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Graphic designers share their top tips for choosing the right fonts

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Image licensed via Adobe Stock Selecting the perfect typeface for your design projects couldn't be more important. As anyone who's been a graphic designer for more than a few days will know, selecting the perfect font for a project is crucial. Graphic designers share their expert insights on how to do so.

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Whether she's sad, happy, excited or mad, Katrina Romulo uses design to express her emotions

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100 Days of Branding, an ongoing side project © Katrina Romulo. This was for two reasons: "I've always been interested in sustainability," she says, and "It was the closest thing I could find to any sort of design program (I'm not very close to graphic design at all, I spent time stressing over ArcGIS and calculating sun angles).".

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Creative freelancers reveal their rates and share top tips for pricing your work

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The way I calculated it when I first started is by talking to a friend who had been freelancing and sharing his rates, as well as looking at the standards for that position," she recalls. And most freelancers are, in reality, willing to drop them a little for the right project. "In Anything extra will need to be priced additionally. "I

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Joe Doucet Serves in Monumental Design for Tennis Hall of Fame Trophy

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My connection to this project wasn’t about a personal tennis history, but about a broader mission of supporting youth development, Doucet says. Design, to me, is never just about aesthetics it’s about creating meaningful experiences and supporting positive social impact.

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Ximena Collado on how a series of failures made her a successful fashion illustrator

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One day at the office, I doodled this look from a Gucci runway, and this is the moment I decided to make it a regular thing, just a fun side project." I learned that consistency is key and the base to make any project successful," she explains. "It happened very organically, and I never really stopped doing it. So do reach out!"

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Live your best creative life: tips for freelancers inspired by Snoop Dogg's Olympics

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Times when you're bogged down juggling multiple projects and facing seemingly impossible deadlines. Yet true growth often comes from pushing your boundaries and taking calculated risks. In the same way, don't be afraid to take on projects that stretch your skills or challenge your usual way of working.

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Populus Opens in 2024 as the Nation’s First Carbon Positive Hotel

Design Milk

You’ve probably heard of carbon neutral constructions – architectural projects promoted by designers, builders, and developers as a proactive countermeasure to the carbon emittance tied to new constructions and their lifelong impact upon a site. But what about a carbon positive building, specifically a hotel?