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Tag: fonts

  • Typeset In The Future

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    [A blog dedicated to identifying fonts in science fiction.][link] [link]: http://typesetinthefuture.com/ “Typeset In The Future | Dedicated to fonts in sci-fi”

  • Symbolset

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    [A font made up of symbols and glyphs useful for desktop or mobile web development.][link] Symbolset gives you access to lots of commonly-used symbols which would normally be images, decreasing the page load time and number of requests needed to display your page. [link]: http://symbolset.com/ “Symbolset”

  • Google Web Fonts 2.0

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    [Newest in an avalanche of Google service redesigns.][link] Is 2011 the year Google gets serious about design? Sure seems like it. [link]: http://www.google.com/webfonts/v2 “Google Web Fonts”

  • Lost Type Co-op

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    [Very nice typefaces with a pay-what-you-like profit model.][link] The website is fun, too. [link]: http://www.losttype.com/ “Lost Type Co-op”

  • WhatFont

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    [A nifty little JS bookmarklet that tells you what font is being used on the text you’re hovering over.][link] No more digging through CSS files for this cowboy. [link]: http://chengyinliu.com/whatfont.html “WhatFont Bookmarklet « Chengyin Liu”

  • iPhone and iPad now support TrueType font embedding

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    [About which your humble narrator is extremely excited.][link] iOS has supported SVG fonts for awhile, but SVG fonts are much larger in filesize and lower quality as of yet. [link]: http://www.zeldman.com/2010/11/26/web-type-news-iphone-and-ipad-now-support-truetype-font-embedding-this-is-huge/ “Web type news: iPhone and iPad now support TrueType font embedding. This is huge. – Jeffrey Zeldman Presents The Daily Report”

  • Font Squirrel’s List of Fonts Licensed For @font-face Use

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    Phil Nelson
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    [With downloadable kits containing EOT, SVG, WOFF, and TTF versions, Cufon versions and a stylesheet with the @font-face rules for easy @import-ing][link]. This is drop-in simple. What more can you ask for? Maybe a slightly better browsing interface, but other than that? [link]: http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fontface “Font Squirrel | Download Hundreds of Free @font-face Fonts”

  • Ask H&FJ: Four Ways to Mix Fonts

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    [Click it, read it, learn it, love it.][link] These are all essential tips. [link]: http://www.typography.com/email/2010_03/index_tw.htm “Ask H&FJ: Four Ways to Mix Fonts”

  • A Collection Of Fonts Used In Namco Arcade Games From the 1970s and 1980s

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    [As it says on the tin][link]. Enjoy your weekend. [link]: http://qtchicks.hp.infoseek.co.jp/fonts.html “NAMCO ’70~’80’s ARCADE VIDEOGAMES FONT MUSEUM”

  • Web Fonts Now, for real

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    Phil Nelson
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    [Zeldman on a proposed webfont permissions table][link]. This seems sort of like attaching a file to a movie that says DO NOT STEAL and expecting it to work. [link]: http://www.zeldman.com/2009/07/16/web-fonts-now-for-real/ “Web Fonts Now, for real – Jeffrey Zeldman Presents The Daily Report”

  • Miso

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    [A great-looking, compact, typeface for industry][link]. Comes in 3 flavors and is free for private or commercial use. [link]: http://www.omkrets.se/typografi/ “Omkrets arkitektur: Typografi”

  • Tal Leming on Embedded Web Fonts

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    A rare take on embedded web fonts from someone who actually makes fonts and sells them for a living. He suggests a DRM system using a “root table” that says what fonts can be used on what domains, but then says this: >There is nothing that can be done about this. All we can do…