Paddington
Browsing around the store built into FontExplorer X, I ran across Paddington, designed by Freda Sack in 1977. Considering how long the typeface has been around, and the fact that it's sold by a major foundry, I was surprised I'd never seen it before. So I searched around Google to see if I really was in the minority and found...Continue
March 16, 2005Microsoft to release six new typefaces
Get ready CSS developers, there are six new typefaces coming from Microsoft that you'll soon have at your disposal as alternatives to Verdana, Arial, Georgia and Times. Microsoft will be offering the typefaces as part of future operating system updates and other Microsoft software products. Thankfully, all six are not display faces but a mix of sans-serif, serif, and monospace...Continue
March 01, 2005Is it just me...
...or do your eyes fixate on the empty center of this Michael Jackson Trial graphic that E! has been plugging non-stop? Every time it comes on TV, my eyes nearly go cross-eyed. That space between the "L" and "J" is not just wide, but dead center in the layout, and I can barely look at it without feeling like I'm...Continue
August 28, 2003House Numbers
After a few weeks of gathering dust on my desk, I finally had an opportunity to install house numbers on the front of my new home. I obtained the numbers through type foundry House Industries, which is offering architectural lettering of Neutraface, their popular 1920s, Art-Deco typeface designed by architect Richard Neutra. Like all type families, you can select which...Continue
November 25, 2002Indie Fonts
The big dogs like Adobe, Font Bureau, Font Shop International, and Emigre have enough marketing muscle to promote their typefaces to art directors the world over, but what about the small, independent foundries? Type foundry Fountain, which recently redesigned their web site, has published the handy Indie Fonts book, featuring over 400 pages, 18 foundries, and 2000 font samples for...Continue
November 23, 2002Satchel Paige
I'm such a sucker for the warm, bold, rustic look of letterpress typography, and thanks to Tracy Jenkins and chester, we have a delicious, funky new alternative to the usual suspects named Satchel Paige. Available in OpenType, Mac, and Windows format - for free....Continue
October 22, 2002Papercut - True 3D Typography
The crew over at Typographica picked up a nice find in typography news with Papercut - a new "true" three dimensional typeface, of sorts, by Avi Haltovsky. Instead of applying perspective to an existing face, Papercut is composed of undulating shapes which only reveal their true character when viewed from the proper angle. To my eyes, the face doesn't serve...Continue
September 24, 2002Curly Quotes in MovableType
Update: This post is outdated. This site now uses the SmartyPants plug-in for curly quotes and other entities. If you're a stickler for typography and prefer the look of curly, or more traditionally typographer's quotes, in your HTML code, until now you had three choices. One, type “ / ” by hand, each and every time you wanted stylized quotes...Continue
August 26, 2002Emigre Releases Fairplex
For those of you who don't subscribe to, or haven't received the latest issue of Emigre Magazine, type foundry Emigre has released a new typeface from designer Zuzana Licko called Fairplex. Like a lot of Emigre faces, Fairplex has a rustic, Americana feel, yet altered with just enough modern flair to keep it from being a retro throwback. Fairplex's roots...Continue
August 08, 2002Susan Kare Bitmap Fonts
Before miniml - before mini - there was Susan Kare and her original bitmap typography and icons for the Macintosh. Nearly 20 years later, Kare has redesigned and introduced a collection of bitmap fonts and icons to the public. Available as one big pack, or a la carte. Will embed without blurring or counter filling in Flash....Continue
February 25, 2002Eric Gill Quote
"There are now about as many different varieties of letters as there are different kinds of fools." - Eric Gill...Continue
February 06, 2002Baseline Magazine
For what seems like years, I've been scratching my head over the bizarre online presence of Baseline Magazine. Their web site has been nothing but a virtual junkyard of broken images, zero contact information, and not a shred of copy to acknowledge itself. Did they lose access to their FTP account? Hit their head on a slab-serif and forget how...Continue
October 19, 2001I'm Down With Em & En
Screen typography has always been a whipping boy for frustrated print designers. There ain't no fancy-pants Quark type palettes around here. Besides...dude, who cares about old school stuff like leading, kerning, or smart quotes? This is the new economy! The future! The end of print! Well, truth is typography matters, damn't. It always has, and it's high time web designers...Continue
September 25, 2001Six Boys Guzzled Cheap Raw Plum Vodka Quite Joyfully
Looking for a little change in your type previews? If you're like me, the phrase "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" is old hat, and basically defeats the purpose of seeing a typeface in a "natural" setting (you only get so view a uppercase 'T' for God's sake). The lovable Jonathan Hoefler of the Hoefler Type Foundry...Continue
