So often, things are done with type that can make your skin crawl. Here are a few things you can do to avoid some common "mistakes" when dealing with the use of fonts.
For the most part, the use of ALL CAPS should be avoided. Visually, type in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS is more difficult to read. Often, people will not only use all caps. What a shame!
Notice that the same font in Upper and Lowercase is so much more readable.
Ever use dropcaps? Some people make the mistake of simply making the dropcap larger. C'mon, get creative and do some customizing.
To the right is a dropcap "T" with no manipulation or style change. The "T" rises above, and is distant to the "h"... at the very least, it needs to be kerned (kerning is the manipulation of letter spacing to avoid gaps in white space or crashing of characters). In the sample below the style of the "T" has been changed to Lavishly Yours; it was then lowered below the baseline. Finally, the next two lines were moved over to be centered under the first line to give the whole image a sense of unity.
