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Mrs. Daffodil, San Francisco/Los Angeles Age and Occupation: 26, Nonprofit Strategy Consultant Fiance's Age and Occupation: 26, Resident Physician Engagement Date: December 29, 2006 Wedding Date: May, 2008 Blogging Since: August, 2007 Venue: Church w/ floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the Valley; Westin in downtown LA About Me: I moved around a lot growing up, but consider myself a Southerner at heart. I love scrapbooking, dancing, doggies, and diet coke. I am all about personalizing everything and hence, I'm a DIY bride who is just loving the entire wedding planning process! Mr. Daffodil and I met in our college fellowship group and were "just friends" for three years before we started dating. We've been together for four years now and can't wait to get married in sunny SoCal, Mr. Daffodil's hometown.
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Font Combos

October 24th, 2007 @ 10:34 am by Mrs. Daffodil

Now that the wedding is about six months away, we are getting ready to send out our save-the-dates soon and to launch our website! We want everything in our wedding to have a unifying theme, which brings us to carefully considering which fonts we will choose. We plan on using the same fonts on everything…our website, save-the-dates, invitations, program, etc.

The key to selecting fonts really is pairing a script font with a block font and using those throughout. Any more than that and it gets to be a bit of font overload for your guests. Lately, I’ve been playing with pairing the different fonts together as we start designing our communications. Thought I would share some of my favorite combos…!

Palatino Linotype with Aquiline:
Font Combos :  wedding invitations los angeles Z114856 palotino aquiline combo

Palatino Linotype with Scriptina:
Font Combos :  wedding invitations los angeles Z114857 palotino scriptina combo

Californian FB with MP Peony:
Font Combos :  wedding invitations los angeles Z11485701 californian mp peony combo

Bernhard Fashion BT with Gessele:
Font Combos :  wedding invitations los angeles Z11485702 bernhard gessele combo

Bernhard Fashion BT with Bickham Script:
Font Combos :  wedding invitations los angeles Z11485703 bernhard bickham combo

and (maybe my favorite!), Bernhard Fashion BT with LainieDaySH:
Font Combos :  wedding invitations los angeles Z11485704 bernhard lainieday combo

The best part is, with the exception of Bernhard Fashion and Bickham Script, the rest of these fonts are free online! I found most of these on dafont.com, WebpagePublicity, SimplyTheBestFonts, and AbtractFonts.

So I’m curious to hear…What are other favorite combos out there? And which of these above do you like? smiley4

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Miss Dahlia (message)  413 posts, Helper bee

I really like the last one.

 
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Miss Peony (message)  314 posts, Helper bee

I have a confession….I’m a total font geek. I have tons of fonts and I organize them by category, and print them all out so I instantly know what each ones look like.

But I have to admit that I’ve been a bit lazy with my fonts lately and I haven’t been downloading new ones as much. I LOVE LainieDaySH!!!! I’m currently working on designing my invitations and I may just use it as well! Thanks, Miss Daffodil!

 
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Jilian

Love 1, 3 & 6. 6 is my favorite :)

 
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Mrs. S

3 is my favorite. 6 is my second favorite.

 
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Miss Magnolia (message)  253 posts, Helper bee

There’s something very clean and appealing about #3. I know that sounds weird when you’re talking about fonts, but it’s true! :)

 
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Miss Petunia (message)  287 posts, Helper bee

I really like 3, too!

 
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Jess

The third one is a great combination, Miss Daffodil! I also love the combination of Adobe Garamond Pro and Bickham Script Pro (it’s a little less “frilly” than the one you’ve shown in example 5). Let us know which combo you decide!

 
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Miss Jasmine (message)  1,170 posts, Bumble bee

I like the third one too!

 
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Cara

the last one! LainieDaySH is our wedding font! We’ve used it on our save-the-dates and i can’t wait to get started on designing everything else. We didn’t use a block font, just LD, which looked really cool and a bit different. I like it with Bernhard fashion though, we might use that for our programs as a whole program of LD might be a bit much!

 
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Jennifer

I don’t really like the first two Bernhards, but I LOVE the rest of them!

 
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Angel (message)  1,263 posts, Bumble bee

I love the first one; it looks like it’s been drawn from an ink well. And it’s easy for me to read.

 
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staceyb (message)  262 posts, Helper bee

in #2, the font makes it look like “daffrodil” to me. i know, you won’t actually have the word daffodil on your invites, but still. :) it’s hard for me to like it because of that.

6 is my favorite as well. Second favorite is 3.

 
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J

3 is my favorite.

 
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katya

I was in love with Cezanne but the font didn’t fit the design I well, designed. French Script was a better match. I used it with a simple form of the Engravers font.

 
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tea (message)  7,263 posts, Bee Keeper

i like the first and last one. i did quite enjoy scriptina for a while until i started seeing it everywhere.

i’ve become a bit of a font geek myself so i appreciate the post. it’s hard going through all of the available free font offerings to find something you like.

 
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erika426 (message)  170 posts, Blushing bee

I like number 3 above and my font combo on my invites is Copperplate Gothic Light and Beautiful ES

 
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Anne

#2 and #3 are my favorites!

 
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Kimmy

I love the first one!!! Absolutely classic and beautiful. I may use that combo for myself, that is if you don’t mind, Miss Daffodil =D

 
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kCk

One of my favorite font combos, which I used on most of our wedding stationery is Cooperplate Gothic (Light & Bold) and Afternoon Delight (we both love this font!). Unfortunately, we had to use Vietnamese & Chinese fonts on the main portions of our invites, but I used this combo everywhere else.

 
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kCk

Oh, I forgot to mention that Afternoon Delight is the free version Zapfino, which started my love affair with fonts. I do have both though through the kindness of some knotties.

 
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Mrs. Daffodil, San Francisco/Los Angeles Age and Occupation: 26, Nonprofit Strategy Consultant Fiance's Age and Occupation: 26, Resident Physician Engagement Date: December 29, 2006 Wedding Date: May, 2008 Blogging Since: August, 2007 Venue: Church w/ floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the Valley; Westin in downtown LA About Me: I moved around a lot growing up, but consider myself a Southerner at heart. I love scrapbooking, dancing, doggies, and diet coke. I am all about personalizing everything and hence, I'm a DIY bride who is just loving the entire wedding planning process! Mr. Daffodil and I met in our college fellowship group and were "just friends" for three years before we started dating. We've been together for four years now and can't wait to get married in sunny SoCal, Mr. Daffodil's hometown.

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