A Few Faux Foreign Fonts
By Ariela Ross posted in Fonts on 06-09-2009
Fonts are really unique and say a lot not only about the designer, but also the culture and language. We see many beautiful, interesting, and creative fonts specifically based off of Roman characters. It is important, however, to remember the many different scripts used around the world every day.
For those who can read other writing systems, it’s a whole new world of art, in language form. In this post, we’ll only be featuring segmental scripts. The other type that is widely used are the logographic writing systems, which basically is used in Chinese and Japanese languages. Inside, you’ll see abjads, which contain symbols for consonants only, in addition to true alphabets, for which there is an individual character for each vowel, in addition to consonant.
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5 Beautiful 3D Text Tutorials
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We often forget the importance of the text style whether it is for print or web. Today, we would like to share with you five pretty cool tutorials showing you how to create 3D text effects.
Have you ever come across a design and wondered what techniques were used to come up with the end result? In some cases, if you miss a step, your design may greatly differ from the one you tried to replicate. On the other hand, experimenting with the features of the application you use can result in a masterpiece.
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3D text tutorial,
Adobe,
adobe illustrator,
adobe photoshop,
brushes,
C4D,
Cinema 4D,
illustrator,
photoshop,
text,
tutorial,
typography,
Web Design Tutorials,
Xara 3D