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Web Fonts: The Experts Speak

News: Written by Terri Stone on November 17, 2009

Imagine you could design a Web site using typefaces beyond the boring usual system font choices and be sure viewers would see what you intended.

A Question of Character: Finding What You Need in Your Fonts, Part 2

Features: Written by James Felici on November 16, 2009

Everything you wanted to know about Unicode but didn’t know whom to ask. Bonus: A cheat sheet for instantly creating such characters as fractions; up and down arrows; and open and filled circles and squares.

Use Real Fonts on Web Sites

News: Written on November 11, 2009

Typekit bills itself as the "easiest way to use real fonts on the web." It's now out of beta and open to everyone.

Type Luminaries Speak on PRI

News: Written by Terri Stone on November 5, 2009

Jonathan Hoefler, Tobias Frere-Jones, Matthew Carter, and Tracy Honn discuss typefaces past and present in a recent episode of "To the Best of Our Knowledge." Thanks to the Internet, you can listen to it right now!

A Question of Character: Finding What You Need in Your Fonts, Part 1

Features: Written by James Felici on October 26, 2009

As fonts get larger, finding the characters you need keeps getting more complicated. Here's a chart that gives keyboard shortcuts for the degree symbol, multiplication sign, the cents sign, and much more.

19 Top Combos of the 19 Top Typefaces

News: Written by Terri Stone on October 20, 2009

Would you pair Helvetica with Garamond? What about Minion with Gill Sans or FF Din with Baskerville? Check out the list and let us know what you think!

One Good Kern Deserves Another

How-Tos: Written by James Felici on October 12, 2009

Evening out the spaces between characters is a matter of finding the right rhythm, then going with the flow.

Antique Gothic Grotesque: Deciphering the Typeface Name Game

Features: Written by James Felici on October 5, 2009

The vocabulary of type is mysterious at best, and nowhere is this more true than in how typefaces are labeled. Yet knowing how typefaces are named and categorized has very practical benefits.

Multi Style II XT for QuarkXPress 8 Now Available

News: Written on September 28, 2009

This Mac-only software lets you auto-apply complex typography with a single click.

To Boldly Go . . . Or Is It Italically?

How-Tos: Written by James Felici on September 21, 2009

In any family, you can always spot the role of certain members. Typeface families are no different.

Kern. In. Spaaaaaaaaace!

News: Written by Terri Stone on September 21, 2009

On earth you kern with the best of them. But how well do your skills hold up in a fraction of earth's gravity? Check the gauges, fire the boosters, and do your best to give 80-point type a 3-point landing.

New Typographical and Illustrative Treasures from House Industries

News: Written on September 18, 2009

House Industries introduces 27 hand-printed serigraphs, photo-lettering alphabet blocks, four new tees, and a new one-liner catalog.

Punc Rocks: The Typographer's Guide to Punctuation

How-Tos: Written by James Felici on September 9, 2009

When it comes to understanding what we read, periods, commas, and their dotty allies are proof that it's the little things that count. Here's how to use them correctly.

Get "Real" Baseline Grids on the Web

News: Written on September 9, 2009

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

Typedia -- Like IMDb and Wikipedia for Type Lovers

News: Written on August 25, 2009

Typedia is a resource to classify, categorize, and connect typefaces. Anyone can contribute!

To Double-Space or Not to Double-Space...

Features: Written by James Felici on August 24, 2009

A thought-provoking disquisition on the thorny issue of how much space should follow a sentence-ending period.

In White Space, No One Can Hear You Scream

Features: Written by James Felici on August 10, 2009

Think you're in total control of your type? Truth is, you're on a short lead, in the tight grip of your typeface's designer.

P22 Fonts 50% Off for One Day Only

News: Written on August 3, 2009

Beginning at 12 a.m. on August 3, 2009, you can buy all typefaces from P22, IHOF, Rimmer, Sherwood, Lanston, and TypeSETit for a 50% discount.

The Best Fonts for Financial Publications

News: Written by Terri Stone on July 22, 2009

Typographers Jonathan Hoefler and Tobias Frere-Jones have some sound advice for designers laying out documents with lots of numbers.

InDesign Webinars for Type Lovers and for Beginners

News: Written on July 21, 2009

InDesignSecrets has scheduled two more InDesign webinars. One will cover typography, and the other will focus on issues for people new to the software.

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