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Nov.24.08

NYU Researchers Discover Defining Factor for Legibility

The study “The uncrowded window of object recognition” advances the thesis that character spacing is the defining factor for legibility.

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Tutorial: Festive Engraved Type
This tutorial shows how to create delicate shadow lines and shaded engraved type. var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":false,"data_track_addressbar":false,"data_track_textcopy":false}; …Read more
Google Image Search Shows Its True Colours
Google Image Search offers an interesting new filter – Search by Colour, which allows to fine-tune your search results by…Read more
Fred Smeijers on Legibility
Fred Smeijers, the award-winning designer of FF Quadraat and fonts for OurType, and author of “Counterpunch,” describes the trouble…Read more
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…Read more
Figuring Out Numerals
In this first instalment of our examination of numerals we look at the different figure sets available in OpenType fonts.…Read more