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Version 1.5 Improves Typography in iBooks on iPad and iPhone

In version 1.5 the font selection for Apple’s e-book application iBooks is vastly improved with four new typefaces.

What the iPad is Missing (No, it’s not a Camera)

The possibilities for reviving the magazine and newspaper industries are exciting and real. Yet it’s exactly that part of media consumption, reading, that reveals what’s missing on the iPad: good typography.

News | Stephen Coles

News The latest in the world of typography, lettering, and type design.
Handpicked Typefaces Whether they’re newly released, stalwart classics, or hidden gems, these typefaces deserve special mention.
Type Tips Improve your typography skills with these basic tips and advanced tutorials.
Fonts in Use Specimens are nice, but we love to catch a typeface in the wild, where it can truly show how it performs in the real world.

The FontFeed is a daily dispatch of recommended fonts, typography techniques, and inspirational examples of digital type at work in the real world. Eat up.

Better Reading on the iPad: iBooks 1.1, VQR, & PDF
Some good things have happened since my post full of iPad grumbles, including iBooks 1.1 and some hope for typographic…Read more
What the iPad is Missing (No, it’s not a Camera)
The possibilities for reviving the magazine and newspaper industries are exciting and real. Yet it’s exactly that part of media…Read more
Tutorial: Photorealistic Perspective
Sometimes, flat just doesn’t cut it, and we need to find other, more attractive ways to present designs to our…Read more
Tutorial: The Worn/Weathered/Stamped Look
There are quite a few quality stamped or distressed fonts available — Frankie and Frankie Dos, Roadkill, Battery Park, Hawksmoor,…Read more
Meta-morphosis: How FF MetaPlus Became FF Meta
When we see the expansive superfamily that FF Meta has become, it’s hard to believe its beginnings were so humble.…Read more