The first thing I had to really think about was the style I wanted this blog to look like. What exactly is DiaryDad’s style? I asked my brother if he had any styles, colors or ideas in mind. He said maybe neutrals, but that he wasn’t really picky. He wanted me to have free reign [...]
I have to say, I have a ton of fun making these font posts. I mean I love fonts and typography as it is, so having to make a weekly post about it is awesome! Today’s font is Kaushan Script. It has 395 glyphs and is free for personal and commercial use. It was [...]
Over the past few months I’ve been hard at work designing my first ever WordPress theme. (Insert applause here.) For some of you that might not be a big deal, but having never designed a theme or even worked in the back end of WordPress it was a rather daunting task. As I started writing [...]
I’ve decided to do a sort of roundup of my favorite designs and design-related things at the end of each week. So here goes nothing… These were done by Marcelo Schultz. I downloaded this awesome font family by Yellow Design Studio. The Fingerprint Building in Thailand Octopus Tentacles from Fab.com
I’ve been toying around with the idea of making my own tutorial for awhile now. I knew I had the skills and time to do so, I just hadn’t really got around to it yet. Well, the wait is finally over. I finally sat down and created this tutorial. I hope you like it. If [...]
Today’s new font is another by Manfred Klein. It has with 318 glyphs, 4233 kerning pairs and is free for personal and commercial use. Click here to download this free font. I really like this font as well. It’s a little bit quirky and a lot of fun. Here are a few examples of [...]
Do you ever have that problem of not being able to find quite the right photo? And then, when you do, you find that it’s copyrighted or has royalties? Well I have a solution for you! The website is called Stock.XCHNG. And the best part is that they are free! (Although there are a few [...]
This week’s new font is one of my all-time favorites. I’ve used it in so many projects and designs that I can’t keep track any more. What is this font? It’s Bradbury Sans! This font was created by Manfred Klein. It has with 232 glyphs, 4108 kerning pairs, and is free for personal and [...]
I watched the movie Life of Pi a couple of nights ago. It was a great movie, as good as the book, in my opinion. However, what really struck me was the opening credits. They were so whimsical and fun. The text matched the movements of the animals or was hidden behind an animal and [...]
I’ve seen other sites that do a ‘Free Font Friday’ or something similar, but I thought, why wait for Friday? So today’s new font is called Grand Hotel. It was created by Astigmatic One Eye. It has 148 glyphs and is free for personal and commercial use. I didn’t create some awesome design this [...]