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Online Color Harmony and Palette Matching Tools
What color matching websites do, how harmony, extraction and contrast tools differ, and how to carry a generated palette into vector logo artwork for screen and print.
Scott Pilgrim Font Identification: What the Logo Lettering Is and How to Find a Usable Vector Version
Looking for the Scott Pilgrim font? Learn why the title is best treated as custom lettering, how to tell official artwork from fan recreations, and what to check before using a vector version.
Sentinel Font Identification: How to Confirm It and Find the Right Vector Asset
How to tell whether lettering is the Sentinel slab serif, how to confirm it against official sources, and what to check before using it in vector logo artwork.
Smoke Fonts: What They Are and How They Work in Vector Logos
What smoke fonts are, how vector, color and raster smoke lettering differ, and what that means for identifying, editing and licensing smoke-style type in a logo.
Rock Fonts
What a rock font is, how rock-style typefaces differ from custom band lettering, and what to check in vector logo files before identifying, editing or licensing the type.
Oswald Bold Font: What It Is, How to Recognize It, and How It Behaves in Vector Logos
An overview of Oswald Bold: the condensed sans-serif's background, how it differs from similar gothic faces, and what to check when it appears in vector logo artwork.
Nostalgia Font: What the Name Refers To and How to Confirm It for Logo Work
Searching for the Nostalgia font? Learn why the name alone may not identify one typeface, how to confirm the font in a logo, and what licensing and vector files mean for use.
Rockwell Bold Font
What Rockwell Bold is, how to tell it apart from similar slab serifs, and what it means for vector logo files, outlined text and font licensing.
Stop Sign Font Identification
What font is on a US stop sign? Learn how to recognize Highway Gothic lettering, tell official specifications from digital recreations, and check vector files before use.
Saira Condensed Font: What It Is and How It Works in Vector Logos
An overview of Saira Condensed: where it sits in the Saira family, how it differs from the other widths, how to identify it in a logo, and how to handle it in vector files.
Old Newspaper Fonts
What people mean by an old newspaper font, how the main styles differ, how to identify one, and what to check before using it in a vector logo.
Can You Make Blue by Mixing Orange with Another Color?
Orange can't be mixed into blue in paint, ink or light. Learn why, how blue is defined in vector logo files, and how to pair orange and blue in a palette.