3 more days of the Pattern Sale and some Font talk

June 11, 2013

3 more days
Although the sale is exciting, here on the blog we talk about other stuff too, right?  I pinned this post from yellow bliss road and I used it to make my font combos above.  Fonts are so fun!  The sale flyer above is done in Photoshop Elements.  Since I am not trained in graphic design or had any other graphics class, I didn't realize there were a couple rules of thumb when it comes to combining fonts.  I used to just mess around forever trying to make it look right.  The tips in that post are so simple and you will remember them forever when making up your own signage!  

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