50+ Beautiful Arabic Typography Designs

Haven't you been narrow minded to believe typography is a business of the western world and you are the sole person taking care of the field. So was mine until these pictures and posters caught my attention. Calligraphy and typography is not so well developed in any other language and I think there is no other language where it could be well applied. The beauty of these Arabic letters is mind blowing and the designs are well manipulated that even if you dont understand the language its sure to catch your glimpse. The artistry and creativity threaded in the Arabic letters is being unleashed in this post.

14 Mesmerising Calendar Artworks

Before starting on the discussion, let me wish you all a Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year. 2011 is near and so is the designing business for special calendars. Introducing before you are a variety of innovative concepts and exquisite designs that is sure to make you catch your breaths. So enjoy the Christmas-New Year feast.


1. Pantone Calendar

25 Selected Typography Design Sets

Typography is in itself a revolution and in general one in the field of designing, and meanwhile a revolution is currently going on inside the typography sector too. The ideas and inspirations has been ever circulating with widespread digitalisation of the designs. I would like to share with you few of the most revolutionary ideas in the typography sector. Play with the words, but ultimately select the best. Click on the images for the links.

Hand Written Free Fonts: 15 Best Selections

With the advent of the digital graphics, nothing have gained as much importance as typography. It has been reigning over the rest of graphic media through this decade. It has been helvetica, helvetica and helvetica that you have been seeing all the while. 

What about a altogether different concept. Handwritten fonts are rarely used and good ones are rare to find too. So wouldn't it be better if I try to share a few of the best handwritten fonts available?

1. Allie writing

Download Allie Writing

7 Extra ordinary Artists and 36 Paper artworks

Paper artwork is something one thinks of a sheer waste of time and possibly an unwelcome source of revenue (rather cheap). But designing is taking into new forms with origami paving way for these colors and curves. These do find their place in the charts of excellence and among the cover designs of books and albums. Creating an idea and designing it with paper, I believe, needs courage in addition to creativity.

I am actually afraid as the undo key is not available here and much of my efforts may go in vain if I try one of these. The X-factors should play the perfect role to make it come attractive. The fact is that you can find much unattractive ones in the net. So selecting the best is simple but rather time consuming, though only a few create such ones. So here are a few selection of mine.

1. Yulia Brodskaya at Artyulia

Graffiti concept design backgrounds & wallpapers

I had been collecting wallpapers and design backgrounds for about a year or so. And I believe it has some of the best I found over the net. Well, it would be unworthy if I dont share it with you, since using them is just my distant dreams. More than just wallpapers, these could be creatively used to make your face or ideas come lively over the screen or print.
And I hope you could also grab many of these ideas too as they are innovative and too attractive not to have a look at them. So check out and comment. Download link below

6 Top Text Effects for Photoshop freaks

A few brilliant text effects caught my eye during my daily design browsing and I would not let them go before sharing. Here are the best available text effects for Photoshop fans.
These are available in PSD formats. Meanwhile take a look at my new header which surely has come from one among these.

1. Blue Retro Grunge

Full credits to the creator. Here are the links to webtreats blog: Download blue retro grunge text effect

Handpicked Retro Font Selections

Here are a set of rocking retro designer fonts exclusively for Designskool readers. These has been handpicked to get the best of the ones and help you improve creativity. These relishing fonts are a must for any of your future retro projects. So have a try among them.

 Riesling
 

 Conferencier
 

 SansLogique
 

Custom fonts on your blog

A really nice feature for improving even more your blog is to show custom fonts, that will not only make your website eye-candy, but will improve the typography of your webdesign.

I have found a really nice script for font replacement called Cufón. It allows us to use any font on our webdesign without worrying about whether the visitor will have that font on his computer or not. It is really fast, easy to use, and there is no flash or image required.

Type over a smooth glass Tutorial

A great type mode which I came across the net is here. Creating a smooth glass type is too simple than you had imagined. Downloading the psd file and modifying the typed font is enough for you to create this stunning
Here's a quick way to create some nice looking translucent glass type that'll work great on any background, made completely with layer styles.