fonts

Fonts are digital typefaces used on a computer. Although traditionally a font means one weight or subset of a typeface, in contemporary digital terms it usually refers to the entire typeface. Fonts carry the outlines of all of the characters of a typeface for reproduction using a computer printer. They are most commonly available in TrueType, OpenType, or PostScript format. A very large variety of computer fonts are available today. At least 70,000 have been cataloged from many different font design houses called "foundries," in a reference to the historical manufacture of typefaces from cast metal.

The most popular fonts in current usage are probably Helvetica or one of its many variations, and Times Roman in its many forms.

Modern digital typefaces are available online from sites like Monotype, Fontcraft, and MyFonts, which is a distributor for multiple design houses.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “fonts”

 

• High-Quality Free Fonts

  
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  1: Plastic Type The designers of this typeface were inspired by the plastics industry, exploring how they could use the various forms and imperfections of plastic in their design. The result of their experimentation is a freely available, beautiful, playful font, released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share ...
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• HOW TO: Choose The Right Font For Your Blog

  
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  What is the most important thing you see when you log in to any blog? Or, any website for that matter? Though it would be wrong to say that user interface and user experience are not important, you cannot deny that choice of fonts can make all the difference to the overall personality of the blog and how popular it ...
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• Our favorite tweets of the week: May 6, 2013 – May 12, 2013

  
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  Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can be of interest to web designers. The best way to keep track of our tweets is simply to follow us on Twitter, however, in case you missed some here’s a quick and useful compilation of the best tweets that we ...
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• The History of Typography

  
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  A stop-motion animated short film about the history of fonts and typography, by Ben Barrett . The video was created using 291 paper letters and 2,454 photographs over a 140 hour period. Link to the video on Vimeo. To stay updated, please follow JazJaz on Facebook | Twitter . You can also subscribe via ...
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• 35 Beautiful Free Web Fonts Collection of 2013

  
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  35 Beautiful Free Web Fonts Collection of 2013 Reviewed by Burak Atilla on 12.05.2013. cool article about web fonts collection Rating: 10 out of 10 Perhaps this article can attact you if you are interested in typography same like me. Today we created a collection for ...
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• Sync Google Fonts To Your Desktop

  
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  Google Fonts are the collection of some free and open source fonts which you can use on your web development. You can install Google fonts on your website or in a single page. If you love Google Fonts then you can also use them on your desktop by downloading and installing them on your desktop. But it requires ...
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• Hurme Geometric Sans No.4 – Font Family by Hurme Design

  
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  Hurme Geometric Sans No.4 – Type Family. Hurme Geometric Sans No.4 is a contemporary font family by Toni Hurme ( Hurme Design ). The entire type family includes 7 weights with true small caps, obliques (italics) and swash alternates. The uppercase swash alternates can be automatically added to every character ...
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• Malware on Google Play masquerades as font installing app

  
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  Malware on Google Play masquerades Malware-ridden apps are plentiful on app stores online. Security firm Webroot has detailed one such find on the Google Play store – they are calling it Android.TechnoReaper. Elaborating on the threat, the post says that the malware has two parts to it – a downloader on the Google ...
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• The History of Typography by Ben Barrett-Forrest

  
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  Hundreds of cut-out paper letters tell the history of typefaces in this stop-motion animation by Canadian graphic designer Ben Barrett-Forrest. (more...)
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• Printer’s Pie typographic mural by Alan J Bastien, c. 1955(via...

  
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  Printer’s Pie typographic mural by Alan J Bastien, c. 1955 (via delicious industries )
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• 20+ Best Free Comic Fonts

  
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  Advertise here with BSA Tweet So I just got back from AdobeMAX (which I am putting together all the awesome stuff I learned and saw there, so stay tuned for that post and other posts) and one of the many themes that kept coming up there is the use of typography (Fonts, type, etc.) in web designs and in real ...
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• Mota Italic Gallery Unofficially Opens TYPO Berlin With Word Jazz

  
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  For the third consecutive year Mota Italic Gallery in Berlin’s Prenzlauer Berg will host a pre- TYPO Berlin party. This gallery exists to showcase type, letters, and typography in both art and design, and is owned and operated by Mota Italic , a type design studio specialising in unique, extensive type families. ...
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• Geogrotesque – Modern Font Family by Emtype Foundry

  
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  Geogrotesque Typeface. Geogrotesque is a modern sans font family designed by Eduardo Manso (Font Publisher: Emtype Foundry ). Its geometric typeface has nice rounded edges. Geogrotesque works perfect for modern web or app design projects. The extensive type family is available as Webfont and Desktop Font. Due ...
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• Get Your Designs Out of the Hall with Eleven Free Hall Fetica Fonts

  
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• Weekly Design News Roundup – 10 May 2013

  
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  The week is coming to an end and that means it is time for us to look back on the week that passed, the best design news, resources and other goodies. This week we look at great WordPress themes, CSS, beautiful fonts as well as Web design vs SEO and the first website gets its original address back. Adobe’s ...
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• AWM: Can I use Google fonts with AllWebMenus?

  
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  Knowledge Base support case for AllWebMenus,  abstracted and stripped of all user’s private info. Initial Email From: Robert Initial Email Subject: Fonts in the menu Support Case Month: April 2013 Good Morning, Is it possible to use a Google font for the menu? I specify Default Font in AllWebMenus however it always ...
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• 15 Beautiful Free Fonts for Designers

  
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  Fonts are always handful element for any design. Web or print designers needed some variety in their font collection. A beautiful font can change the ultimate look of a design. Today we collect 15 Beautiful Free Fonts for Designers. Swenson Snyder Speed Brush Sketch Rockwell Stroke ...
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• THE HISTORY OF TYPOGRAPHY

  
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  Check this out, you might learn something, I sure did. Very cool short animation on the history of typography..
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• Anodyne – Distressed Font by Yellow Design Studio

  
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  Anodyne – Grungy Typeface. Anodyne is an all-caps distressed font by Yellow Design Studio (Font Design by Ryan Martinson ). The font has an authentic hand-printed grunge texture and special layer shadow features. Anodyne includes several OpenType features such as different distress variations for each letter ...
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• Beautiful Solomon Font Family (12 fonts) – only $9!

  
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