
Try setting up a similar document in your own design software; start with mutliple fonts, and try to reduce it to a maximum of two contrasting faces.
Let's get it clear right from the start. Beauty really is only skin deep. But that doesn't mean we should go out of our way to make church publications look intentionally ugly or amateurish. The cool thing is, when you do it yourself, a delicious design costs no more than a design disaster. It's all about attention to detail; a statement that what you're doing and saying is worth doing and saying well.
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I think the worst font-crime in this example is the use of Berlin Sans along with Arial... a classic case of two similar sans-serif fonts clashing because they're almost the same.
For a moment there I was wondering who this New Life Ministries Presbyterian Church is? I was hoping it wasn't us...
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I have to tell you, the service sheet you've used in your example is one of that particular church's better ones. I visit that church most holidays (just last weekend infact) and it is definately one of their 'less cluttered' ones, sadly enough. I know, the thought makes me cringe aswell. Don't worry I've got plenty of other samples if you ever need any more.
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