typography might be the most important part of graphic design in some respects
but are you falling behind i've searched the entire internet to find the best resources for
typography inspiration that will surely give you creative ideas for your next project and trust me
you do not want to miss out on this opportunity learn more about the awesome workflow tool miller
note later in today's video and also how to sign up for free with a no time limit period attached
so first up we have type goodness which does exactly what it says on the tin it gives you some
typey typey goodness now a lot of the project case studies on the homepage have animated thumbnails
which is pretty cool but the case studies themselves are so interesting and inspiring
to look at i mean take a look at what ben johnson can do with a brush in toronto simply by painting
murals on a building based around typography or maybe these kinetic typography experiments
that just look visually stunning and do inspire typography is one of the most important parts of
graphic design and so getting to know it in this way is really quite fun type goodness also have
some free fonts for you to grab and they're often free for both personal and also commercial use
and here is a font called blatant that is based around an existing design a trend
of stretch typography and as you can see this is free to download for commercial use
this next website is often something i find myself visiting and that is a fonts in use
now it's all well and good having fonts on your screen but how do they look in
the real world when interacting with the end user this website collects examples
of where people have found specific typefaces being used in everyday things so let's give a
quick search for babus and see what comes up i know a lot of you like this typeface
and so yeah you can see bebus is pretty well used across the board on many different things and it's
always nice seeing how other designers use the fonts that you'd love and this can also trigger
some inspiration deep deep within now you've probably heard that font pairing is very very
important and it's also highly effective to make good effective design this website literally is
called font pair and it's a true gem i personally like to come to the font pairs drop down menu and
see what's what see what's going on this website doesn't just tell you some font pairs it shows you
them in action on an actual design and shows you the hex color codes used on the design in question
on top of that it offers download links to the fonts that are being used in the pairing it's a
neat little website and it can help you with your next font pair in a matter of seconds type a1 has
many really useful aspects to it not to mention being a visual eye candy for type lovers
under the categories menu we have a list of really interesting topics based around
typography as examples something that was trending this year and also last year kinetic typography
now you can browse real life projects and see how typography is being used in professional ways
and this can then spark inspiration that triggers your next creative run they also have a big
project coming soon and so you can be a part of that depending on your design skills so hey
satori might even be getting you a job through this video just thank me later now i've noticed
that under the tutorial section they did start a youtube channel that needs some loving so if you
want to see it grow do drop a subscribe on their channel and check out their recent video tutorial
now if you're someone who likes to listen to podcasts and absorb graphic design goodness
that way maybe you should check out the weekly typographic podcast on spotify
true to its name it puts out a new podcast every single week that is mainly based around typography
they cover really useful topics that can help you to become inspired and find some creative goodness
deep within there is a lot of great content on the spotify channel so do check it out down below
but if you're someone who is more visual when it comes to inspiration then instagram is obviously
a great place to be and one pretty underrated account that offers me daily doses of typography
inspiration is femi type sometimes simply being shown professionally made designs that make great
use of typography is the only thing needed to send me off in a completely new artistic direction
this account is also a great place to gauge the current situation of the graphic design industry
and see what other people are working on and creating it's always helpful to have a grasp
on where the creative mindset is and what kind of trends are being used and what ones are being
thrown away of course i'm somebody who thinks trends can be useful but in other situations they
should be ignored so today's video is sponsored by melanate now i've been a firm advocate of millino
for three years and if you've been subscribed to my channel for a while you will know that
millernote is a bit different to traditional software now it's more like working on the wall so
to speak in a creative studio it allows you to map out your projects collect all of your ideas and
inspiration in one convenient place and it also allows you to collaborate with your colleagues or
your clients in real time so i've been using millino for the past three years to keep my
creative projects organized and this awesome tool is available for free with no time limit so if you
haven't done already sign up for free using the link in the description box below and start to
streamline your graphic design workflow today and if you want to learn something else about graphic
design do click the video on screen and until next time guys design your future today peace
you