Font
News
Make
Your Own Fonts, In a Web Browser (Slashdot)
"Although it's been up for a few weeks, today is the official
launch of FontStruct, a web-based font creation tool. That's right:
in your web browser, you can build your own typeface, and download
it as a TrueType font. The site's user agreement requires you to release
your creations online under one of the Creative Commons licenses.
The typefaces tend to be a little blocky, but it's still impressive
(and a great way to pass time)." >>
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Our Favorite Typefaces
of 2007 (Typographica)
Typographica’s fourth annual review showcases the best in new
typeface design. Twenty-five of the world’s brightest graphic
and type designers selected their favorite font releases of the year.
We welcome to our regular cast of contributors: David Berlow, Ellen
Lupton, and Erik Spiekermann, among others. This edition brings two
changes. First, the description has evolved from “fonts”
to “typefaces”. Yes, there is a difference. Mark Simonson
explains it bes t: “The physical embodiment of a collection
of letters (whether it’s a case of metal pieces or a computer
file) is a font. When referring to the design of the collection (the
way it looks) you call it a typeface.” >>
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The
font of all personality (BBC News)
The choice of font used in e-mails and type-written letters could
say more about an individual's personality than their creative writing
skills. Graphology - the art of studying handwriting - has been used
for centuries to try to analyse people's characters, but since the
demise of personal handwriting, the experts have moved on to typefaces
to look for clues to our identities. If the experts are correct, choice
of font could prove important when writing a letter to your bank manager
or a spurned lover. The Psychology of Fonts, commissioned by Lexmark
Printers and written by psychologist Dr Aric Sigman explains how a
typeface will significantly influence what the reader thinks about
you. Courier is seen as the choice of "sensible shoes" type
of people or "anoraks" and curvy icons like Georgia or Shelly
suggest a bit of a "rock chick" personality. The study suggests
fonts can be matched to top personalities, and cites the following
examples: >>
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30
Fonts That ALL Designers Must Own (Just Creative Design)
Here are 30 of the Best Fonts / Typefaces that every designer must
own sorted by alphabetical order. There are 15 serif fonts and 15
sans-serif fonts. These fonts will last you your whole career! A brief
description of what each font is best suited for is provided however
are not limited to this. There are some top free fonts that are downloadable
in this collection and some that come with your operating system…
the others are not so free but they sure will help you improve your
typography! They include original PC, Mac and Truetype fonts. >>
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FontViewer
3 : Preview and Manage Your Fonts to Improve Performance (PC Magazine)
Having unique fonts is great for making your documents look special
or for putting a distinctive caption on a photograph or video clip.
But if you have hundreds of fonts, you may be slowing down Windows,
word processors, and other programs that use fonts. Applications like
Word and Photoshop load all of the available fonts into dropdown boxes.
If you have hundreds of fonts, your application loading times might
be slower than a system with just a few fonts. In addition, it can
be difficult to find the font you want when scrolling through a list
from a dropdown box. They usually appear small and it can be hard
to see many fonts at once. >>
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Cyberclinic
: Font Hunt (Independent, UK)
In the 12 years since I bought my first computer, I've paid for precisely
one font. One. That was when I was attempting to learn Hungarian (long
story) and I couldn't find the double-umlaut the Magyars use –
so I had to fork out for a special Central European one. There have
been times when my computer was full of fonts I'd picked up here and
there – before I realised that, actually, I wasn't ever going
to be a graphic designer, so I junked them. These days I make do with
the pre-installed fonts on my machine, and reliable old warhorses
such as Arial and Times do me proud. But there's no doubting that
font piracy is endemic. I mean, have you ever bought one? >>
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