milkmiruku + typography   9

A new global visual language for the BBC's digital services
"We've lived with and loved the distinctly 'web 2.0' design for a while now and it's done us proud. However, time's moved on, and in autumn last year we decided it was time to resurrect the project."
bbc  news  blog  design  internet  web  research  web2.0  language  typography  colour  ui  ux  webdesign  webdev 
february 2010 by milkmiruku
Web Open Font Format backed by Mozilla, type foundries
"It seems that more expressive typography will be working its way to the Web soon. But Kew isn't stopping at basic font support via WOFF. He has also been experimenting with implementing support for advanced typographic features like ligatures, discretionary forms, alternate forms, tabular figures for easier to read tables, and more, all via CSS properties."
article  news  fonts  metadata  typography  format  css  html  openformat  web  firefox  w3c  woff 
november 2009 by milkmiruku
WhatTheFont : MyFonts
"Ever wanted to find a font just like the one used by certain publications, corporations, or ad campaigns? Well now you can, using our WhatTheFont font recognition system."
tools  fonts  graphics  software  search  interesting  cool  advertising  typography 
october 2007 by milkmiruku
Inscribed in the living tile: Type in the Toronto subway (Joe Clark)
"The Toronto subway has a typographic heritage all its own, starting with a unique font. But, with renovation after renovation and after a series of new station additions, signage and wayfinding in the system are a total mess."
aesthetics  architecture  design  typography  history  canada  underground  modernism  transport  article  urbanism 
september 2007 by milkmiruku
BBC NEWS | Magazine | Helvetica at 50
"Helvetica's message is this: you are going to get to your destination on time; your plane will not crash; your money is safe in our vault; we will not break the package; the paperwork has been filled in; everything is going to be OK."
bbc  news  design  typography  fonts  history  interesting  business  psychology 
may 2007 by milkmiruku
BLDGBLOG: Utopian Typography
Utopia is a "digital typeface that portrays the mixture between the modernist architecture of Oscar Niemeyer and informal occupation of the urban space that shapes major Brazilian cities."
design  architecture  typography  fonts  blog  art 
november 2006 by milkmiruku

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