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Axis Maps Store — Home
"Typographic Maps accurately depict the streets and highways, parks, neighborhoods, coastlines, and physical features of the city using nothing but type."
type  typography  map  maps  mapping 
december 2011 by mcroydon
New Visual Proportions for the iOS User Interface ← Principia Arbiter
A new take on vertical rhythm on iOS apps.
design  ios  iphone  typography  ui 
august 2011 by mcroydon
Flawed Typeface — Imprint-The Online Community for Graphic Designers
So pretty.
design  type  typography 
may 2011 by mcroydon
Shady Characters » The Pilcrow, part 1
Deep typographic geekery.
character  history  typography  unicode 
february 2011 by mcroydon
25 New Free High-Quality Fonts - Smashing Magazine
Lots of solid free fonts.
design  font  fonts  free  typography 
december 2010 by mcroydon
Google Font Directory
fonts  google  typography  webdesign  css 
december 2010 by mcroydon
Designing for iPad: Reality Check
A really thorough look at what works, what doesn't and what's lame when developing for the iPad.
3d  apple  ai  application  article  blog  check  design  dev  development  digital  interactiondesign  ia  interface  iphone  ipad  reference  mobile  toread  tips  typography  webdesign  webapps  ux  ui  interfacedesign 
april 2010 by mcroydon
TypeSet
Client-side hyphenation appears to have come a long way in the last few years.
design  web  software  development  code  typography  javascript  type  font  dev  algorithms  webdesign  algorithm  css  html  text  tex  latex  layout  typesetting  js  break  knuth  line  html5  canvas  formatting  linebreak  linebreaking  justification 
february 2010 by mcroydon
20 New High Quality Free Fonts - Smashing Magazine
Quite the roundup.
design  web  reference  webdev  typography  free  fonts  type  font  webdesign  freeware  list  inspiration  resources  download  identity  resource  quality  typo  tipografia  smashingmagazine  smashing  recursos  @font-face  freefonts  fontes  fuentes  logos  freebies  free-fonts  via:steve.holden 
january 2010 by mcroydon
Useful LaTeX Tips/tricks/hacks | CNMAT
What it says on the tin.
typography  howto  mac  research  latex  space  tips  layout  workflow  bibtex 
december 2009 by mcroydon
The League of Moveable Type
A bunch of good open-source fonts.
design  web  open-source  typography  webdev  fonts  blog  type  font  opensource  free  webdesign  css  community  open  source  inspiration  resources  collection  font-face  @font-face  tipografia  creativecommons  downloads  foundry  typefaces  typeface  graphic  resource  download 
october 2009 by mcroydon
arc90 lab : experiments : Readability
An awesome experiment in "show me the text".
design  software  web  typography  javascript  tools  internet  webdesign  hack  css  usability  web2.0  browser  plugin  tool  firefox  ads  reading  useful  advertising  browsers  bookmarklet  filter  bookmarklets  read  lab  readability  bookmark  clutter  adblock 
june 2009 by mcroydon
Combining Cufón and @font-face • CSS & (X)HTML • Kilian Valkhof
Nice combination.
design  typography  web  howto  webdev  tutorial  fonts  blog  font  javascript  type  toread  webdesign  css  tips  html  jquery  sifr  tricks  webfonts  css3  @font-face  cufon  fontface  font-face  fontreplacement  imagereplacement  cufón  @fontface  replacement 
june 2009 by mcroydon
Fonts available for @font-face embedding - Webfonts.info
For later.
reference  web  design  typography  webdev  font  fonts  type  free  dev  css  webdesign  browser  interface  list  resources  typeface  safari  resource  copyright  browsers  downloads  webfonts  @font-face  css3  embed  embedding  font-face  fontembedding  fontface 
june 2009 by mcroydon
50 Useful Design Tools For Beautiful Web Typography | CSS, Fonts | Smashing Magazine
Lots of good things for inspiration later.
design  web  reference  typography  tools  webdev  tutorial  fonts  blog  type  font  css  webdesign  web-design  article  resources  list  grid  tutorials  tips  tool  wordpress  inspiration  resource  typo  links  tipografia  sifr  smashingmagazine  smashing 
may 2009 by mcroydon
BluePrint CSS How to: Customizing Typography Baselines | Elliot Swan
I knew most of this but this is a handy reference for altering your baseline grid from a framework default.
design  typography  tutorial  font  webdesign  css  work  framework  tutorials  grids  blueprint  baseline  size 
may 2009 by mcroydon
30 Extremely Elegant Serif Fonts | Web Design Ledger
Some nice typefaces here.
design  typography  tools  fonts  webdesign  font  resources 
may 2009 by mcroydon
The Typographic Desk Reference (TDR)
Want.
design  reference  web  typography  fonts  font  book  type  wishlist  books  webdesign  layout  resources  shopping  typeface  style  useful  graphic  inspiration  communication  resource  shop  dictionary  typo  tipografia  gifts  want  typographic  graphic-design  tobuy 
april 2009 by mcroydon
Typefaces we can all share : Open Font Library
More please.
design  web  open-source  typography  webdev  fonts  library  type  font  free  graphics  opensource  css  webdesign  source  freeware  open  resources  download  typeface  oss  graphic  resource  typefaces  sharing  websites  creativecommons  tipografia  webfonts  share 
april 2009 by mcroydon
Cufón vs. Typeface.js, which one is better? • Javascript • Kilian Valkhof
Cufón looks like the winner to me, but these both look nice.
design  web  reference  typography  fonts  tools  webdev  font  javascript  css  webdesign  article  typeface  comparison  benchmark  2009  canvas  imagereplacement  tipografia  fontreplacement  typeface.js  sifr  cufon 
march 2009 by mcroydon
Unicode In 5 Minutes - Second Life Wiki
Concise and clear explanation.
programming  development  typography  reference  fonts  tutorial  font  webdesign  text  unicode  encoding  i18n  utf-8  ascii  translation  character  charsets  explanation 
march 2009 by mcroydon
A Survey of Free Math Fonts for TeX and LaTeX1
Yay mathematical typesetting!
design  software  reference  typography  howto  fonts  font  free  latex  math  analysis  computers  tex  article  list  comparison  review  typesetting  context  doc  mathematics  survey  ctan  maths 
march 2009 by mcroydon
LaTeX Tips n Tricks for Conference Papers « Reflections
More tips on managing whitespace.
software  typography  howto  presentation  latex  pdf  tex  paper  conference  papers  gtd  tips  links 
october 2008 by mcroydon
National Punctuation Day Reignites Interrobang Passion | The FontFeed
Interrobang ftw.
design  typography  type  social  creativity  fun  interrobang 
september 2008 by mcroydon
Luatex home page
"LuaTeX is an extended version of pdfTeX using Lua as an embedded scripting language." Included in the latest release of TeX Live.
programming  software  linux  design  development  typography  tools  computer  research  math  latex  pdf  text  unicode  tex  layout  lua  scripting  typesetting  opensource  download  knuth  pdftex  luatex 
september 2008 by mcroydon
CTAN: directory: /tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/memoir
Looks like a power-packed framework of niceties.
design  software  typography  code  type  book  tools  latex  writing  documentation  tex  template  style  typesetting  publishing  manual  opensource  memoir  packages  thesis  tool 
august 2008 by mcroydon
Speak Up › Dear Lulu, The New Standards
Wow.
design  typography  reference  howto  blog  book  tools  books  to-read  diy  printing  testing  print  digital  publishing  useful  test  color  printer  quality  article  lulu  articles  printondemand  graphicdesign 
august 2008 by mcroydon
The TeX Catalogue OnLine, Entry for classicthesis, Ctan Edition
"The classicthesis package provides an elegant layout designed in homage to Bringhurst’s “The Elements of Typographic Style”. It makes use of a range of techniques to get the best results achievable using TeX."
tex  latex  style  typography  design  type  typesetting 
june 2008 by mcroydon
Python: module tex_wrap
A third Python hyphenation engine.
algorithm  algorithms  knuth  latex  programming  python  software  tex  text  typography  hyphenation  writing 
may 2008 by mcroydon
CBRD - Media - Fonts
I love transport fonts.
font  fonts  free  london  sign  signs  transportation  type  typeface  typefaces  typography 
may 2008 by mcroydon
Metroscript™ font family : MyFonts
OpenType and ligatures really shine with this font. Fantastic job!
font  fonts  opentype  type  typography  ligature  ligatures 
may 2008 by mcroydon
LaTeX - Use of math symbols and equations « Machine Intelligence ?
Nice reference.
blog  compsci  cool  latex  howto  math  physics  syntax  reference  tags  tech  tex  tutorial  typography  web  wordpress  writing 
april 2008 by mcroydon
Seed Conference | Chicago | 6 June 2008
The typography on this page makes me cry. It's that beautiful.
type  typography  design  css  webdesign 
april 2008 by mcroydon
MUSEO :: a Free Quality Font from exljbris
A new typeface by one of my favorite indie type designers.
design  font  fonts  typeface  typography  type 
march 2008 by mcroydon
Newzald: From Moleskine to Market | i love typography, the typography blog
An excellent typeface from sketch to store.
tutorial  typo  typography  font  fonts  typeface 
march 2008 by mcroydon
Luatex home page
"LuaTeX is an extended version of pdfTeX using Lua as an embedded scripting language."
computer  latex  tex  text  typesetting  tools  lua  programming  pdf  typography 
march 2008 by mcroydon
Alp Toker » Blog Archive » Advances in Web typography
Now we're talking. I see this as a potential boost for good, free/open fonts.
css  fonts  gtk  svg  typography  web-design  web-development  webdesign  webkit 
january 2008 by mcroydon
MyFonts: Top fonts of 2007
I'm not a huge fan of some of them, but there are a couple of good ones here.
type  typography  font  fonts 
january 2008 by mcroydon
Arno Pro™ font family : MyFonts
Fantastically beautiful classic looking typeface.
type  typography  font  fonts 
december 2007 by mcroydon
24 ways: Increase Your Font Stacks With Font Matrix
For someday.
font  fonts  type  typography  design  web 
december 2007 by mcroydon
Ask H&FJ | Hoefler & Frere-Jones
So fantastic.
chocolate  design  font  fonts  typography  type  wishlist 
december 2007 by mcroydon
Brand New: Comcast gets Nip/Tuck
A daring identity overhaul for Comcast.
logo  identity  brand  branding  type  typography 
november 2007 by mcroydon
Ultrasparky: Graphic design from Daniel Rhatigan
More gorgeous typography.
type  typography  font  fonts  design 
november 2007 by mcroydon
madebyfrank
More hawt type design.
type  typography  font  fonts  design 
november 2007 by mcroydon
Harry Potter and the Order of Typography // journal // hicksdesign
typography  type 
november 2007 by mcroydon
Ascender creates the new Droid font collection for Open Handset Alliance's Android platform | Typophile
There are some hotties in there, especially for typography on/for mobile devices.
android  design  google  mobile  typography  type  fonts  web 
november 2007 by mcroydon
tufte-latex - Google Code
"...this is beginning of a Tufte-inspired LaTeX layout to produce handouts and scientific notes..."
design  graphics  latex  layout  science  tex  tufte  typography  writing 
september 2007 by mcroydon
Trajan Sucks
Ha. I love the Trajan, but Ha.
font  kansas  typography  type 
september 2007 by mcroydon
Speak Up › Dr. Copperplate and Mr. Gothic
I can't stand the Copperplat Gothic. I like it for its technical merits, it's just way overused.
design  font  fonts  logo  media  typefaces  typography  type 
september 2007 by mcroydon
Inscribed in the living tile: Type in the Toronto subway (Joe Clark)
accessibility  architecture  design  fonts  history  information  interesting  sign  signs  transportation  type  typography 
september 2007 by mcroydon
George Orwell, “Politics and the English Language”, 1946
Great text, excellent typography.
accessibility  code  css  design  development  howto  markup  typography  xhtml  web 
september 2007 by mcroydon
typographical music video - data visualization & visual design - information aesthetics
An excellent typographical video for a song I'd rock out to even if there wasn't an awesome video for it.
music  typography  video 
september 2007 by mcroydon
Font Sugar - Only the totally awesomest fonts™
Some beautiful stuff both free and pay.
free  mac  type  typography  windows  font  fonts 
august 2007 by mcroydon
Porchez Typofonderie [Fonts Typefaces] - Intro
Some really good typefaces.
design  font  fonts  foundry  type  typeface  typefaces  typo  typography 
august 2007 by mcroydon
80 Beautiful Typefaces For Professional Design | Design Showcase
Lots and lots and lots and lots of typefaces.
typography  type  font  fonts  typeface  typefaces  design 
august 2007 by mcroydon
Roadgeek Fonts
Much fun.
font  fonts  free  highway  sign  todo  typeface  typography 
august 2007 by mcroydon
The Road to Clarity - New York Times
Road sign typographical wanking.
design  fonts  typography 
august 2007 by mcroydon
Esta Pro font family : MyFonts
Quite the nice family.
fonts  typography  font  type 
august 2007 by mcroydon
CTAN: directory: /tex-archive/info/symbols/comprehensive
More symbols than you can shake a stick at.
latex  tex  typography  symbols  reference  writing 
july 2007 by mcroydon
Ned Batchelder: hyphenate
It's great to see this in pure python. I previously linked to a Python wrapper for Hnj.
code  development  hyphenation  programming  library  python  typography  text  writing 
july 2007 by mcroydon
16 Best-Loved Font Bits In Web Design » Inspiration Bit
Even thought it's always the same list of usual suspects, it's a good one.
computer  design  font  fonts  reference  type  typography 
july 2007 by mcroydon
Mark Boulton Design : +44 (0)845 603 2399
Mark puts his shingle out quite elegantly.
css  design  england  grids  layout  type  typography  webdesign 
july 2007 by mcroydon
SpiekermannPartners › Le Monde Diplomatique
Very nice indeed.
design  newspaper  grid  paper  print  redesign  type  typography 
june 2007 by mcroydon
Incremental leading : Journal : Mark Boulton
Smart.
design  grid  layout  reference  typography  web  webdesign  webdev 
june 2007 by mcroydon
ideasonideas » Blog Archive » Spiekermann gives us the business
Must read this someday.
business  design  ideas  interview  typography  webdesign  @toread 
june 2007 by mcroydon
Distinguished Characters: Modern classics
Quite a nice roundup, via dsandler.
design  font  fonts  text  toread  type  typography 
june 2007 by mcroydon
Add Windows Vista fonts to your stylesheets | The Montoya Herald
Use them, they're beautiful!
css  font  fonts  typography  vista  design 
may 2007 by mcroydon
JeffCroft.com: Typogrify: easily produce web typography that doesn’t suck
Pass the typogrify, please.
design  django  programming  python  software  tools  typography  web 
may 2007 by mcroydon
Mike Davidson: Building a Better Conference Badge
This would appeal to me if I wasn't so sick of interstate.
conference  design  howto  ideas  information  interesting  reading  typography  ui  usability  webdesign 
may 2007 by mcroydon
Design Observer: writings about design & culture
Excellent typogeekery, via Wilson.
design  font  fonts  typeface  typefaces  typography  type 
may 2007 by mcroydon
How to install Windows Vista’s new fonts on a Linux system // plasmasturm.org
They're good fonts indeed.
font  bash  fonts  howto  linux  mac  microsoft  opentype  shell  tutorial  typeface  typography  vista  windows 
april 2007 by mcroydon
AisleOne™ - A blog about design, typography and everything else. » Blog Archive » Designing Grid Systems For Flash
Grids go to Flash.
actionscript  design  flash  grids  grid  typography  webdesign  webdev 
april 2007 by mcroydon
A List Apart: Articles: Setting Type on the Web to a Baseline Grid
Wilson gets his ALA on.
code  design  grid  font  grids  html  layout  type  typography  web  webdesign  webdev  xhtml 
april 2007 by mcroydon
LilyPond - About - Essay
Fascinating, via Simon.
design  development  history  music  language  printing  software  toread  type  typography  ui 
march 2007 by mcroydon
WarTypeFonts_cFlorez_small.mov (Objeto video/quicktime)
Kinda crazy but awesome.
typography  vi  design  video 
march 2007 by mcroydon
monotype.co.uk: SOHO
Now that's a family.
font  fonts  typography 
march 2007 by mcroydon
Web Typography Sucks | Slides and notes from SxSW 2007
Slides from Web Typography Sucks
typography  design  sxsw  font  fonts 
march 2007 by mcroydon
Linotype Type Gallery - Cisalpin
A map for cartography.
fonts  font  typography  cartography  maps  mapping 
march 2007 by mcroydon
&shy
More than I ever wanted to know about soft hyphens.
html  reference  typography 
february 2007 by mcroydon
Computer Modern Unicode fonts
Nice, I just downloaded the opentype set for the Mac.
type  typography  font  fonts  free  open-source  metafont  opentype 
february 2007 by mcroydon
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