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My Favorite Typography Blogs

June 25th, 2007

It has been a (very long) while since I written about design at all on this blog. In order to ease myself back into the design subject, I thought I would post some of my favorite typography blogs that I have found. I have come across some pretty hot typefaces through my browsing these sites - I know we are always itching to find that font family that will allow us to default back to Helvetica/Garamond. Font design is such an amazing craft in my opinion, that I enjoy looking at new typographic designs/trends whether I am looking for a new font or not.

Here is my list (in no particular order):

Please, do add to this list - I am dying to get some new sites to gawk at.
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Flash Faux Font Weights

February 8th, 2007
I am a bit of a stickler about keeping my swf files as small as possible. One of the biggest hurdles I run into for keeping swf file sizes low is the embedding of fonts. There are best practices you can follow, such as using system fonts for large amounts of copy and not embedding characters that will not be used. Still, a couple fonts and/or a couple different weights and your file size is considerably higher. It was during a project where I was having this very problem when I came up with a little trick to help lower the embed size of fonts - and it is extremely easy to do. (more...), , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Typographic Alternatives to Helvetica

June 23rd, 2006

It is well-known that the general public literally could not care less about typography. If you asked the average Joe or Jane on the street what Helvetica was, they would most likely know it was a font. On the other hand, if you asked them what Frutiger, Futura, Bodoni or Clarendon was, they most likely would not have clue. To say that Helvetica is a mainstream font is an understatement to say the least. Mainstream or not, Helvetica is an amazingly well-crafted font with one of the most abundant collections of weights. Its sterile, machinist design works well with traditional Swiss design and can aid in giving a cleaner typographical look. That being said, Helvetica is not your only choice for a machinist san serif font.
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