Characters

I was using Windows Character Map and it dawned on me that I don't think of the extended characters. There are dingbats that I didn't know I had. Anyway, I discovered that foreign letters can look like silly smileys in some font types.

Baby Kruffy Font:



(Exclamation and checkmark are there just cuz I liked them. The tilde looks like a bird.)

Alba Matter Font:



Croobie Font:



Martini Guy:

The foreign Y is Garmond font.
The red martini glass is Webding font.

Here's a pretty pattern I made from WPMathExtendedA font symbols.


And some birds, same font.


So that was a fun distraction for a while.

New Years Songs

I found a few more songs with the "happy new year" theme.

Happy New Year, by Camera Obscura
videos
last.fm

Happy New Year
You're my only vice

New Year, The Go Find
videos
last.fm

This is the new year
I've been waiting for
This is the new year
I've been longing for

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Image Fonts:
confetti.ttf
bustamalaka.ttf

Fonts

Posting a few more fonts that I like.

Harrington


I found it in my old Win98 Fonts folder.
Products that supply this font.

Cecily


Coffee Beans


Add a bevel, subtle drop shadow, top/bottom border.
And the background?
Windows XP Coffee Bean.bmp as pattern fill layered in.

Fonts

Once in a while I'm going to post some fonts that I like and want to use. Because there are just so many of them the good ones get lost on my hard drive.

So I'm really liking this calligraphic font called
Kingthings-Exeter.

And the Flourishes.



kingthingsfonts creator's website.

I like Kfon too.




Bamboo. I rotated it, layer, stack, etc. Fun to play with. I should make a seamless pattern out of this one.

Some others: Leafy, bird.



The fish are kinda cute:



Aierbazzi is interesting. I usually see this kind of thing as a brush, not a font. Just type the letters and they make this bouquet.



Just a few:



Or add a single embellishment:



Made a seamless pattern from the Floralia font. (Free to snag.)



Pattern Creation Notes:
Used Simple Half Wrap filter and PSP Offset to create the seamless pattern.
Black (BG) font color with green outline (FG) on layer blend soft light at 36% opacity.
It looks nice embossed.
Can also add texture and/or colorize.

Just a Few Fun Fonts

You know how there are always these "awesome fonts" lists circulating the Net.
Well here are a few to play with that I thought were nice, fun, and different.
I pulled them out of my font folders.

Folklore2


RoughBrush


SunnyDays


HairsprayLight