World's First: An Apple Store for Type Geeks [Slideshow] | Co.Design Playtype.com, one of Europe's preeminent online font foundries, has opened a gorgeous brick-and-mortar shop in Copenhagen dedicated to flogging digital typefaces. Customers can walk in off the street and buy fonts loaded on USBs that resemble little credit cards. The shop also sells a ragbag of typographic gifts and paraphernalia, including T-shirts, posters, and even wine (no idea if it's any good, but the bottle sure looks purdy) -- all in a space done up in a lovely black-and-white motif that is itself a monument to typography. E-Types, the Danish design agency behind Playtype.com, bills the shop as "the first of its kind" in the world. So what's the idea here? The shop will be up for one year only, so you'd better book your plane ticket to Copenhagen like yesterday. [Images courtesy of e-Types]
dafont.com CR8 Software Solutions OpenType™ font editor The possibilities represented by OpenType mean that handwriting, signatures, CAD graphics, and even symbols for maps and charts can all be captured in a font set. With our latest update comes an integrated autotracer, which means you can scan and automatically capture your handwriting in font form. All of this comes with our trademark intuitive design, meaning from set-up to advanced features Type 3.2 is simple and easy to use. Download Type 3.2 demo version: Type3setup.exe [v3.2.026] Windows 8, 7, Vista, XP, 2000 or 98, 256MB min. 32-bit or 64-bit* Download View file security analysis. * There are reported issues on a few (<1%) 64-bit systems. Type 3.2 demo version: Type32demo.dmg [v3.2.014x] Mac OS X 10.6-10.9 Intel 32-bit Download View file security analysis. Demo versions are fully functional but fonts (.ttf, .otf) are saved containing only the first 50 characters.
Adrian Frutiger Adrian Frutiger (born May 24, 1928 in Unterseen, Canton of Bern, Switzerland) is a typeface designer who influenced the direction of digital typography in the second half of the 20th century and into the 21st. He is best known for creating the Univers and Frutiger typefaces. Early life[edit] Adrian Frutiger was born in Unterseen, Canton of Bern, the son of a weaver. As a boy, he experimented with invented scripts and stylized handwriting in negative reaction to the formal, cursive penmanship then required by Swiss schools. His early interest in sculpture was discouraged by his father and by his secondary school teachers; they encouraged him to work in printing. Formative years[edit] Work summary[edit] Specimens of typefaces by Adrian Frutiger. An Illustration showing the typefaces Frutiger Serif and Frutiger Next in use. In the late 1990s, Frutiger began collaborating on refining and expanding the Univers, Frutiger, and Avenir, in addressing hinting for screen display. Typefaces[edit]
BirdFont Glyphs A Look Into: Fonts Used In Logos of Popular Brands Do you find yourself staring at other designer’s logo and immediately try to decipher what typeface they are using? If you are a designer, it is probably an inevitable habit. There are no hard and fast rules to help you determine which typeface you should land on for your logo. If you have experimented hundreds of fonts but they just don’t work out right for you, suffering from design block where you don’t what font to use or you are just curious on what fonts others are using for their logo, this article is for you. Zopa.com Many top websites are trending towards gray color schemes with bright color splashes. Font used: Frankfurter medium Shutterfly Shutterfly’s modern logo is simple, refined and playful. Font used: Frutiger NewsGator Multi-colored logo fonts are all the rage these days as shown in NewsGator’s logo. Font used: ITC Bauhaus Shoutwire Many caution against excessive capitalization in logo fonts. Font used: Agency Bold Shozu Font used: FF Cocon Bold Facebook Font used: Klavika Twitter
Steps to creating a font... 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. 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 Once you have done that you are ready to start editing glyphs. The outline glyph window contains two palettes snuggled up on the left side of the window. Cubic layers (C) use third-order Bezier splines, like PS fonts. The foreground (F) layer contains the outline that will become part of the font. This window also shows the glyph's internal coordinate system with the x and y axes drawn in light grey.
FontStruct | Build, Share, Download Fonts Typography - Installing fonts on Windows About fonts Installing fonts on Windows Windows 7 and Windows 8 There are several ways to install fonts on both Windows 7 and Windows 8. The easiest way to install a font is to double-click on a font file to open the font preview and select 'Install'. You can also right-click on a font file, and then select 'Install'. Another option is to install fonts with the Fonts Control Panel. 1. 2. Note: if you receive an error message make sure the font file is not compressed (it should not have a zipper icon). Windows Vista To install a TrueType or OpenType font on Windows Vista, right-click on the font file and then select 'Install'. Note: In Windows Vista if you double-click on a font the 'Install' button is not available in the font preview. Windows XP To add a new font to your computer: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.