Typography Articles, Inspiration & News June 2009
This months typography round up covers some interesting topics: Bearded type, forums, Pixels and Ems and free typefaces out in the wild. Enjoy!
F#$% Comic Sans!
I love the demo text for this font - HVD Comic Serif. Download the font and many others for free!
55 Free and Beautiful WordPress Themes
OpenSourceHunter has put together a great list of 55 Free and Beautiful WordPress Themes. Thanks to Mark Dijkstra for the link.
While searching on the web for some inspiration for a new project i came a cross a couple of beautiful free WordPress themes and I thought why not compose a list of best free WordPress themes that i can find on the web and share them here on OpenSourceHunter.
40+ Beautiful Patterns and Textures
If you’re looking to add an ornate wallpaper look to your next site, you’ll definitely want to check out Web Design Ledgers post on 40+ Beautiful Patterns and Textures for Ornate Backgrounds.
Banner Snack Giveaway at The Design Cubicle
The Design Cubicle is giving away 3 Banner Snack 1 Year Premium licenses. All you need to do to enter is subscribe to their RSS feed and post a comment on why you would like to win.
BannerSnack is an online banner generator that allows you to easily create animated banner ads and cool flash animations without Flash programming.
Social Bird Icon Set
Inspired magazine has commissioned 20 illustrators to start their creative engines and illustrate 20 different twitter birds. I love the variety in the different styles of illustration! Go check out the blog post or grab the whole batch here (zip)
Marmelade - Free WordPress Theme
Designer Sachin D. Brojmohun is giving away a French WordPress theme called “Marmelade“.
Don’t worry, there’s also an English version in the works :)
15 Luminous Folder Icons
Artist Kate England from Marmalade Moon is giving away a set of Luminous Folder Icons.
This collection of computer icons is the first volume in a new series of Luminous Folder Icons and comes in shades of blue, from turquoise to violet and ink. Bringing the beach to your desktop with salty breezes, blue lagoons and the feeling of sand between your toes.
Hash One - Premium WordPress Theme Giveaway
The boys behind From the Couch have teamed up with Design Shard to give away a premium WordPress theme. All you have to do to enter is post your comment on their site.
Zen Textures
Check out Zen Textures - a new tumblog by Caleb Kimbrough. The site is loaded with 400+ textures to use in personal or commercial work! Thanks Caleb!