Ficathon 2010 Elf Position #1 of ?

[wyse_k]

DONE! Many thanks to Zellie!

Elf Position #1: Font + Template

Comments

[charliechaplin2]

I had a brief look and found that this is a pretty good site for free fonts:

http://www.fontspace.com/

Searching for the following tags came up with good results: book lettering, ornate, decorative.

I hope that helps whoever decides the undertake this mission!

[wyse_k]

Thank you!

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[wyse_k]

... so I've managed to waste oodles of time on this (happens every year, I get suckered into the little details that don't really matter) and I'm in love with:

Corn Pop: for cornices and decorations.
Caligrafia Divina: also for decorations.
Strassburg Fraktur: hmm, I could make those swirly thingies with this font (argh, vocabulary down the drain). Brushes?

Book Lettering category: I rather like Nabel.
Ornate category: Floral Caps are eye-catching, but I don't know if they'll be appropriate ... hmmm. Corners 1 by Digital Magic would make really nice decorations.
Decorative category: Royal Caps is pretty impressive.
Medieval Fonts category: Tosca was impressive, but probably too hard to read.
Calligraphy category: I will never ever get sick of cursive lettering.
Old English fonts category: Faith Collapsing is not appropriate but it's so pretty ...

for my own reference.

[wyse_k]

*is concentrating really hard*

Google Books is da bomb!

Fairy tale anthology books to inspire layout design:

1. The Fairy Tale: The Magic Mirror of the Imagination

2. When Dreams Came True: Classical Fairy Tales and Their Tradition

3. A Fairy Tale in Two Acts (Shakespeare)

4. Irish Fairy Tales

5. English Fairy Tales

6. Indian Fairy Tales