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Fonts In Use – Type at work in the real world. Fonts! Hoefler & Frere-Jones. A Brain-Breaking Typeface Where Every Letter Is An Optical Illusion. If you like typography and appreciate the mind-bending genius of M.C. Escher, this typeface has no equal: An alphabet made entirely of “undecidable” figures, two-dimensional objects that look like 3-D projections but, on closer examination, are geometrically impossible. Frustro is the work of Martzi Hegedűs , a 25-year-old graphic designer at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts who was inspired to create a typeface inspired by Escher.

“At the beginning I did not expect Frustro to be used,” he tells Co.Design. “However, I started to make it as a computer font just for the challenge.” He’s now finalizing an OpenType version, which he hopes to make available more widely. Typetester – Compare fonts for the screen. Typographer's Glossary. Serif: Serif's are semi-structural details on the ends of some of the strokes that make up letters and symbols.

Typographer's Glossary

A typeface that has serifs is called a serif typeface (or seriffed typeface). Some of the main classifications of Serif type are: Blackletter, Venetian, Garalde, Modern, Slab Serif, Transitional, and Informal. Fonts in each classfication share certain similiar characteristics including the shape or appearance of their serifs. Type at work in the real world. 25 Free Fonts for Your Creative Projects.

50 Fresh Free Fonts of 2010. Though there's a broad variety of fonts available for download online, designers keep on tracing the fresh ones to enhance their design copy, a website, brochure, or even an advertisement in a brand new an' awesome way.

50 Fresh Free Fonts of 2010

Still, the free stuff could not always boast of good quality – premium goodies always demand some kind of money investment. However, now it's possible to find the appropriate font that's free, clear, beautiful, and effective for design purposes. Lost Type Co-op. Download Free Fonts. Dafont.com.

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