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Ignite D.C. presentation

These slides accompanied a presentation I gave at Ignite D.C. which I called Beyond the font menu: 7 tips for bettering your lettering.

Additional links and resources:

  • MyFonts.com, a large online font retailer with offerings from various foundries
  • WhatTheFont, a free font identification service on MyFonts.com (also available as an iPhone app)
  • The League of Movable Type, a group promoting and offering a growing selection of open-source fonts
  • Exljbris, a Dutch foundry offering the basic versions of several quality fonts for free, with the extended families for purchase

Slide showing a recap of the seven tips

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