By now, perhaps you’ve spent some time experimenting with fonts. That means it’s time to really think about journaling. For many of us, journaling is one of the most difficult parts of putting a scrapbook page together, digital or traditional. Yet it sometimes is one of the most important parts of the layout. It lets others know why you made the page. Coupled with your photos, or perhaps even with no photos, journaling allows you to tell meaningful stories. And…
Did you know that everything you see creates an emotional response? How and where you see it also adds to that emotional response. This psychological response to imagery is a powerful tool in conveying your message. You can design memorable pages with these details in mind! And one of the most important details? Fonts! We have to be careful about our font choices. Why? Because they add expression/emotion to our page. And just like eyebrows, they can be thin, thick,…
A font manager is a software solution for using fonts more effectively. Good font managers have the flexibility to meet the unique needs of each designer – professional or personal. Most font managers allow you to: Step #10: Why Use A Font Manager? The average creative professional’s font library contains upwards of 4,500 fonts (in my opinion that number is likely waaaaaay to small). Even if you’re not a professional, it’s not unheard of for a font library to contain…
Now that you’re working on some scrapbook layouts you’ll want to think about titles & journaling. This will likely lead you to exploring fonts & alphabets. Step #9: Fonts & Alphabets To some this might seem a bit redundant. Fonts, alphabets…aren’t they the same. Well, not exactly. In the world of scrapbooking these two things have always been different. For those of you who may not understand I’ll explain. Simply put, fonts are what we use in a word processing…
So, by now you’ve surely been doing some shopping. Or perhaps you already had a “stash” of digital supplies. Now I’m going to give you what I believe is the most crucial tip for either digital or traditional (paper) scrapbooking… Step #8: Staying Organized If you’re a beginner…now is the time to come up with a good organization plan. Trust me, doing it sooner rather than later is going to make it so much easier. This was one lesson I…