FontHunt is a typographic scavenger hunt taking
FontHunt is a typographic scavenger hunt taking place in NYC the week of July 21. Doesn’t get much geekier (or cooler) than this, folks.
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“Graffiti Taxonomy presents isolated letters from various
“Graffiti Taxonomy presents isolated letters from various graffiti tags, reproduced in similar scales and at close proximity”. “The intent of these studies is to show the diversity of styles as expressed in a single character.”
An incomplete listing of typefaces seen at Walt Disney World
An incomplete listing of typefaces seen at Walt Disney World.
FontLab buys Fontographer from Macromedia and plans for future upgrades
FontLab buys Fontographer from Macromedia and plans for future upgrades.
Mercury Text typeface comes in four different
Mercury Text typeface comes in four different grades so you can pick the right one for the medium you’re publishing in. Hoefler and Frere-Jones are the best kind of crazy.
Microsoft recently licensed their core and web
Microsoft recently licensed their core and web fonts (Verdana, Georgia, etc.) to Ascender. These fonts were formerly distributed free of charge on the web by Microsoft…now they only come free with MS products.
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