Ben Moss

Brighton, Ireland

Senior Editor at Webdesigner Depot

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The 30 Best Fonts of 2024

Dec 19, 2024 | webdesignerdepot.com | Ben Moss

2024 has been a great year for type design. Over the past few years geometric sans have been less apparent, with cursive and serifs having something of a renaissance; that trend continued this year. There’s been a very clear fashion for French design. Experimental fonts are more usable than ever. Here — in no particular order — are our picks for the 30 best typefaces of 2024. Enjoy!Euchre is a straightforward sans-serif font crafted for readability in running text.
15 Best New Fonts, November 2024

Dec 2, 2024 | webdesignerdepot.com | Ben Moss

Welcome to our monthly roundup of the best new fonts we’ve found online in the previous four weeks. November’s edition is particularly strong for script-inspired sans, display faces with motion and energy, and a charming blackletter font. Enjoy!Formiga is a versatile, humanist display typeface designed for attention-grabbing editorials. It has a clear, confident, and fun style, making it perfect for B2C branding projects. There are seven weights (from light to black) with a ton of OpenType features.
15 Best New Fonts, October 2024

Nov 1, 2024 | webdesignerdepot.com | Simon Sterne |Carrie Cousins |Paddi MacDonnell |Ben Moss

Welcome to our roundup of the best new fonts we’ve found online in the last four weeks. In this month’s selection we have a mixture of different styles, from highly practical serifs, to experimental display typefaces. Enjoy! GT Flaire GT Flaire aims to translate the bold expressive curves of calligraphy into digital form. It blends profesionalism with a lively, playful style to bridge the gap between business and creativity.
20 Best New Websites, October 2024

Oct 22, 2024 | webdesignerdepot.com | Paddi MacDonnell |Carrie Cousins |Simon Sterne |Ben Moss

Welcome to October’s collection of sites we like - we hope you’ll like them too. Something we’re seeing more and more of is the ‘customizable’ site. Most often, this means a button to swap between dark and light themes, but the options are starting to get increasingly sophisticated. In this set, we have dark and light options, images and text-only options, color changes, whole theme change options, a custom text option, and even image editing options.
3 Essential Design Trends, November 2024

Oct 22, 2024 | webdesignerdepot.com | Carrie Cousins |Paddi MacDonnell |Simon Sterne |Ben Moss

Touchable texture, distinct grids, and two-column designs are some of the most trending website design elements of November 2024. It’s hard to believe the end of the year is right around the corner. That isn’t stopping website designers from trying new things to keep things interesting as we begin to close out 2024, though.
Exciting New Tools for Designers, October 2024

Oct 22, 2024 | webdesignerdepot.com | Paddi MacDonnell |Carrie Cousins |Simon Sterne |Ben Moss

Welcome to our roundup of top new tools for October. We’ve got goodies for designers, developers, SEO-ers, content managers, and those of you who wear multiple hats. And, of course, it wouldn't be October without a Halloween themed font. Enjoy! Feeedy Feeedy is a notes app that offers the convenience of messaging apps with enhanced note-taking features. RealMail Email sign ups can go wrong for a number of reasons, like fake addresses and typos.
15 Best New Fonts, September 2024

Oct 3, 2024 | webdesignerdepot.com | Simon Sterne |Carrie Cousins |Paddi MacDonnell |Ben Moss

Welcome to our roundup of the best new fonts we’ve found on the web in the previous four weeks. In this month’s edition there’s plenty of hand-lettering charm, and some excellent historical revivals. Enjoy! Kornel Kornel is a serif type family designed for long texts, featuring classic proportions and sharp details that work well on the web. Inspired by Renaissance typography, its simplified forms deliver a contemporary twist.
A Beginner’s Guide to Using BlueSky for Business Success

Oct 1, 2024 | webdesignerdepot.com | Carrie Cousins |Simon Sterne |Paddi MacDonnell |Ben Moss

In today’s fast-paced digital world, businesses are always on the lookout for new ways to connect with their audience. BlueSky, a decentralized social media platform, is quickly gaining attention as a fresh alternative to traditional platforms like Twitter and Instagram. While it's still early days for BlueSky, its unique structure offers a big opportunity for businesses to build communities and engage with users in a more transparent, user-focused way.
The Importance of Title Tags: Tips and Tricks to Optimize for SEO

Oct 1, 2024 | webdesignerdepot.com | Simon Sterne |Carrie Cousins |Paddi MacDonnell |Ben Moss

When it comes to on-page SEO, there’s one element that plays a pivotal role in both search engine rankings and user engagement: the HTML title tag. Often overlooked, this small but mighty piece of code can have a significant impact on how your website is perceived by search engines like Google and by potential visitors browsing the search engine results pages.
3 Essential Design Trends, October 2024

Sep 25, 2024 | webdesignerdepot.com | Carrie Cousins |Paddi MacDonnell |Simon Sterne |Ben Moss

You have to get creative when you lack a strong visual. This month's design trends roundup focuses on this concept. Have you ever started a design project that was just hard to show? Or maybe one that didn’t have many video or photo assets to work with? That’s when designers have to stretch their creativity to come up with interesting and engaging concepts that will still keep users scrolling and clicking.