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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.
almost 2 years ago
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Brian Potstra
I'd agree with you - it is turning out well!
almost 2 years ago
Looks awesome, Dave! I love, the Art Deco inspired typeface. Bold and beautiful. Colour and texture are perfect too.
almost 2 years ago
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Kerry Moran
This looks beautiful, especially like the 3 lines at the edge of the ribbon. Nice touch!
almost 2 years ago
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Joel Glovier
Amazing. Seriously.
almost 2 years ago
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Ben Garratt
Dave, your work is so nice its just boring now.
Yawn. Do something shit.
;)
almost 2 years ago
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Dave Ruiz
@Ben so sorry to disappoint you ;)
almost 2 years ago
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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 ;-)
almost 2 years ago
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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.
almost 2 years ago
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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.
almost 2 years ago
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Dave Ruiz
Inka, agreed.
Tried outlining the font as well. Didn't look right.
almost 2 years ago
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Inka Mathew
It's a minor thing. I'm sure the client would love this as is ;-)
almost 2 years ago
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Sheena Oosten
very nice indeed!
almost 2 years ago
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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.
almost 2 years ago
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Dave Ruiz
@Christian: I awaited your comment with bated breath. You never disappoint me.
almost 2 years ago
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Adam Pickering
@Dave, Looks sweet. So when does this SquareSpace, Cargo, Weebly type template service launch?
almost 2 years ago
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Dave Ruiz
@Adam: When I run out of ideas for new themes. Or when you finally press "like". Which ever comes first.
almost 2 years ago
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Luke Dorny
Aidan. great name. great name.
almost 2 years ago
Agreed, Aidan. Great name ;)
almost 2 years ago
Awesome work, Dave!
almost 2 years ago
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Becca Clason
this is gorgeous!
almost 2 years ago
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Ismael Burciaga
Dave, can I see a bigger version of this por favor?
over 1 year ago