Every week we collect some of the best web and digital design resources that will be useful for designers. This week features a free font, a free font-based iOS app, holiday-themed icons and design resources, and some great tips on usability for your next design.

Check out any of the links below and leave any comments about your favourites in the replies.

 

FREEBIES

Free Font: Retro Sans

retro font

Download the font.

 

 

Fontspiration: an app for typophiles everywhere

From Web Designer Depot,

Fontspiration is a cool app for iOS boasting two features font lovers won’t want to miss.

The first feature is a feed of typographic inspiration; amazing type-based work that you’ll get lost in for hours and come out the other side feeling truly inspired.

The second feature actually allows you to quickly create typographic animations using hundreds of Google Fonts, and literally dozens of built-in animations, custom designed for this app.

Download the app.

 

25 Christmas Icons

25 Free PSD icons

Download the icons.

 

25 Christmas Resources for Designers

Christmas resources

Check out the full list of Christmas Resources for Designers.

 

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INSPIRATION

6 Simple Landing Pages That Perform Like a Charm

geico landing page

Usability Geek has collected 6 landing pages that deliver on conversions. Check them out to see if there are elements you can implement on your own landing pages to improve their performance. Visit 6 Simple Landing Pages That Perform Like a Charm.

 

When to Use Toggle Buttons

toggle visibility

There is a right time to use a drop-down menu, and a wrong-time. In a lot of cases, a toggle button can come in handy where a drop-down menu doesn’t deliver on usability.

This article from UX Movement goes over when (and when not) to use toggle buttons. Check out the article.