Type Tips
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Typography Basics
Refresh yourself with the terminology and fundamentals required for sound typesetting.
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Typography Tutorials
Step-by-step methods for getting the most out of your fonts and graphic design software.
Some Thoughts On Web Fonts by Yves Peters
I share my thoughts on web fonts in this second interview conducted by Vivien Anayian for Smashing Book 2.
Read moreSome Thoughts On Web Fonts by Stephen Coles
Stephen Coles shares his thoughts on web fonts in this interview conducted by Vivien Anayian for Smashing Book 2.
Read moreErik Spiekermann On Fonts* On Deutsche Welle TV
A short video about typography by Erik Spiekermann – typographer, information designer, and founder of this incarnation of The FontFeed.
Read moreFoundry Focus: Bold Monday
An interview with Paul van der Laan en Pieter van Rosmalen of the Dutch Bold Monday type foundry.
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OpenType in Adobe Creative Suite
The Raiders of The Lost Glyphs Pt. 1
This first tutorial looks at the Glyphs window in Adobe CS, and which OpenType functions can be accessed through the Character window.
Read moreA Typographic Anatomy Lesson
Ligature, Loop & Stem have produced a modernist-style limited edition print with an overview of the vocabulary of typographic anatomy.
Read moreFree Fonts: Technical And Artistic Quality
In this third episode of the Free Fonts series we examine their technical and artistic quality.
Read moreFree Fonts: Free Is Not Always Free
In this second episode of the free Fonts series we look at the different types of free fonts.
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- Web FontFonts: A New Decisive Step Towards More Typographic Diversity on the Web
- One month after the launch of Firefox 3.6 which – amongst other things – introduced support for the Web Open…Read more
- New End User Licence Agreement For FontFonts
- The new FontFont EULA permits embedding in any non-editable document, application, and even device, as long as the font is…Read more
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