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How to Select and Combine Fonts in Your Design Work

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Overview

Discover the art of font selection and combination in this Design Cuts Live session featuring Khara Plicanic, an award-winning photographer and author. Learn to leverage ligatures, stylistic alternates, and dingbats to create stunning designs for invitations, announcements, and framable art. Gain insights into key features to consider when choosing fonts and effective combination techniques. Follow along as Khara demonstrates creating a new document, selecting fonts, working with type layers, utilizing the Character Panel and Type Tool, inserting glyphs, and enhancing designs with floral images, glitter effects, and watercolor textures. Elevate your design skills and unlock the potential of typography in your creative projects.

Syllabus

Intro
Create New Document
Select Font
Type Layers
Character Panel
Type Tool
Inserting glyphs
Adding a floral image
Adding a glitter effect
Adding watercolor texture

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Design Cuts

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