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February 6, 2013
Typography is about the imperfect balance between aesthetics, history, concept, and execution. Any one of these elements should make both the designer and the viewer uncomfortable at some level. If an instance of typography isn’t doing this, it is far too safe and must be avoided.
January 28, 2009
Many of my old Image Club typefaces — such as Schmutz — are currently owned and distributed by Monotype Imaging through various sites. Mr Coles was kind enough to point out that they’re now available through FontShop as well. I’ve always wanted to see my typefaces at FontShop. Unfortunately, since I created these fonts as … Read the rest of this item
October 3, 2006
Well, adjust my tracking and call me Caslon. Adobe finally freshens up their languishing type products page, renaming it the Adobe Type Showroom. However, once again they’ve neglected to add any new typefaces in the process. The pimped-out, pop-up type browser interface is kinda nice, as is the Flash®-based OpenType tour, but where’s the stuff … Read the rest of this item
August 9, 2006
They have some nerve scheduling the WWDC the exact same week as TypeCon this year. What were they thinking down in Cupertino? Don’t they realize that some of us folks love hobnobbing with the geekerati about upcoming operating systems and new Mac hardware just as much as rubbing elbows with the typographic cognoscenti? Apparently not. … Read the rest of this item
May 9, 2005
In a surprising bit of news, Fontlab Ltd. announced that as of today the veritable type design tool Fontographer has a new place to call home. Not only do the makers of the coincidentally named Fontlab software intend to support existing Fontographer users, they also plan on continuing development — at least to the point … Read the rest of this item
September 27, 2003
A big, warm hello from Vancouver and the ATypI conference. I just thought I would sneak in a quick post between sessions and let everyone know that the conference tracks are extremely fast-paced, the weather has been nothing but gorgeous, and the pre-configured bagged lunches are indeed quite edible. The type marketing panel discussion which … Read the rest of this item
May 20, 2003
Since I first mentioned how I was tinkering with various OS X Finder settings to customize the views, I’ve had a few requests from viewers wanting to know what my windows looked like using 9 point aliased fonts. I’m reasonably happy with how the text labels look on the desktop, but the list and column … Read the rest of this item
April 25, 2003
This is big. As big as a pen and ink rendering of an Ed Benguiat swash cap. When a supa-cool boutique font outfit nabs one of the most amazing old school, film-based type collections around, it’s big. Really big. Yep, House Industries purchased Photo-Lettering. How big? “Physically, the collection takes up about 350 cubic ft … Read the rest of this item
March 23, 2001
In the earlier releases of Mac OS X, there was a curious little fellow that lived in the Fonts panel called the “Buy Fonts” button. A few eyebrows were raised and collective mumblings were shared between onlookers of the typographic variety, and then the “Buy Fonts” button quietly slid out of view and out of … Read the rest of this item
June 19, 2000
Ever since Clive Bruton boarded up the windows on the FontZone site, I’ve been rather torn up inside by the fact that Microsoft now has the most comprehensive and well-maintained typography news pages around. I mean, it wouldn’t bother me so much if it was some half-assed, token link page surrounded by Word-formatted white papers … Read the rest of this item