Guest Post: All about Fonts - Part 1

Hello everyone, I'm Lynn (aka lynnirene) and I'm fortunate enough to be a guest on Liz's Creative Team this month! So, I have a question for you: How often do you think about fonts? I have found that in digi-scrapping circles, there are often many font-a-holics, or font-o-philes, but, there are others who never consider fonts all that much. Over the years I've been digiscrapping, I have really become a true lover of all types of fonts.

So I'm here to introduce you to the joy of selecting the *perfect* font for your layout.

Let's take a look at a few different categories of fonts--(part 2 will focus on 2 other types of fonts)

1) Cursive or messy handwriting. These are probably the most popular in digiscrap-land. We often like to journal about the photos, and a good handwritten font is perfect for conveying your personal thoughts and memories.

Here's a few examples of layouts using handwritten or journaling fonts:
by kirstiegai

by mazzzz


by Liz herself

You can see there's a great variety out there, so it's just a matter of personal preference which ones you want to use yourself. You can find dozens of handwritten fonts over at Fonts for Peas.
My personal favorite Pea fonts are: Pea Keylor, Pea Steph, and Pea Hannah Vanilla, depending on the type of layout and what mood I'm in.
Another favorite handwriting font is CK Ali's Hand.

2) Neat or printed writing. I find that on very busy layouts, or on layouts with a lot of small journaling, it can be helpful to use "neat" fonts that are easy to read. In the past, when I wanted very small, simple, or condensed writing, I usually used Century Gothic (usually installed on most computers already). But, I recently discovered the font Print Clearly, and it has become one of my new go-to fonts.

Here are a few example layouts:
by Diamndprincz

by lynnirene (yup, that's me!)

by sharongrey8

Hopefully you learned something new or saw something interesting here! Stay tuned for part 2 of my font series, where we'll talk about "Fancy" scripts and typewriter fonts (my personal favorite!)