Archive for the ‘type’ Category

Typographunnies

Sunday, September 21st, 2008

Ahh designer humor…

“Keming. the result of improper kerning.”

This, and other “gems” found here.

Identifying a typeface

Monday, July 14th, 2008

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I’ve had great success with these two services when trying to identify typefaces.

If you have an image of the font- try whatthefont… 70% of the time, this is the only step you’ll need.

If not, try identifont, (which asks you a series of questions to narrow down the options within their database).

Lastly, if all else fails- the forums over at whatthefont are excellent (You’ll usually get an answer from someone the same day).

Fontstruct

Saturday, July 12th, 2008

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Robust online font creation application that you can check out here.

Some of the user examples are really impressive.

Book of famous designers’ favorite typefaces

Friday, June 27th, 2008

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More info here.

All the proceeds go to UNICEF’s Myanmar (Burma) Cyclone Children’s Appeal.