{"id":2662,"date":"2020-12-11T23:09:07","date_gmt":"2020-12-12T07:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lightsondata.com\/?post_type=tva_lesson&#038;p=2662"},"modified":"2021-02-05T19:25:48","modified_gmt":"2021-02-06T03:25:48","slug":"resources-for-design","status":"publish","type":"tva_lesson","link":"https:\/\/www.lightsondata.com\/course\/resources-for-design\/","title":{"rendered":"Resources for Design"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Resources for Background Images<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" style=\"outline: none;\" target=\"_blank\">Unsplash<\/a>: Royalty-free high-resolution photos that are absolutely beautiful (this is probably one of our favorites).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" style=\"outline: none;\">Pexels<\/a>: Another great selection of high-resolution photos. It also includes videos, if your data story needs to make use of that medium.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/negativespace.co\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"outline: none;\">Negative Space<\/a>: For personal or commercial use, all of their CC0 licensed images are completely free to use.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/freerangestock.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"outline: none;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Free Range Stock<\/a>: Photos and illustrations licensed for commercial use. No attribution required.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imcreator.com\/free\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"outline: none;\">IM Free<\/a>: Curated collections of free web design resources available for commercial use. (includes both images and icons)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Resources for Supporting Graphics<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thenounproject.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"outline: none;\">The Noun Project<\/a>: Millions of icons from different artists. Some icons are free and require attribution and some are available for a fee.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.picmonkey.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"outline: none;\">PicMonkey<\/a>: Freemium and premium options provide access to vector-based graphics that are fully customizable.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flaticon.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" style=\"outline: none;\">Flaticon<\/a>: Over 3 million vector icons, with thousands of them that are free, but they require attribution.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/icons8.com\/icons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Icons8<\/a>: 150k+ free icons in PNG and SVG format that you can also edit. You can also browse by style.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/freeicons.io\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" style=\"outline: none;\">Freeicons.io<\/a>: Self-proclaimed as the largest database of free icons.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Resources for Typography<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.typogui.de\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"outline: none;\">Typogui.de<\/a>: Kind of a \u201cTypography 101\u201d for non-designers.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dafont.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"outline: none;\">Dafont<\/a>: Downloadable fonts, some free, but most require fees for commercial use.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/fonts?__hstc=20629287.a8a00ea39c5f0aa5c1cc13b5c918c4fa.1599091602051.1607305320066.1607307199744.10&amp;__hssc=20629287.1.1607307199744&amp;__hsfp=1026759523\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"outline: none;\">Google Fonts<\/a>: A directory of downloadable, open source web fonts. Some of these are already integrated in some data visualization tools.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/tiff.herokuapp.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"outline: none;\">Tiff<\/a>: Do you need to decide between two fonts? Compare and contrast different fonts using this online tool.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chengyinliu.com\/whatfont.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"outline: none;\">WhatFont<\/a>: Online tool as well as Chrome extension that helps you quickly identify fonts on a specific web page in case you want to use them for your own data visualizations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-2662","tva_lesson","type-tva_lesson","status-publish","hentry","tva_courses-data-visualization-for-data-storytelling","post-wrapper","thrv_wrapper"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>LightsOnData<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lightsondata.com\/course\/resources-for-design\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" 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