Picking the right font size for your photo book can be a hard thing to figure out. Generally, I select an 11 or 12 point font which is the standard default font size in your average word processing software like Microsoft Word. That's just a starting point however - I typically favor a little smaller than standard text for my own photo books. It's just a personal preference as … [Read more...]
Photo Book Girl’s 20 Favorite Fonts and Text Design Tips (Part 1)
One of the most asked questions I get from readers about fonts is, "What is the font you used in your Hawaii book?" The font is called P22 Cezanne and it's one of my favorite fonts. P22 Cezanne was commissioned by the Philadelphia Museum of Art, based off of artist Paul Cezanne's own handwriting. Handwritten fonts or fonts that look like handwriting are very popular for … [Read more...]
Photo Book Girl’s Top Posts on Text, Captions & Narratives
Some of the photo books I've made contain not a single word and showcase solely my photos without any narrative or captioning. It can make for a nice clean look and they say a picture is worth a thousand words right? Sometimes however I do add a good amount of narrative to give context to the photos. I don't caption every photo, as I prefer a cleaner look, but I might add a … [Read more...]
Tips for Making The Ultimate Disney Photo Book – Getting Started – Disney Clip Art & Fonts (Part 1)
Click here for a list of all my Disney photo book related posts! Hey Disney fans (and photobooking fans), as I mentioned on my Facebook page, my current project is a photo book of the Disney cruise we took this past November. From the response I got from many of you, there's a lot of interest in this topic in general and I'm not surprised - Disney resorts, theme parks and … [Read more...]
Digital Scrapbooking Chalkboard Background Freebies by Photo Book Girl Plus Chalkboard Fonts
I don't know about you, but seems like everywhere I turn lately, chalkboards are very, very popular. In addition to the standard chalkboard you can buy to hang on your wall, I've seen chalkboard paint, chalkboard vinyl in all shapes and forms, chalkboard labels, chalkboard speech bubbles and chalkboard inspired fonts. So, I decided to try my hand at making my own chalkboard … [Read more...]
Photo Book Q&A: Fonts, Aspect Ratios and Page Counts
PhotoBookGirl here, or should I say PhotoBookMom! This is my first post since becoming a mother and I still can't believe it! He's a week old today. My little "Bean" (as my husband and I have called him since we found out we were expecting), is asleep enjoying a full tummy, but will probably wake up soon, so here's just a short post! This is one of my photos when still … [Read more...]
How to Add Text to your Photo Book Plus How to Use Your Own Fonts
For any interested readers, I will be starting a series of posts of how to make your own photo book from start to finish. I'll be getting into more detail and going step-by-step. Feel free to let me know if you have any topics you specifically want me to cover and I'll be sure to add that in the series. ______________ Hi all, I've been getting a lot of good questions from … [Read more...]
