A History Of Typography [INFOGRAPHIC]
Regular readers of our blog would have seen Rachel’s Growth of Twitter infographic, which she produced for us last week. This week she’s come up with a fantastic visualisation entitled ‘A History Of Typography’. As usual, feel free to repost this infographic on your own blog, just please link back to us or to Rachel’s Twitter (@raychno21) Rachel Bonness is currently on a placement at the Designbysoap offices in Hereford, if you’re interested in a work placement or an internship, you can fill out an application form on our online... Read The Rest →
Web Safe Fonts – A Myth?
The term ‘web safe font’ is actually a bit of a misnomer. There isn’t actually any such thing. The term refers to a font (or set of around 20) that are present by default on a large percentage of computer systems (windows and mac basically). A belief in this myth has lead to the widespread use of fonts such as Arial or Verdana, without proper thought to as to how the page will display for someone who doesn’t have them. For example if only one, sans-serif, font is specified through... Read The Rest →
Font Browser
I rediscovered this the other day, and thought this handy little online program deserved a mention. FontBROWSER by STC Associates is a simple program that automatically displays all the fonts you have on your system, and allows you to quickly scroll through them to see what looks best. The preview box gives a nice large visual impression of the font, and makes it easier to choose than a small menu in Illustrator, for example. A really handy tool for graphic designers. Check it out here Jason is our newest graphic... Read The Rest →
