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Free Doris Day Font Now Available

Finally, my all time favorite actress is available in font form. Well, not exactly. But if you’re a fan of the 50s there’s an exciting new font to check out.

It’s called Doris Day, and is described as “a stylish little brush script from designer Mario Arturo”. This typeface was based on a 1940 book The ABC of Lettering by artist J.I. Biegeleisen. It includes both upper and lower case letters.

Great for those vintage 1950s designs you’ve been working on. Best used for large headlines, not so good for paragraph text, though. And it doesn’t include numbers.

If you love Doris Day as much as I do you’ll find this font a must have addition to your design collection. I have been a huge Doris Day fan since I first saw her movie Jumbo in 1962. I was a mere child. Since then I had the great pleasure of meeting Doris Day in person while volunteering at a few of her animal charities. She was very friendly and gave me her autograph.

Download the Free Doris Day font here (for both Mac and PC).

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16 Mar

Is your website color friendly?

Web 2.0, Web 3.0, iPhone 3.0, Social Media, Java, Drupal, Ajax, Joomla, Facebook, Twitter, etc.

So much is constantly changing online. It’s tough to keep up. But one thing remains the same: color choices on your website are important.

We all know that color affects people in different ways. Studies have proven that certain colors create certain feelings. So it is vital that your website use the right colors to invoke the feelings you want your viewers to have.

While feelings about individual colors and color combinations vary from culture to culture, as well as individuals, certain colors generally create similar feelings in most people. Good and evil, black and white, red for urgency, blue for calm. You can easily find tons of information online. More than you care to know, perhaps.

But my point is when you or your favorite web designer are creating or updating your website, the color palate you choose is almost as important as the content you place on your website.

Just saying.