What goes with Zapfino?
Hi Group,I recently purchased Zapfino, and I would like to know which non-script fonts would work nicely as a sub-title or body text. I saw 2 or 3 recommendations on Linotype's site about a year ago,...
View ArticleHow to convince a designer the font is too light
I'm not a designer. I dabble, but I have no formal training. My background is User Experience and User Interface. A designer has created templates to be used for PDFs. The font is not only light, but...
View ArticleCapitalization thoughts for a menu
I work part-time for a local restaurant in an accounting capacity and recently they asked me to redesign their bar menu. I'm enjoying the creative process of designing a pleasing look for the menu but...
View ArticleUse same fonts in style guide as logo?
We recently had a logo designed by an outside firm. They used Corisande for the logo. I'm not a fan of this font. In the style guide they prepared, they suggested using Palatino with it in marketing...
View Articlehelvetica neue
is helvetica neue regular the same as helvetica neue roman? I cant find "helvetica neue regular" anywhere.
View ArticleScript Font for Name with Suffix
Hello all,I am designing an invitation and I need to find a traditional script font that will work with a name with a suffix - like John Smith III. The III at the end looks terrible with a script I. (I...
View ArticleSmall caps not working in web fonts
Hi everyone, I'm having a problem implementing OpenType features in web fonts. No matter what typeface or browser I use—and I've tried several of each—I can't get the CSS font-face property to listen...
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 ArticleHow would I go about creating my own font?
I can't find the 'perfect' font for a particular logo. How would I go about creating my own? I have Illustrator and Photoshop. Assuming I could create a set of alphabetic characters, would I be able...
View ArticleDoes anyone know what this font is?
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b383/p3ernie/2012-07-02_09-45-58_951 .jpg Thanks in advance
View ArticleHow should a professional business plan look like?
Hi, How should a professional business plan look like? My teacher just gave me this sample business plan. Now, the content is alright, but what about the typography? I'm not sure, I'm not really a...
View ArticleFont Offering Appealing Numeric Fractions
I'll be taking a job that requires insertion into text of a considerable number of fractions.What font pallet offers fractional notation down through 1/16,1/32,1/64 etc? Fractions should have a...
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Your 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....
View ArticleSimple Font Question
I'm a programer not a designer, but I have to create a logo for some web site work I volunteered for. How do I convert a solid font into a vector graphic with a solid outline and a transparent or...
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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 ArticleA question for pro typographers only
I have to find some text and signage type to go with an identity that uses Doyald Young's Finesse Light. It actually looks OK with the symbol that another designer sold to the client. (I have been...
View ArticleName this font...
Does anyone know the names of the fonts used in "Rockport" and "performance" ?? any help would be awesome!
View ArticleAre Helvetica Regular and Helvetica Medium the same font?
We have just added a new computer to our workgroup, and it is using Windows 7. We removed all of our software from the old computer (which was running Windows XP Pro) and installed it on the new...
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...
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