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If you’re one of those people who spends 30 minutes finding the perfect font for a flyer, you’ll love these tools! Changing the font in a document or online resource can change the personality, and it’s easy to find free fonts to download and use. DaFont Free Font Site with Interactive Preview Feature DaFont is an oldie but a very goodie. …
You guys probably know how much I adore Canva, the graphic design tool that lets you make graphics for almost every possible scenario: social media, resumes, business cards and much more. The price tag is right, too, with lots and lots of free features and low-cost options for advanced needs. Stencil, formerly known as Save As Image, revamped itself to …
The Webby Awards recognize the best and most innovative sites, campaigns, apps and more. The nominees for 2015 are in, and here’s my take on some of the most interesting new finds. Mobile and Online Tools Product Hunt My very favorite site for finding new apps received a well-deserved nomination. Happify This app swears it’ll use science to keep you …
My dear readers, People I meet during my presentations tell me that they treasure their copies of NerdWords, my weekly newsletter with tech tools and tips. Many say they save them for reference, which gave me a brilliant idea for a gift to you, my fellow nerds. I spent the last few weeks compiling all the tech tools from every …
Do you sometimes find yourself in need of a quick headline or word graphic with a little flair, but you don’t necessarily want to download a new font that you’ll only use once? Don’t worry! It’s Jing to the rescue again. My favorite solution for this challenge is to visit Dafont.com, a repository of approximately a kabillion fonts. Then I …
Once a year I offer on this site the super-fresh, super-awesome, super-updated Quick Reference Guide that attendees in my sessions receive as a handout. This document has the top 75 tech tools that I love, PLUS some completely awesome discounts from some of the tool providers. Enjoy… and share!
If you’re like me, a character with an accent mark or that “n” with the little hook at the end is a show stopper when I’m typing. I have to first remember where to look for the special characters key, and then I have to spend 5 minutes trying to get it right. And if it’s a foreign character? Fuhgettaboutit. …
WhatTheFont is a lot like one of my favorites, Identifont. This little free service allows you to upload a graphic that contains words, and the system does its best to identify your font. I tried it with a few logos I’ve developed where I knew what the font was. It hit about 50 percent of the time, but the misses …
I’ve long been a fan of Fontifier, which lets you create a font from your own handwriting for $9. I’m even more excited about their new feature, a signature font creator, that lets you write things like “best wishes” in full signature format (rather than printing — who prints these days?). I haven’t done it yet myself, but it’s great …
This free tool is wonderful when you see a font you like but don’t know the name. Identifont has a step-by-step wizard that takes you through a series of questions about the font, such as where the squiggle goes on the capital “Q.” It’ll even help if you have only a few letters to work with (like a flier headline). Another …
How often have you needed a decorative font to create a quick flyer? Looking for just the right style for a new logo? Dafont.com is the best place on the web to find fonts with a little pizazz to add a little something something to your look and feel. I love putting my word or phrase into the custom preview …
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