Guest Sharebear57 Posted October 8, 2006 Share Posted October 8, 2006 How do you know what font will work well on a layout? I always have trouble picking one that will convey the right "feeling" or "mood" to work with the page. I also have a hard time choosing fonts that go together (for titles and journaling). How do you know how to choose the right one? Any advice would be appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDecker Posted October 8, 2006 Share Posted October 8, 2006 I have thousands of fonts so this is an issue for me too! I use a basic font like times new or ariel and after I get what I want typed I highlight it all and then putting my curser in the text chooser box use the up/down arrows to scroll thru till I find one I like. I have a couple I use a lot but just play until I find the "right" one. Not real helpful, I know but............lol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sfcgijill Posted October 8, 2006 Share Posted October 8, 2006 I had a trial version of a font organizer that I used to print them all up, now I just flip thru the book and find the one I want. Too cheap to buy the organizer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sharebear57 Posted October 9, 2006 Share Posted October 9, 2006 I have a sheet with all of fonts printed in alphabetical order, then I was thinking maybe I should rearrange it to be grouped like : handwriting, cursive, special, etc. (I haven't put a lot of thought into the categories yet), but I still don't really know how to pick one after I do that. Or how to match them together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Happy99 Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 There is a font organizer called The Font Thing at [url="http://www.ozemail.com.au/~scef/"]http://www.ozemail.com.au/~scef/[/url] the only thing is I found that it freezes up when I hit the install button. So I use it to look at font samples, and then if I want to install the font I go thru windows control panel, fonts and then install the font that way. But the font thing is great to checkout what a font looks like and it will organize and print them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest faerywings Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 I use the Font Thing too-- there is also X-Fonter and Font Frenzy that can help with viewing fonts. TFT is nice because you can separate your fonts into collections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crueltyfre/Lori Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 I choose the same way Dee does. I have to see it on the layout to pick the right one. I use PSP and I type my text, highlight it, and then use my mouse scroll wheel to scroll through all my fonts one by one. That way I can see how they look with the rest of the layout. Lori Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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