webfonts from FontFont (also known as Web FontFonts) — webfonts that begin with “FF” in their name, such as FF Meta Web or FF Suhmo Web — to your Typekit account.
Hosting with Typekit
When you purchase a Web FontFont, you will be given a voucher code that links your Web FontFonts to your Typekit account. Send your Web FontFonts to Typekit by clicking on the link given to you when your purchase is complete. When you click on this link, you should be taken to a page that should look something like this:
At this point, you will be able to double-check to make sure you are linking the correct Web FontFonts to your Typekit account. You can then sign in to your Typekit account or create a new account.
If you don’t find a yellow box with a link to send your webfonts to Typekit when you’ve completed your purchase, you can still use webfonts. Remember, Typekit is completely optional and all webfonts on FontShop can be self-hosted!
January 18, 2013 – 10:00 AM
It’s a new year and with a new year comes new trends. As we pointed out last week, we won’t stop pinning in our Type Trends pinboard, but don’t forget to check out our other pinboards to see what’s happening out there in the type world!
Our Found Type board will show well-known (and a few not so obvious) typefaces used in different ways to help demonstrate how something as common as Didot or Avant Garde can still make a design look good. Or if you’re stuck in a creative block, how about visiting our Ideas & Inpiration pinboard? Here, you’ll find various uses of type from lettering to lasercut acrylic or wood (and other physical type) as well as fun and awesome uses of typography.
Follow us on Pinterest and have fun look at type all weekend long!
January 14, 2013 – 9:40 AM
If you’ve ever wanted to see just a few letters together in a font or how a short phrase looks in a certain typeface, you can use our Custom Sample Toolbar.
There’s a small text field in the Custom Sample Toolbar that will say “Enter sample text…” — type in your phrase or the glyphs you want to see and remember to hit Return or Enter (your sample text will not render automatically as you type). Once you’ve pressed Enter, the fonts in your search result or FontList will render:
If you see blank spots or empty squares in place of a letter or glyph, then that means that font does not contain that specific character. This is more likely to happen if you enter sample text in a different language, but we do have many fonts that have wide language support.
If you need to compare how the text looks between certain fonts that aren’t right by each other in a list, you can Favorite the font and the font will be saved in your Favorites list with the sample text you originally previewed it in.
You can also use the Custom Sample Toolbar to preview OpenType features of a font!
And don’t forget: for the majority of fonts that we do have available on FontShop, we have a plug-in that allows people to play around and test fonts within Adobe Creative Suite CS5 or higher (Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign only) before buying — this is completely free and easy to download and use.
January 11, 2013 – 10:00 AM
As our Type Trends series comes to a close, we want to remind you that you can always take a quick peek at our Type Trends pinboard to refresh your memory about what’s currently trending. Even though our font expert, David, won’t be going in-depth about the current trends anymore, that doesn’t mean polychromatic type, stenciling, or handmade signage is going out of style anytime soon!
We also have our Great Pairs series pinned so you can visualize some of the type pairings that David has put together for the past couple months. Check out our Great Pairs pinboard for classic pairings like Benton Sans and Benton Modern or unsettling couplings such as Maxime and FF Legato.
Stay tuned for David’s next series, Using Type!
January 4, 2013 – 10:00 AM
For those of you who just can’t get enough of our Best of 2012 newsletter, we’ve pinned our top type for you to like and repin over and over again into as many of your own pinboards as you see fit. Our Best Typefaces of 2012 pinboard showcases the top 30 fonts on FontShop that made their debut last year from FF Chartwell to Quatro Sans to Romeo & Julieta. Get lost in the beautiful pastel samples of some of the best fonts from 2012 — this time, it’s ok to dwell on the past and reminisce through a yearbook-style list of typefaces that we’ll love for years to come.
If you missed out on the actual newsletter, be sure to check it out and find short ‘n’ sweet handwritten notes from other fonts!
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Tagged Best of, best of 2012, FF Chartwell, julieta, pinboards, pinning, pinterest, pinterest boards, Quatro Sans, romeo, top type, yearbook
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December 28, 2012 – 10:00 AM
We started pinning back in July and have, since then, created almost 50 unique boards full of typographic eye candy. As 2012 comes to a close, here are some of our favorite pinboards:
The most delicious of them all. We have many tasty type samples up on Pinterest divided between various food-themed pinboards. From Edible Type to Savory Stems to SweetShop, you’ll find letters crafted from cookies and pancake mix to tempting fonts like Chocolate and Candy Script. Let your computer gain the holiday weight this season with more fonts!
The boards that get In Your Face. We dedicated a few boards to some of our popular FontFonts. FF Chartwell was an exciting new release for us this year, FF Mister K was one of many TDC Typeface Design Winners for 2012, and FF DIN is one of our top bestsellers. Learn more about these faces by checking out their spotlights on Pinterest!
The geeky side of FontShop. Here at FontShop, we geek out about more than just fonts. Our nerdiest pinboards reflect this best — we’ve expressed our love for videos games, the cosmos, and Middle Earth through typography. Explore the 8-bit overworlds of Mario and Zelda with pixel fonts on our Like A Boss board, relive Curiosity’s amazing landing on Mars with our Spacing Out board, and journey to the Shire with uncial fonts and beautiful photography from fStop Images on our Keep Calm & Hobbiton board.
Aside from our themed boards, don’t forget about some of our 2012 events: examine the decathlon competition and results from the Fontlympics and be thankful you’re still alive by taking a look at the fonts that were included from the Mayan Calendar Countdown. And to get you pumped up for our Best of 2012, browse through our Best Typefaces of 2011 pinboard while you wait!
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Tagged 8bit, curiosity, curiosity rover, edible type, FF Chartwell, ff din, ff mister k, FontFont, fontfonts, middle earth, pinboards, pinterest, pinterest boards, pinterested, pinteresting, pixel fonts, the hobbit, the shire
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December 24, 2012 – 10:00 AM
With the New Year comes new questions … or the same ones. Below is our list of the best Buyer’s Guide tips we have for any type enthusiasts and designers out there who want to license fonts during their winter break or anyone who’s missed our previous Buyer’s Guide tips:
1. Font Formats
Double check the fonts in your cart before licensing them to make sure you have the format you need or the format that has the best compatibility with the system or programs you’re running!
2. What is EOT and WOFF?
Increase your understanding of the web formats available before licensing fonts for the web.
3. Can All Webfonts Be Linked To Typekit?
You’ve learned the difference between desktop licensing and web licensing and have decided you need to purchase some webfonts. If you have a Typekit account, read this Buyer’s Guide tip to make sure if the webfonts you want can be linked to your Typekit account or not.
4. Buying Fonts For Others
Still haven’t gotten gifts for a few people on your list? Don’t worry, you can buy fonts for them — that way, you won’t have to deal with getting out of your pajamas and trying to find parking in crowded shopping lots the day before Christmas.
If you have any other questions about buying fonts, you can view our Buyer’s Guide posts or our Help Topic forums.
FontShop is always here to help. Happy FontShopping!
December 21, 2012 – 10:25 AM
Have any plans today? Be sure to review your alphabet with the Mayan Countdown Calendar pinboard today! There are 26 fonts for you to choose from; if you’re planning on making a large sign for the end of the world, many of the fonts chosen for the typographic Mayan Calendar are display faces that would be appropriate for setting a “THE END OF THE WORLD IS NEAR” sign to walk around with or post in your window. Alternatively, if you’re still looking for fonts to design some last-minute holiday cards with, you’ll find Krul, Dulcinea, and Futura Script on this list as well.
Quick! Which fonts would you want to snag before the end of the world?
December 17, 2012 – 10:45 AM
Depending how you plan on purchasing your font, you can receive them immediately via a Download link after completing your purchase or you can have them sent to you via email.
If you plan to purchase fonts online, create an account with your email address, add them to your cart and checkout. After you review your order, finish checking out, and have been notified that your purchase has been completed, you will have the ability to download them immediately! Click on the “Download” button and your download will automatically begin.
If you accidentally closed your browser window before you clicked on the Download button, don’t fret! You can go into your account and access the fonts you bought. When you login on FontShop, there will be a link that says “My Account” in the upper right hand corner.
You will be taken to your Account Overview page where you’ll be able to immediately see your Recent Order History. From here, you can click on the ID number for your most recent order and download your fonts from there. You can access your account at any time and view your entire order history, where you’ll be able to download fonts you have previously purchased — very handy in case your computer crashes or your font library gets wiped out!
If you can’t access your account or order history for any reason, send us an email, and we’ll happy to look up your order and send you the fonts you bought via email.
Whenever you purchase a font, we advise that you make a copy of the fonts for archival purposes; this will make the process of recovering your fonts much quicker and convenient since you’ll know exactly where you have your fonts archived.
December 14, 2012 – 9:00 AM
This week, we have one new board that’ll take you into a whole new (or perhaps familiar to some?) world filled with greenery. In honor of the first installment of Bilbo Baggins’ adventures, our Keep Calm & Hobbiton pinboard steps into Middle Earth and offers a piece of the Shire during this holiday season!
Not only will you find uncial fonts such as Electric Typographer’s Abelard & Troubador, but images of lush foliage, mushrooms (among halflings’ favorite things!), and misty mountains from fStop Images may take you on an unexpected journey. Adventure through Middle Earth by way of typography and discover great faces such as Lombardic Capitals and Elizabeth. Remember to Keep Calm & Hobbiton!
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December 7, 2012 – 10:00 AM
This week, we have a bunch of colorful new pins that will pick up your holiday spirit! You’ll find lots of vivid type samples in our New & Noteworthy board from our latest FontFont release. Check out new fonts like FF Videtur and updated fonts like FF Netto or FF Quadraat Sans.
If you’re pinning your wishlist for this holiday season, be sure to pin the typefaces you love so that others know what fonts to buy for you! You can also pin how to buy fonts for others so your loved ones can license you correctly for all the new fonts you want.
Stay tuned next week for a special new board you’ll be Shire to like!
December 3, 2012 – 9:44 AM
For those of you who have designers in your family or friends that would light up at the idea of some new swashes to play around with in Illustrator this holiday season, how about getting them a font that they’ve had their eye on? This may also be the chance to license some fonts for your parents to replace those dreaded system defaults on their old computer sitting in the living room at home.
If you’re thinking that licensing a typeface like Aranjuez Pro may be the best present for your loved ones, be sure that their name and address is under the Licensee Address information before placing your order — they will need to be licensed to use the font before you send it to them, so don’t forget to double-check this part!
Once you’ve added the fonts to your cart and entered your payment information, you’ll be able to change the Licensee information when you review your order on the Order Confirmation page. The Licensee Address will default to the primary address listed in your account, so you’ll need to change it if it’s still under your name. A link to change the Licensee Address will be under the second section with the Address Information; when you click to edit the Licensee info, you’ll be able to enter the new information. Be sure to fill in all required details!
When you’re done entering the new license address, click on the “Next” button and you’ll be able to complete your order. Since you’ll be getting the download link after completing your purchase, you’ll need to download the ZIP file with a copy of the EULA to give as a gift — send it off in an email the night before Christmas and wait for a fresh design with the newly licensed typeface!
Take a look at our Bestsellers and New Fonts to get some ideas of which fonts may be the best to gift this holiday season!
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Tagged Aranjuez Pro, bestsellers, buying fonts for others, font gifts, gifting fonts, License, Licenses, new fonts, Third Party Purchases
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