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Archive for December, 2006

CSS and Typography

Wednesday, December 27th, 2006

You don’t often see CSS and typography used in the same sentence, and for good reason. Traditional typography is a very subtle and beautiful form of design, with thousands of variations and choices. Unfortunately, with CSS that’s not quite the case. Don’t lose hope just yet, though. CSS can do more than you might think. read more…


How to make your own fonts

Wednesday, December 13th, 2006

So you downloaded thousands of fonts, but you still don’t get that look you’re after. At some point, many designers decide to leave their mark in the world and make their own fonts. (more…)


Adrian Frutiger honored

Monday, December 11th, 2006

Legendary designer Adrian Frutiger has received the prestigious 2006 Typography Award from The Society for Typographic Aficionados (SOTA). The award, presented by Allan Haley, Chairman of the Board of Directors at SOTA, recognizes Frutiger’s artistic contribution in designing many of the best-known typefaces of the 20th century. These include OCR-B, the eponymous Frutiger and Univers. Full story


Google Logo Font Name

Monday, December 11th, 2006

So for those of you who wonder what that font is, here’s the answer….. It’s called Catull, and you can purchase it here: Catull Font


Windows Vista New Fonts

Sunday, December 10th, 2006

With the upcoming release of Microsoft’s Vista, it’s exciting for all font lovers to know there’s a bunch of new fonts that will be bundled with the software.The Microsoft collection includes two serif, three sans serif, and a monospaced face for use in programming environments. They are intended to be text typefaces as opposed to display faces that are used in larger sizes for headlines. Some of the new fonts are suitable for print as well as on-screen applications. Check out Vista’s fonts


A feature film about the Helvetica font?

Tuesday, December 5th, 2006

No, you’re not dreaming… Helvetica is a feature-length independent film about typography, graphic design and global visual culture. It looks at the proliferation of the Helvetica typeface (which will celebrate its 50th birthday in 2007) as part of a larger conversation about the way type affects our lives.
Helvetica Film | Helvetica Font


Cleartype technology standard in IE 7

Sunday, December 3rd, 2006

If you downloaded the latest version of Internet Explorer, you may have noticed that your fonts now look different. In fact, the default setting for font display is now ‘cleartype’. Fonts look smoother and not as crisp, as this is supposed to bring more clarity to your text on the screen and make the fonts that you typed look more like printed text. (more…)


How to change the font in your iPod

Sunday, December 3rd, 2006

iPodWizard is a program that allows you to change the graphics, font and strings on all iPod models with screen.

iPodWizard (iPW) is a program for Microsoft Windows that allows you to change the fonts on your iPod as well as perform miscellaneous tweaks. The program is safe and simple to use, and is completely free. 


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