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Common but versatile looks

Common but versatile looks

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Common but versatile looks

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- Some typefaces are so specialized that you'll use them once or twice in a career. Others, though, are much more common, more generic, and far more versatile. They go with many, many things. Helvetica would be an example of that, Georgia, Myriad. Some design techniques are like that, too. They just work in a lot of situations. This is one of those. It's really simple, all you do is start with a very pretty photo and then you place type in the center of it, and usually in some kind of frame. In this case, it's a circle. The frame can be embellished, it can be plain. Most often you'll set the type in all caps, that's because it's something of a title, and you'll often spread the type out. It's a really nice look, you can use it over and over. It has a warm, textured quality to it, kind of story-like. There's a handmade quality about it and for any story, any message that's in that range, this is worth trying. A few things to be mindful of. First is that you'll want a typeface that…

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