TYPOGRAHIE FRANCAISE : Manuel de typographie en ligne (Navigatio. Choosing a font manager (Navigation privée) Fonty Python Fonty Python I first reviewed Fonty Python a year ago. Since then, it has expanded its support of font file formats by adding Type 1 (PostScript), but little else seems to have changed. Fonty Python has a couple of unusual dependencies in python2.4-imaging and python-wxgtk2.6, but these should be available in major distributions.
Once you have satisfied these dependencies, download and untar the latest version, then log in as root, change to the directory with the untarred files, and enter the command python setup.py install. Essentially, Fonty Python offers all the functionality needed by designers, but with some interface quirks. More seriously, the process of setting up Pogs requires you to jump about the three-pane interface. Familiarity may rob this procedure of its awkwardness. FontMatrix FontMatrix When I last reviewed Pierre Marchand's FontMatrix, I described version 0.1 as the most promising file manager available. Font Manager The KDE Font Installer Making your choice.
300+ Easily Installed Free Fonts for Ubuntu « Ubuntu Blog (Navig. Posted by Carthik in applications, gnome, looks and feel, packages, ubuntu. Trackback Ubuntu offers a lot of fonts, in addition to the defaults installed, and the MicroSoft msttcorefonts package, in its repositories. All these fonts mentioned here are provided as packages, which can easily installed using command line tools like apt-get or using Synaptic. These fonts will come in handy for designing flyers, or for designing headers and graphics for the web using the Gimp.
Also, some of these fonts are pretty commonly used to render pages, like Lucida. I will save the packages with the biggest collection of fonts for the end here. Gentium This is one of my favorite fonts. The design is intended to be highly readable, reasonably compact, and visually attractive. Fonts from Dustismo These designer fonts were designed by Dustin Norlander of Dustismo. You can install all of Dustin’s fonts using:$sudo apt-get install ttf-dustin George Williams’ Fonts Some Juicy Fonts Sun Java6 Fonts – Lucida. Typographie - Rezo.net (Navigation privée) Lodel sera présenté à la huitième édition des Journées réseaux | Le logiciel d’édition électronique Lodel, développé par l’équipe du Cléo, a été sélectionné pour être présenté à la huitième édition des « Journées réseaux » (JRES) à Nantes du 1er au 4 décembre 2009.
L’édition 2009 se déroulera du 1er au 4 décembre 2009 à la Cité internationale des Congrès – Nantes-MétropoleLes journées réseaux sont une référence depuis 1995 pour les professionnels des réseaux et des systèmes informatiques en France. Le poster de Lodel (Pdf) Lodel est un logiciel gestionnaire de contenus (CMS). Il est spécialisé dans l’édition électronique de textes longs et complexes s’inscrivant dans un environnement éditorial très structuré. Lodel est particulièrement respectueux des conventions de l’édition scientifique, telles que les notes de bas de page, la structure du texte, les espaces insécables, etc.
Exemples de sites propulsés par Lodel : L’équipe du Cléo propose des formations destinées aux utilisateurs de Lodel. Ressources : Imprimer ce billet. 15 Excellent Free Font Resources (Navigation privée) I wanted to share web pages where to find great free fonts, so I looked after the most popular web pages where to find some. If You don’t know how to install one, it’s easy: a) Windows XP – put font into C:/windows/fonts directory; b) Windows Vista – right-click on the font files, then click “Install”; c) Mac OS X – double-click the font file, then click “Install font” button. 1. Dafont.com Dafont has the biggest collection of free fonts and has been updated constantly. I like this one, because of categories split in detail and type your text preview feature – allowing You to use it like font viewer browsing over pages, while choosing the best solution. 2.Typenow.net Last update has been made at 29th April of 2007, but there are 6,846 different fonts. 3.Urbanfonts.com Also huge selection of different typefaces. 4.
Over 9,800 fonts available there, also has very nice preview feature. 5. Over 9,800 more fonts out there! 6. 1001freefonts.com 7. Nice page with 11,813 free fonts available for now. Links (Navigation privée) Steps to creating a font... (Navigation privée) This tutorial is also available as a pdf version. If you wish to follow along with the tutorial, this bundle should provide you with the basic files you need. I shall not presume to teach aesthetics, I concentrate solely on the mechanics here. NOBLEMAN: Now this is what I call workmanship. There is nothing on earth more exquisite than a bonny book, with well-placed columns of rich black writing in beautiful borders, and illuminated pictures cunningly inset. But nowadays, instead of looking at books, people read them. A book might as well be one of those orders for bacon and bran that you are scribbling. -- Saint Joan, Scene IV George Bernard Shaw, 1924 Font creation First create a new font with the New command in the File menu (or by using the -new argument at startup).
Give the font a name with the Font Info command from the Element menu. You may also wish to use Encoding->Reencode to change what characters are available in your font. Creating a glyph Finally we set width. Navigation privée) After several hacker attacks, and countless hours restoring files and databases, I’ve decided to move this blog into wordpress.com. You can check it out here from now on: “Designing type is to interpret a preexisting system — to work within a well-defined set of restrictions.” Sibylle Hagmann, on the factors that determine the design of a typeface. MyFonts Creative Characters Interview: “Typography is a servant-the servant of thought & language to which it gives visible existence.”
Herb Lubalin: American Graphic Designer 1918-81 (in Eye Magazine, 83, p. 51). “It has become apparent to me that doing calligraphy makes you a better type designer, and doing type design makes you a better calligrapher.” Seb Lester, I Love Typography “Why is it that when describing typography, the Latins think of food, whilst the Anglo-Saxons think of authority?” Type Design Links on the Web (Navigation privée) Fonts, typefaces and all things typographical — I love Typograph. Fonts in Use Archive. Fondamentaux typographiques (suite) Caractères romains La différenciation des caractères romains se fait essentiellement sur une base historique. Les garaldes sont basés sur des dessins du XVe et XVIe siècles, les réales sur des dessins des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles, les didones sur des dessins du XVIIIe et XIXe siècles et les mécanes sur des dessins du XIXe siècle.
Ces différentes familles ont des “personnalités” typographiques affirmées, et il est utile de les connaître quand on sélectionne un caractère. Les garaldes sont chaleureuses, romantiques, classiques, élégantes, intemporelles, quoique parfois un peu tarabiscotées. Linéales Les linéales utilisées aujourd’hui, sont toutes nées au XXe siècle. Les linéales classiques, comme leur nom l’indique, sont les plus utilisées; leur principal atout et handicap est leur très grand manque de personnalité; elles s’effacent totalement derrière le message.