Scrapbook My Life

Typography can be a great page embellishment for the frugal scrapbooker. There are so many different free fonts available online that can use a new font on every page in your album without getting bored.

You can find free fonts for scrapbooking online at:

• http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/freefonts.asp
• http://www.smackbomb.com/famousfonts
• http://www.dafont.com
• http://www.fontfreak.com

A few tips to keep in mind when choosing fonts for your scrapbooking layouts.

• Script fonts are a great title treatment, but they can be hard to read in large journaling blocks. Try to choose a simple serif font along the lines of Times New Roman for extensive journaling.
• Contrast is key when mixing and matching fonts in your project. The typefaces you choose should be visibly different from each other so it doesn’t look like you simply made a mistake typing.
• Free fonts are fun to use, but more isn’t always better. In most cases, you should keep it to three fonts or less per scrapbooking layout.
• Dingbats make great decorative accents. Print a large character on a tag and tie a ribbon bow to the top for a cheap page embellishment.

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