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Style-Force Semplice Pixelfonts
Free pixelfonts from Style-Force Sempliceâ„¢ Pixelfonts. Via Dan and wdik
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Typetester
Typetester – compare fonts for the screen. A handy little tool for comparing font treatments for Web sites. Actually, that’s an understatement. This is amazingly useful.
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Liveblogging: AEA: Round 1
9:00 – Zeldman – Intro, overview, formalities. We are in the middle of a revolution in information transfer; the first since the advent of movable type (Gutenburg’s, not Six Apart’s); the first revolution in the way information is transmitted in 500 years. We are here today to rethink what we do and understand its importance. […]
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Fontographer
According to Typographica, Fontographer, a font creation and editor package from Macromedia has just been updated for Mac. This is it’s first update in nine years! That’s pretty big news. I will definitely be checking this out. Fontographer 4.7 (Mac OS X), or 4.1.5 (Win) at FontLab
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Clear Type
This isn’t exactly news but I thought I’d link this here for your benefit. How to activate cleartype on Windows XP It will make everything look prettier. I don’t know why default isn’t “on”. If you haven’t done this, do it now.
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Web Fonts
A list of fonts common to all Windows machines, and their Mac equivalents. These font combos are “safe” to use on Web pages as nearly all machines will be able to see them. (Those that can’t probably won’t see your font “correctly” anyway).
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Accessible Typography
Something I have taken interest in recently is Web Typography. Like graphic design, it is something I have very little experience with, but am pursuing in order to become a better Web designer. You may have noticed some changes to the typeface of this site in an effort to be more readable, artsy, and generally […]