Recent content by MissBlossom

Oh I've got some special 90's fonts...But Blur is the sentimental fave.

I figure if they can't see i am capable to create the work from my previous work, then perhaps they are not the right client for my business... but I have to say in the past I did do free pitches (about 15 years ago) and never, never, did i do well out of it.

I don't trash fonts, I pop them into a folder called extra fonts, and do a print out in case I need it later. I still have my Fuse fonts (remember Blur?) and Democratica?? Mmm they are all in that folder. It's like a museum of dodgy jobs past. Ocassionally I'll have a need to find one of them...

That said I used to love suitcase whoe I didn't have to pay for my own software (agency perks). Di x

Yeah I know, but at what point do you actually need that many fonts? Most times I know in advance which font I'll need to use. I guess I am trying, as I get older, to use less fonts more effectively. I had a job where I could only use Avenir. It sucked, but it was really good for me. Di x

I don't walk into the doctor's and say "hey, check out my cold. I have been to 3 other doctors to get their opinions, but if I like your opinion better I may even PAY You to fix me!" How silly. As professionals we need to stand our grand and help one another and one of those things is NO FREE...

Personally a client is only valuable when they contribute to your business in terms of money and/or your sense of well-being. I have had to fire clients for a number of reasons, but mainly because they take a lot of time out of my billable hours, and also make me so stressed and anxious I find...

after all else fails give them what they want but don't put your name on it, get paid and move on.

Never free pitch. Nuff said, it undermines all professionals.

I constantly get clients wanting to make changes to their own site but the ones that do totally stuff them up, and don't even understand that they have!!! Personally if I give a client a CMS I abrogate all responsibility for the way it looks and tell the client that. Mostly though it's good to...

I use font book on a mac, as well as a folder of all the fonts I have in a folder in alphabet folders A to Z, and I also have a folder of printed pages for every font I have on file. I only use fonts I have a genuine license for that I have purchased, as I have had corruptions from free fonts...