Letterpress Baby Announcement

Baby-announcement

22 Responses

  1. Dave Ruiz Dave Ruiz

    A throwback letterpress template created for birth announcements. A little tough to create, as it is very type-heavy and I could only use free fonts, but I think it is turning out well.

    about 2 years ago

  2. Brian Potstra Brian Potstra

    I'd agree with you - it is turning out well!

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    about 2 years ago

  3. Nol Franklin Nol Franklin

    Looks awesome, Dave! I love, the Art Deco inspired typeface. Bold and beautiful. Colour and texture are perfect too.

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    about 2 years ago

  4. Kerry Moran Kerry Moran

    This looks beautiful, especially like the 3 lines at the edge of the ribbon. Nice touch!

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    about 2 years ago

  5. Joel Glovier Joel Glovier

    Amazing. Seriously.

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    about 2 years ago

  6. Ben Garratt Ben Garratt

    Dave, your work is so nice its just boring now.

    Yawn. Do something shit.

    ;)

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    about 2 years ago

  7. Dave Ruiz Dave Ruiz

    @Ben so sorry to disappoint you ;)

    about 2 years ago

  8. Inka Mathew Inka Mathew

    Lovely! It's just subjective, but the only font that's not looking like the same "era" is the boy's name. The roundedness makes it look more ahead of time from the other Art Deco-influenced typeface. Maybe Ostrich Sans? (free)
    Again, just my opinion ;-)

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    about 2 years ago

  9. Dave Ruiz Dave Ruiz

    Inka, Good call.

    I tried Ostrich Sans, and one weight was too thick, and the other was too thin. I found Miso to look the closest with the right weight. It's hard sometimes using only free fonts.

    about 2 years ago

  10. Inka Mathew Inka Mathew

    Yeah, I know what you mean. It's such a big jump from Medium to Bold weight with that font. One trick I'd like to use sometimes when that happens is to add outline on the thinner font to achieve the happy weight I'm looking for. Then outline the font and adjust accordingly.

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    about 2 years ago

  11. Dave Ruiz Dave Ruiz

    Inka, agreed.

    Tried outlining the font as well. Didn't look right.

    about 2 years ago

  12. Inka Mathew Inka Mathew

    It's a minor thing. I'm sure the client would love this as is ;-)

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    about 2 years ago

  13. Sheena Oosten Sheena Oosten

    very nice indeed!

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    about 2 years ago

  14. Christian Ross Christian Ross

    Does this have to be used for a birth announcement? I could foresee a situation where I might use this as-is for my own site. I'd give consideration to legally changing my name to Aiden Michael if that was a requirement.

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    about 2 years ago

  15. Dave Ruiz Dave Ruiz

    @Christian: I awaited your comment with bated breath. You never disappoint me.

    about 2 years ago

  16. Adam Pickering Adam Pickering

    @Dave, Looks sweet. So when does this SquareSpace, Cargo, Weebly type template service launch?

    about 2 years ago

  17. Dave Ruiz Dave Ruiz

    @Adam: When I run out of ideas for new themes. Or when you finally press "like". Which ever comes first.

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    about 2 years ago

  18. Luke Dorny Luke Dorny

    Aidan. great name. great name.

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    about 2 years ago

  19. Aidan Simpson Aidan Simpson

    Agreed, Aidan. Great name ;)

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    about 2 years ago

  20. Mike Fortress Mike Fortress

    Awesome work, Dave!

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    about 2 years ago

  21. Becca Clason Becca Clason

    this is gorgeous!

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    almost 2 years ago

  22. Ismael Burciaga Ismael Burciaga

    Dave, can I see a bigger version of this por favor?

    over 1 year ago

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