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"Dotsies is a font that uses dots instead of letters. The latin alphabet (abc...) was created thousands of years ago, and is optimized for writing, not reading. About time for an update, no? Dotsies is optimized for reading. The letters in each word smoosh together, so words look like shapes."

reading typography experimental fonts
8 weeks ago by kvnglbrtsn

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Ellipsis

"The triple-dot punctuation mark is also called a suspension point, points of ellipsis, periods of ellipsis, or colloquially, dot-dot-dot." from Wikipedia.

typography punctuation writing
january 2012 by kvnglbrtsn

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the average font - a set on Flickr

"Every character from a to z is drawn using every single font with a low opacity."

typography design fonts
september 2011 by kvnglbrtsn

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FFFFALLBACK

"The bookmarklet will scan the CSS of the page in order to identify existing web fonts. Then, using magical unicorns and javascript rainbows, FFFFALLBACK clones the page and provides a tool where you can test and analyze different fallback font choices."

typography design fonts
april 2011 by kvnglbrtsn

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Kern.js

Make web kerning suck less.

js typography
march 2011 by kvnglbrtsn

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Lettering.js

A jQuery plugin for radical web typography.

jquery typography
february 2011 by kvnglbrtsn

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Lost World's Fairs

The Friends of Mighty have joined forces to explore typographic possibilities on the web.

woff fonts typography css3 html5
september 2010 by kvnglbrtsn

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Font Preview - Google Font Directory
css3 fonts typography
august 2010 by kvnglbrtsn

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FontFonter

Try Web FontFonts on any website.

fonts typography demo
july 2010 by kvnglbrtsn

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Typograph – Scale & Rhythm

"This page is both an essay and a tool. It sets out to explore how two, intertwined concepts, often playful but sometimes cheeky, can be encouraged to dance in web pages."

typography text webtools
june 2010 by kvnglbrtsn

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Good Web Fonts

Lively, subtle, perfectly legible fonts for the web.

typography web fonts css3
may 2010 by kvnglbrtsn

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Google Font Directory

The Google Font Directory lets you browse all the fonts available via the Google Font API. All fonts in the directory are available for use on your website under an open source license and served by Google servers.

fonts google api typography
may 2010 by kvnglbrtsn

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Four Ways to Mix Fonts

Here are four tips for navigating the typographic ocean, all built around H&FJ's Highly Scientific First Principle of Combining Fonts: keep one thing consistent, and let one thing vary.

fonts typography howto tips
march 2010 by kvnglbrtsn

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Blurring Boundaries, in Words and Swirls

Writing and lettering, though often utilitarian, can still be viewed as drawing. That is the impression conveyed by a beautiful, thoughtful show at the Alpan Gallery in Huntington, “Contemporary Mark Making: Blurring the Lines Between Drawing and Writing.” It encompasses the work of five artists, most of whom make drawings of one kind or another out of everything from decipherable words to expressive calligraphic forms. from nyt.

art typography drawing
january 2010 by kvnglbrtsn

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Spruce It Up

How do you remove unnecessary information from a font? Subsetting. from 24 ways.

css3 typography fonts
december 2009 by kvnglbrtsn

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Designing For The Switch

"Following this process, and ending up with considered font stacks, means that we can design to the Flash of UnTypeset Content and ensure that our readers don’t get a diminished experience." from 24 ways.

typography fonts css3
december 2009 by kvnglbrtsn

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Chromeography

In praise of the chrome logos and lettering affixed to vintage automobiles and electric appliances — those unsung metal emblems and badges that are overlooked, forgotten, damaged, lost to time or the dump.

design typography
december 2009 by kvnglbrtsn

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Helvetica

Helvetica is a feature-length independent film about typography, graphic design and global visual culture.

typography film visual culture design documentary
november 2009 by kvnglbrtsn

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On Web Typography

With the floodgates poised to open and the promise of many typefaces being freed up for use on websites, choosing the right face to complement a website’s design will need to become another notch in the designer’s belt. But where do we start? from a list apart.

typography fonts usability
november 2009 by kvnglbrtsn

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Real Web Type in Real Web Context

Now that browsers support real fonts in web pages and we can license complete typefaces for such use, we need to know exactly how our type renders in screens, in web browsers. Presenting Web Font Specimen, a handy, free resource for web designers and type designers. from a list apart.

typography fonts usability
november 2009 by kvnglbrtsn

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10 Wonderful Letterpress Type Tutorials

inset text treatment. from Six Revisions.

text effects photoshop tutorial typography
september 2009 by kvnglbrtsn

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Setting Type on the Web to a Baseline Grid

Over the last year or so, there’s been a lot of talk about grid systems and using column grids for website layouts. from a list apart.

typography design grid howto layout
september 2009 by kvnglbrtsn

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Guide to CSS Font Stacks

Techniques and resources. from Smashing Magazine.

fonts typography webdesign resources
september 2009 by kvnglbrtsn

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Please Explain: Typography

Typeface designer Jonathan Hoefler, type designer and president of Hoefler & Frere-Jones and Steven Heller, co-chair of the MFA Designer as Author program at the School of Visual Arts. From WNYC.

typography design podcast interview
september 2009 by kvnglbrtsn

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Baseline

Built with typographic standards in mind, Baseline makes it easy to develop a website with a pleasing grid and good typography.

css framework typography grid
august 2009 by kvnglbrtsn

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Typedia

A Shared Encyclopedia of Typefaces

typography fonts resources social
august 2009 by kvnglbrtsn

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TypeSelect

Javascript-based selectable typefaces.