What inspired me for this post was a recent "pin" on Pinterest, with a source to Signature Scrapbooks Blog that shared a interesting post with links to download a variety of Fonts:
I enjoy using fonts to create clipart, greeting cards, applique', machine embroidery designs, blogging, etc..
While I love having a variety of Fonts, this made me think about how to quilting, sewing & embroidery enthusiasts use Fonts, as well as bloggers? I haven't researched this, yet I'd really like to hear your perspective on this topic.
I believe quilting, sewing & embroidery enthusiasts use Fonts when creating various applique' letters or words, redwork, embroidery (hand and machine embroidery), along with creating stencils for free-motion quilting, painting on fabric, etc..
For bloggers, fonts can be fun to use to create WordArt, text on images, and "sometimes" even in our blog posts. But, for those that use various non-default fonts in blog posts there is a risk that a font that may work fine on your computer, may not be visible on another. To clarify, non-default fonts in blogger require fonts to be resident on computers of readers. When a font is used in a blog post and is not resident, HTML webcode selects a font that can frequently be very difficult to read by the viewer. I see this with a variety of blogs where I can not read the text and have also had it happen when I've used the non-default font on Blogger. I suspect this applies to all blogs, if the text relies on "resident" fonts that may not be common on reader's computers vs the blogger. E.G. what a blogger may view on their computer may not be what a follower viewers on their computer, when non-default fonts are used.
My favorite use of fonts is for creating text on images with PhotoShop, MyMemories software, and other digital editing software. But, I also enjoy using a variety of fonts when I digitize for machine embroidery.
Here are a few sources of where I find some fun Fonts:
In My Own Style
Kevin&Amanda
Over the Big Moon
DaFont
Scrapbooking Fonts
Scrap Village
fontfiles.com
fontfree.com
abstractfonts.com
fontfreak.com
fontgarden.com
acidfonts.com
WebpagePublicity.com
http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/
I enjoy creating with fonts. Yet, some fonts are perfect for digital images, not all are easy to work with for machine applique' or machine embroidery. And, like art, every font offers a design that may be visually interesting to one person, but not to another person. Thus, I hope, if you haven't already, take time to play with fonts and see how much fun you can have creating with them.
For me, Fonts are a big part of my creativity and certain fonts are easy to incorporate into our sewing projects!
Do you have a favorite Font?
