Typegeek

If you've tried creating graphics or content using small typefaces then you've probably run into the problem of readability. Microsoft created a font known as Verdana to solve the issue of small type on screen. Shown below is a comparison of Verdana at difference sizes to Minion Pro at the same sizes. The image was created in Adobe Photoshop CS3 with Strong anti-aliasing applied to the text. I recently came across a highly detailed article that explains how to get the most readability from your small type. Check it out at The Art of Type . You can read more about Verdana at the Microsoft site Channel Verdana and if you're really a typegeek, you'd be interested in the Wikipedia entry on Verdana as well. And of course to be fair, you might as well check out the entry for Minion as well. You can get the Minion Complete Family Pack from Fonts.com. It could be just me, but I think of something totally different when I hear the word "minion" :) I've used Stro...

Here is an older article by Eric Karjaluoto at ideasonideas about how style should be left out of any good design: http://www.ideasonideas.com - Style Article (not a real url) I can see his argument. While its true that design should be dictated by the function of the problem you are trying to solve, I think its also important to attempt to create an eye-pleasing result that gets your message across. Eye-pleasing doesn't have to mean a "style" or design that will be come dated quickly... and lets hope its possible to create a great design that lasts the test of time. Also, I wonder why exactly he things Comic Sans is a horrible font.

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I was just reading an article in the last issue of Wired on Chee Leland, the keeper of continuity in the Star Wars universe (that WOULD be a great job - read it here ). In an aside comment, the author makes reference to the Aurebesh alphabet... so of course with my interest in fonts and typography, not to mention made up languages and their connection to real ones, I just had to google it. The Aurebesh alphabet was created by graphic artist Stephen Crane . In this article, Mr. Crane explains how it came about that he created the alphabet for the Empire... at least one of them anyway. The article is a great read, and includes links to a whole collection of Star Wars related fonts including a hand-written version of the Aurebesh alphabet (named after the first two characters, Aurek and Besh naturally) but also Ewok and Droid letters. The article was written in 2000 and mentions a Trade Federation font that appears in a Droid Viewer on the StarWars site, but that viewer is no longer easil...

I used to work with a guy who absolutely loved to shout " Poster Bodoni Baby! " in a really loud, obnoxious voice. I had been thinking about writing a post like this for the past few days, because it is one of my most memorable typography/font/design moments. The above mentioned co-worker, crazy Mike B. just recently friended me on Facebook so I thought today was the day! In my very early design days, I was in 4th year university and I had become a volunteer graphic designer for the schools student body marketing department. I got to use great software like CorelDraw! 5 and pretty good computers, but the people were what really made that job what it was... good and the bad. This was back in the day when I could identify a number of fonts by site alone, which is actually kind of a fun. I can't do the same today really but I hope to resurrect that skill... though I can still tell the difference between Verdana and Lucinda Grande (ok, maybe on a good day). Anyway, MikeB. a...