Need help with my tattoo design...
For starters, I am not a graphic designer. I've come to this forum to get assistance from those of you who enjoy doing this type of thing. I'm getting a tattoo this weekend, but need someone to draw it...
View ArticleRequired fonts for CS2?
I've been searching for a list of fonts the are required for Adobe CS2, but can't seem to find a resource. Does anyone have this information? These would be fonts that belong in the "Reqrd" folder...
View ArticleYour Favorite Fonts
I have a ridiculous amount of fonts on my computer. Most of them I don't use, but I'm afraid the minute I delete them, I will need them. It's quite annoying to scroll through my looong list of fonts....
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Knockout Issue...still stumped!
Hi again, I wanted to post this again to see if anyone can help me out with this. I am trying to print film for a screen printing job that I am doing and so I need all of the white you see in the image...
View ArticleTypography Verbage
Typography. I'm not sure if that's the place to be looking I'm trying to list the differences between writing on paper and on a tablet and I think there's a word for when you press harder with a pencil...
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How to use Rosewood Std and Rosewood Std Fill with CSS
Hello, I'm trying to figure out how to get Rosewood and Rosewood Fill typeface to work correctly in a web page. I'm a Typekit subscriber they didn't have any advice to give me other than to tweak it in...
View ArticleFonts in web to print templates
The design your printed piece applications on sites like minted.com and moo.com use fonts like Helvetica. These sites allow users to edit embedded fonts in design templates they select and then...
View ArticleHelvetica font looking distorted on website
I am using the "Helvetica Neu LT 35 Thin" (ttf format) which is looking great on my website (iOS) but horrible and distorted when the website viewed on windows.I heard that otf is better for web so I...
View ArticleProper Names - Definition
I would like to mention something about this fashion of giving proper names and titles small initial letters. It looks absolutely awfull through my designers eyes. Is it not true that in the written...
View ArticleAccents on Capital Letters?
Hi,Are you supposed to use accent marks on capital letters? I'm creating a design (for a graphic-design class) about the painter Salvador Dali (the Ii in his last name has an accent mark on it). I'm...
View ArticleAdobe Fonts in TrueType?
Hi guys, I'm wondering if it's still at all possible to purchase Truetype (TTF) fonts from Adobe? I understand the differenced between TTF and OTF, but due to technical restraints we're requiring a TTF...
View ArticleCS5.5 Design Premium Fonts
After installing I noticed that ROCKWELL font is missing. There may be others but I used this one regularly so it is really missed. I have checked the system font folder and the old font storage folder...
View Articlesailing windy block font
hello guys, I am making a homepage for my sailing club. Attached is the sort of old "Scouty" image I am sourcing. Do you know what type of font is used in the heading? Can you think of a nicer font to...
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What is the best way to create inline typography?
Hi,I wonder that the best way to create inlined typography is. Here's a image showing what I'm trying to do. I could do it just using the pen in Illustrator but I think it's really hard to make it look...
View ArticleAdobe KaiTi's license
I'm having a hard time trying to understand how Adobe's fonts can and cannot be distributed. In particular, I would like to use Adobe KaiTi for my desktop software. The font file itself will not be...
View Articlewhat word spacing?
I am reading this tutorial here on typography: http://webtypography.net/Rhythm_and_Proportion/Horizontal_Motion/2.1.1/http:// In chapter 2.1.1 makes a reference to word spacing, it mentions some...
View Articlefonts availability
Many beautiful fonts exist out there in the web. Is it true though that some for them are made just for some languages while leaving out some other? For example if i use a font that is not intended...
View Articleblackletters
Do blackletter faces belong to one of the "standard" font families such as sans serif or serif or consitute a separate font family on their own. I am little confused as to what exactly applies.
View ArticleHelvetica Neue monotype, linotype or adobe?
Hello everyone I'm doing a job using Helvetica Neue for a client who has specified that it should be from the Monotype foundry. On checking mine (in Quark's utilities) it says what I'm using is a Adobe...
View ArticleArno Pro small cap numerals: why so high?
I just designed a large postcard to announce an art exhibition and used Arno Pro throughout, mostly small caps. Why are the small cap numerals so much 'higher' than the letters? They just looked too...
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