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Dust off the hearts and Cupids – Valentine’s Day approaches, and nothing says “I love you” like a custom-designed valentine. Rarely is a designer’s work met with such a warm and appreciative welcome, so make the most of it! Here’s a roundup of typefaces and image collections that will help Cupid’s arrow hit its target.

A typographic checklist helps avoid committing type crimes, as well as aids in finessing your typography.

Let’s “face” it: making a text typeface bigger doesn’t always result in the perfect display design. That’s why titling fonts are so important. With their proportions and design details perfectly suited for use at larger sizes, titling fonts are an indispensable but often-overlooked category of typefaces.

Like a fingerprint, every tattoo is unique. That said, many tattoos share common design elements, including those using text. If your next tattoo is going to include text, consider these options.

For a touch of elegance and visual flair, try swash characters. These highly decorative letters can add beauty and visual focus to a design when used correctly – but don’t fall into a common type novice’s trap!

Faster than a speeding bullet, more versatile than an ordinary typeface – it’s the typographic super family! These comprehensive and innovative groupings of related designs offer a great way to combine typefaces without risking an over-designed look.

Almost everyone who uses a computer can identify Zapf Chancery. Alphabetically, it’s at the very bottom of the font directory – but as a system font on both Apple and Windows operating systems, it’s frequently top of mind in the calligraphy-inspired class.

Vincent Connare designed Comic Sans in 1995, for applications intended for children. Fifteen years later, the font is wildly popular with users of all ages – except for graphic designers, most of whom love to hate it.

Vincent Connare designed Comic Sans in 1995, for applications intended for children. Fifteen years later, the font is wildly popular with users of all ages – except for graphic designers, most of whom love to hate it.

Weddings, award ceremonies, formal graduations: some might call them “Kodak moments,” but to the typographer they’re “Spencerian script” moments. These elegant script faces are derived from a popular form of 19th century penmanship and are still used to create beautifully typeset announcements, invitations, and keepsake documents such as diplomas and formal certificates.