May 10th, 2010
Using the right font is something that can spice up your graphic work, whether it’s a website you are working on, or banners, T-shirts, posters or whatever.
The great thing is that there a quite a lot a nice sites that offer fonts for download. All the links provided below have something to do with fonts, and some of them can do amazing things with fonts. Check them out!
- 1001 Fonts is a site with literally 1000’s of fonts avaliable for download. You can search for specific fonts, or just use their “Popular Fonts” button. Either way, you should be able to find something you like.
- Da Font is a huge database of free fonts that you can browse through, and download.
- Fontes Gratis is a site with lots of cool free fonts available for download. Search their extensive databse, and simply download the fonts you like.
- Font Jazz is a tiny typographic engine written in JavaScript, enabling webdesigners and developers to use any typeface on a website. FontJazz implements a simple type-rendering engine in JavaScript, which means that any headlines are rendered 100% client-side, without any kind of server-side dependencies or bandwidth overhead. FontJazz requires the user’s browser to fetch only a single image and a tiny JavaScript file, and only once for any number of headlines. Quite cool, and completely free!
- My Font Book is somewhat different from the other sites on this list, as it is a nifty tool for viewing your font collection from your web browser. The font viewer allows you to easily review and catalog all of your installed fonts. The font viewer window provides an overview of all your installed fonts. I personally really like it, as it works 100% online, has a nice clean design, and works fast. Free.
- Search Free Fonts say they have over 13.000 fonts, and it does look like a big site. Definitely looks like they have a font for pretty much any use.
- Typetester is an online application for comparison of the fonts for the screen. Its primary role is to make web designer’s life easier. Simply edit, enter or paste sample text in the textarea. As the new fonts are bundled into operating systems, the list of the common fonts will be updated. Typetester will not work without JavaScript enabled. Free, and a cool site.
- Fonteo is another site with thousands of free fonts.
Tags: Creative, fonts, Graphics
Posted in Creative, Various | 8 Comments »
April 26th, 2010
Use web-apps instead of expensive software
I have a huge collection of great web 2.0 sites that I want to share with you – and it’s all free! Yes, free, just look around, and you will definitely find some great sites that offer great web apps or Software as a Service (SaaS).
If you are here, you probably already know what these terms cover. Just in case you don’t, it is a catch phrase for sites that offer online software. Basically, it’s something you can use instead of having to buy your own software. It is often free, and in any case, it is a LOT cheaper than buying your own.
I am not affiliated with any of the sites that I talk about, I have just been busy finding sites for my own use, and now that I have a really extensive collection of sites, I figured I might as well share them with you. Look around, and you may just find a site that will make your life a lot easier (and save you a lot of money). I will be adding new ones all the time, so don’t forget to check back once in a while.
All the info on the site is completely free, and 100% human edited, by me, Jens Rothenborg. If you like what you see, you could consider using the form in the sidebar to donate a buck or two to help keep my site running.
Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »
April 25th, 2010
The internet today opens lots of new ways to collaborate online. It doesn’t matter if you are thousands of kilometers apart, you can work together as if you were on the same computer.
You can work together in real-time, letting the other user see what you are doing as you do it. This makes it possible for small companies or freelancers to present very professional business cases to clients. It also makes it possible to to be working on the same project as your co-worker.
Some of these sites are 100% free, and some offer very reasonable rates.
Tags: cloud computing, collaboration, communication, group, presentation, sharing
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April 12th, 2010
Video is a new and exciting option for websites. Some sites have even sprung up, where you can make your own videos online. Some are free, and some cost a little, and some are better than others. I have found quite a few sites, and they may not all work the same way, but they all have some kind of video-production or hosting.
- IgniteCast is a media sharing web service where users can create, upload, view and share structured video clips, interactive presentations, PowerPoint, software demonstrations, surveys etc. For anyone that wants to quickly create and broadcast media content (including courses) over the public internet or within a private intranet. Free.
- Jaycut will let your audience create movies and slideshows or remix existing content. All this and much more is made possible with the white labeled online video editor. No download or installation is needed. Solutions for netbooks and mobile devices are also available. Geared to handle both high quality and user generated content.
- VideoPress integrates seamlessly with your existing WordPress publishing flow. Upload new videos to your blog’s media library and they’ll take care of all the technical details including in post display, search engine optimization and social media integration. There’s also a plugin that let’s you use VideoPress with any WordPress.org blog.
Tags: Creative, images, video
Posted in Creative, Weboffice | 2 Comments »
March 23rd, 2010
There are lots of really good invoicing sites out there.
Depending on your needs, you will actually be able to use some of them for free. If, for example, you send less than 20 invoices a month, Saasu might be a really good option. For more than 20 invoices, they start charging, though. Some offer completely free plans, but without the ability to customise the invoices with logo etc. Others charge a few bucks a month, and you might choose one of those, if look-and-feel of the invoice is important to you.
Have a look on the sites listed underneath, and decide for yourself which plan fits your needs the best as your business hopefully evolves over time.
Tags: administration, business, Commercial, invoices, invoicing, payment, webshop
Posted in Commercial | 8 Comments »
