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crazy for dingbats

a girl named fred — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 16:00:34 +0000

I am a HUGE fan of dingbats. I use them a ton in my design work. In many cases, a picture really does paint a thousand words. That’s why I was so thrilled to stumble on Dingbat, baby. It is a treasure trove of dingbat fonts, many of them freeware or shareware and applicable to commercial projects.

You can dig through the treasure trove yourself, right here.

check it: type matters

a girl named fred — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:06:47 +0000

if you can relate to someone telling you “this lower case g looks like a puppy” then please, for the love of typography, get yourself over to penguin’s screening room and watch the series on typography. it’s fun… and informative… and inspiring!

pantone fall 2010 colour forecast

a girl named fred — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:00:04 +0000

on wednesday, pantone released its fall 2010 colour forecast, inspired, as always, by the corresponding runway shows in new york. apparently the upcoming season’s (although really, it’s not even the end of february yet, so it’s hard to think of fall already!) palette is based on the ideas of practicality and embellishment. so lots of solid neutrals with few lively splashes thrown in for some fantasy.

the colours are accompanied by designers’ interpretations. i was most taken with the golden glow…

like this lela rose look (love the leopard & floral combo!)

you can get the report for yourself, here.

colour palettes inspired by the couture

a girl named fred — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:11:27 +0000

i’m always on the lookout for new colour palette inspiration, and i found some goodies at january’s couture shows. using css drive’s image palette tool, this look from christian dior

turns into this super fresh-looking set of colours.

similarly, this look from jean paul gaultier

translates into this set of moody blues:

now that’s a tool i can use every day!