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- Tierra Nueva - new font inspired by old spanish map
... just implementing *all* the ideas, and in the end the type turns out to be a freak ;-) very tired, short very tired, short ... for that. Thanks guifa for that. That’s just the type of information I need at the moment. The Basics are settled, the more ...
Forum topic - Sebastian Nagel - 4 Mar 2008 - 4:47am - 48 comments - 2 attachments
- Critiques of the OpenType format?
... after. Opentype does such a much better job than TT or Type 1 in supporting large character sets that it is hard to resist. This is a ... can find three articles: “Phasing out PostScript Type 1 fonts” at ... is privately held by companies who are overwhealmingly not type founders so it’s inevitable that the format would be cast with ...
Forum topic - ishamid - 16 Jan 2006 - 12:29pm - 110 comments - 0 attachments
- More ponderings on type education
... Somewhere thrown into the mix is some attention to “type usage.” By necessity, educating graphic design students today is ... with Ilene Strizver for her forthcoming edition of Type Rules!. The first is an exploration of forms and counterforms (for the design ...
Forum topic - Norbert Florendo - 26 Oct 2005 - 8:31am - 10 comments - 0 attachments
- Appropriate use of the ampersand
... {Moderator: Wiki link added.} ‹ High-end, luxury type replacement for Times New Roman? Kerning Help for Logo › I ... for identifying the difference between fonts! My favourite type references always include the numerals and the ampersand, because often ...
Forum topic - Peter G. - 17 May 2005 - 9:57pm - 68 comments - 0 attachments
- Regarding the use of the ampersand
... there's no denying that you inspire... a certain type of person. A type of person who would rather celebrate the past rather than explore the ...
Forum topic - kaisa - 27 Sep 2004 - 2:31pm - 40 comments - 0 attachments
- Correct use of small caps at the beginning of a paragraph
... starting to feel like InDesign is better with setting type these days, perhaps I need to finally break down and teach myself how to ... in InDesign CS2 under the Character Palatte > Open Type you see all your options: Swashes, Small Caps etc. and the features that ...
Forum topic - Palatine - 30 Dec 2005 - 2:10pm - 38 comments - 0 attachments
- Working with Word and InDesign
... of the essential features of Word (e.g. Spell Check as you type, Thesaurus, Grammar check, etc). Besides, I’m much more comfortable ... I’ve become fairly familiar with InDesign’s robust type formatting options so when it comes time to take the type into ...
Forum topic - Peter G. - 8 Sep 2005 - 3:11pm - 46 comments - 0 attachments
- Type Battle! Week 2 (23 Jan)
TYPE BATTLE: Week 2 (23 Jan) Here's your chance to stretch your type muscles on a weekly basis. Each game kicks off on Monday with a new ... can’t stop the Franklin from ranklin yo stankin rules! (sorry) I’m loving this! You guys I’m ...
Forum topic - Christian Robertson - 28 Oct 2007 - 8:56pm - 117 comments - 0 attachments
- FontLab: class based kerning for a ZERO value
... table (NOT the “kern” OT feature) for a Type 1 or TrueType font. The other is for building the “kern” ... _roundflat: c’ d e q ccedilla eacute And you type in “/b/e” in the metrics window and assign the kerning value ...
Forum topic - silas - 23 Nov 2005 - 6:30pm - 36 comments - 0 attachments
- (x) Nutrition facts on food product labels - (generally) Helvetica {Lex}
... it for the Helvetica Bold on white background with smaller type below. So I don’t have to use extra brain cells for finding it, ... it for the Helvetica Bold on white background with smaller type below. No kidding? I usually identify it for the bold words spelling ...
Forum topic - sim - 18 Jun 2005 - 7:36pm - 39 comments - 0 attachments
