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Earlier this spring, our local art-supply store closed its doors. The promise of discount art supplies looms large, so off I went. There was a paltry selection of picked-over goods, until a chipboard assortment of “birthday letters†caught my eye. B
The Font Clock is a 21st century take on the British 24 hour
So everybody’s linking to this cartoonist guy who’s harshing on the LA Times’ typography (scroll down). Beginners who get their hands on a computer for the first time are usually fascinated by fonts, and produce documents that look like...
This is pretty interesting... Computer generated text, using
This series was originally conceived for Japanese designers, to introduce well-crafted Western fonts and the contemporary designers behind them. In the end though, we enjoyed these interviews so much ourselves, we decided to publish them in the Engl
Using the power of CSS can we make times new roman look attractive? With so few fonts we can reliably use on the net, one more that has the right situations would be invaluable.
Aw the days of grunge; Kurt Cobain, torn jeans, and flannel jackets. How could a fad like that ever fade away?rnrnThe grunge style is a great way to create some visualy stunning designs and websites. Grunge styles let you break away from the
Why not summer fonts? I can't think of a good reason why not. Like all things summer, a summer font need only follow a few simple rules. Be catchy. Be simple. Be happy. And be gone soon enough to belong to a single summer only. It's the Summer of Gr
I came across this excellent free egyptian font today, named Mido , It’s created by Eva Grinder at Konstfack, Stockholm 2007. Its available in opentype format and free to download. What are you waiting for?
Every now and again we take a look around, select “fresh� high-quality free fonts and present them to you in a brief overview. The choice is enormous, so the time you need to find them is usually the time you should be investing in your current...
Lists are great, and these are the best for the designer.
Detour is a look at Moleskine notebooks by an international collection of artists, designers, architects, illustrators, and writers. This video shows designer Paula Scher’s notebook, which is filled with funky fonts...
A stunning navigation menu can take your websites interface to the next level. At the previous post i had selected a complete list of free professional CSS navigation menus, just check out here if you are interesting. Here we presented some great an
A list of 40 sites containing typographic instruction, tools, inspiration, galleries, typefaces, methods, books, etc
Phil Martin (1922-2005) often claimed that he had designed "400 fonts" during his career. Certainly, those "400 fonts" are associated with his name and it was he who marketed them and is credited for them....
Type designers and graphic designers select the best fonts of 2006.
Clean and easy to use free font site, with Ajax capabilities, instant refresh, custom colors, etc.
Ever seen a font you like but couldn't identify it?
Here are 3 great resources to get you started.
When selecting or designing a theme for your blog there are some key design considerations. How wide should it be? How many columns should you use? What colors work best? What fonts are easiest to read? What color schemes are easiest to read? This a
Very easy to update/customise XML menu for use on an html website. All you need to do is update the button title and link in the xml file. Only open the flash file if you need to change colours, fonts etc.
Typotheque has officially released Greta. Such an amazing face that I have followed for some time.
Have fun learning about typography.
Ten years ago, HÃ¥kon Wium Lie and Bert Bos gave us typographic control over web pages via CSS. But Verdana and Georgia take us only so far. Now HÃ¥kon shows us how to take web design out of the typographic ghetto, by harnessing the power of real True
Often overlooked and misunderstood, typography stands, to many, as one of the least interesting aspects of design. Plenty of us have a predetermined collection of 5 or 6 fonts that we always choose from; a go-to pool of familiar looks...
The third part in the Type Terminology Series--a fun look at typography. This time we look at the ligature!
