Tiana Berry-Jones

Typeform to build beautiful forms that people actually want to fill out. Basically it just lets you build forms with UX/UI best practices already applied, so you don’t have to figure it out and anyone can use it. When we switched to Typeform my team saw an 100%+ increase in form submissions.

WhatFont I use this a lot to identify and note fonts in things I find online in the wild

Wordmark.it to test text in the veritable cornucopia of fonts on my machine more easily than in a design app

Typewolf. It’s run by Jeremiah Shoaf and his writing is on point and funny. I love reading through his blogs that include recommendations, trend predictions, and collections/pairings.

LottieFiles has a ton of optimized small animations for use in various types of applications that you can edit and download for your own use.

Accessible Brand Colors is my current go-to tools for finding accessible web colors that will work in many situations for a client brand.

A Feminist, Inclusive, Anti-racist, Nonbinary Field Guide for Graphic Designers

Brutally Honest, No-bullshit business strategies to evolve your creative business, by Emily Ruth Cohen, is an amazing book I reference often. I didn’t discover it until after I had evolved my occasional side freelancing gigs into a full-time business, but even so I’ve learned a lot from it and enjoy Emily’s style of writing.

The Freelancer’s Union nonprofit organization, and their book, The Freelancer’s Bible, have been invaluable resources and I can’t recommend them highly enough. FU is free to join and offers SO MANY free resources on everything from networking to taxes, legal guidance and insurance and a variety of perks and discounts.