“Good design’s not about what medium you’re working in. It’s about thinking hard about what you want to do and what you have to work with before you start.”
– Susan Kare, Graphic Designer
⚡️Pop Quiz: What was Helvetica originally called?
In today’s issue:
- Design on the Go: Top Graphic Design Apps to Elevate Your Skills
- Simplicity at its Finest: The Ultimate Collection of Neutral Typefaces
- Artistic Expression in Digital Form: All About Hand-drawn Graphics
Let’s dive in, shall we?
DESIGNER’S TOOLKIT
Design On the Go: Top Graphic Design Apps to Elevate Your Skills
Game-changing graphic design applications for rapid designing.
👉CREATE – A powerful graphic design + drawing app for designing flyers, posts, and more.
👉Sketchbook – The ultimate tool for drawing, painting, and sketching on the fly.
👉Pixelcut – An AI-powered graphic designer and photo editor with capabilities like magic eraser, background removal, and a variety of templates.
👉Assembly – A tool for creating impressive illustration and vector art for your designs.
Go deeper:
- The Best Graphic Design Software in 2022 – Creative Bloq
- 11 Best Graphic Design Apps for iPhone – Applavia
- The 13 Best Free Graphic Design Software for Marketers and Beginners – Hubspot
TYPE TROPES
Simplicity at its Finest: The Ultimate Collection of Neutral Typefaces
Discover the best neutral typefaces and how you can use them in your designs.
- Muller Next – A refreshing neutral font that’s accessible yet stylish and impactful. An excellent font for packaging design or raw/minimalist posters and campaigns.
- Helvetica – An age-old favorite, Helvetica is the hallmark of neutrality. This sans-serif Grotesk typeface can be seen all over signage and corporate brand identities.
- Neutral – A sans-serif typeface, neutral is an attempt to remove all stylistic elements so the content can shine through.
Go deeper:
- Muller Next Makes a Case for the Impact of Neutral Type – Print Magazine
- Just How Neutral is Helvetica? – Monotype
- The Story of the World’s Most Famous Font – Design & Paper
Artistic Expression in Digital Form: All About Hand-drawn Graphics
✍️Drawing to become a Better Designer
- Why Graphic Designers Should Learn to Draw – Bon Fx
- Drawing for Graphic Design: 6 Exercises to Sharpen Your Skills – Creative Live
🎨Get Inspired
- How to Create Your Own Hand-Drawn Graphics – Articulate
- Cool Drawing Ideas to Get Fresh Inspirations for Your Designs – Design Stripe
⚡️The Answer: Helvetica was originally called Neue Haas Grotesk.
Created by Max Miedinger in 1956, Neue Haas Grotesk was a dense and sturdy font released by the Haas Type foundry. The font was later renamed Helvetica which translates to “Swiss” in Latin as it was made in Switzerland.