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How To Choose The Perfect Font

May 21, 2015 By Kelly 12 Comments

Are you a little overwhelmed when you are working on a project and need to choose a font? Font choices can definitely make or break a graphic. As a designer and scrapbooker, I am always making font decisions. Want to know my secret for how to choose the perfect font?

how to choose the perfect font every time - written tutorial and video

I use the http://wordmark.it website to help me choose the perfect font. Bring up the website in a browser and type your words in the box.

how to choose the perfect font every time - written tutorial and video

After clicking on load fonts, the website will bring up the text entered in every font on your computer in alphabetical order.

how to choose the perfect font every time - written tutorial and video

There are a few other options that will help you choose the perfect font. Along the top of the screen is an options bar.

how to choose the perfect font every time - written tutorial and video

1. information – Selecting information will show instructions about how to use the website.

2. positive/negative – Toggling between positive and negative will help test how the font looks on light and dark backgrounds.

3. aa / Aa / AA – Toggling between the three values will change the capitalization of the text in the text box. “aa” shows the text in lowercase, “Aa” shows the text with the first letter of each word capitalized and “AA” shows the text in all uppercase.

4. font size – Select the number next to font size: and enter a custom font size in pixels.

5. smaller / bigger – Click on smaller to descrease the font size and bigger to increase the font size.

6. filter selected – Click on a font when you like it. Click on filter selected to see just the fonts that you liked.

My video below shows a demo of how the site works including all the options.

I hope my tutorial and video will help you choose the perfect font.

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Comments

  1. Mary-Lynne Eason says

    January 13, 2016 at 2:13 PM

    New to Silhouette and your website is a great help. I love the tutorial.

    Reply
    • Kelly says

      January 14, 2016 at 2:18 PM

      Awesome Mary-Lynne! I am happy to hear it!

      Reply
  2. Christine | Where The Smiles Have Been says

    May 30, 2015 at 9:27 PM

    I love wordmark.it too! It’s been a huge time-saver during the design process!

    Reply
    • Kelly says

      June 1, 2015 at 2:07 PM

      I completely agree Christine! Wish I had found this site sooner.

      Reply
  3. Kathy says

    May 30, 2015 at 8:41 PM

    This is fantastic! Thank you so much for sharing this golden nugget.

    Reply
  4. Malia says

    May 23, 2015 at 10:35 AM

    How have I been living without this? Thank you so much!

    Reply
    • Kelly says

      May 23, 2015 at 12:10 PM

      You are welcome Malia! Life will never be the same again. ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  5. Cher says

    May 22, 2015 at 1:47 PM

    I love wordmark.it!! Whoever came up with that is a genius! Thanks for the info on the way it works!

    Reply
    • Kelly says

      May 22, 2015 at 3:09 PM

      You are welcome Cher! That site makes font selection go so much quicker for me! Now I just need a magic way of getting more fonts that I love.

      Reply
  6. Debi Putnam says

    May 22, 2015 at 10:58 AM

    This is awesome Kelly!!! Love your site!!!

    – Debi

    Reply
    • Kelly says

      May 22, 2015 at 1:01 PM

      Thank you Debi! I just redesigned it with a new theme to make it mobile responsive.

      Reply

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