Need Help: Silly Questions
I am completely ignorant of the topic and appreciate any advice I can get. Sorry for silly questions in advance. I am not a designer. Once in a while, I get Microsoft Word documents with fonts that...
View ArticleWhat 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 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 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...
View ArticleWhy when I applied a paragraph style to a text the text is colored behind
I dont´know what I done but, after having done lots ot texts in inDesign cs6 in a mac OX lion, now when I applied paragraphs styles to a text the text is coloured behind. I saw the preferences and all...
View Articleworkshops: Font making for beginners
I thought I should mention that I and some other folks are teaching a series of font making workshops for beginners—folks with no (or little) previous experience in type design. The next two are in...
View ArticleLooking for a pixilated looking font
I am looking for a pixilated font like http://www.fontshop.com/fonts/singles/club21/preset_f_ot/ Anyone have an idea? Thanks
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Looking for Adobe Font Foundry
I bought a program from Adobe in the early 1990s -- "Adobe Font Foundry" It was a DOS utility for making screen fonts that may have also come with packages from the Adobe Type Library. It's on floppy...
View ArticleCopy/Pasting from Hebrew font in PDF
Hi - I'm trying to copy and paste text from a PDF so I can edit and analyze the contents. The file was created in Hebrew. It is set of Israel's election results and available on their government...
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Typographic alignment questions
hi guys, as you see in the below image, what should be the Typographic alignment of ltalic? ( the frist letter C & S)
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 ArticleEmbedding font in app
Hi, I'm using LTC Bodoni (via TypeKit) on my website and now I'm working on my digital portfolio: basically HTMl5+CSS, packed with Baker Framework to be published on Apple Store.I would use the font...
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Simulate Unicode Font in a Design
I'm creating a t-shirt and I want to use the typeface Unicode 6.0 UTF-8, or a substitute. I've searched a lot, and it looks like that font is used in programs like Dreamweaver, TextWrangler, etc., but...
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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 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 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...
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Trying to ID a Font
What The Font was no help. Not surprising considering the poor quality of the image. Can anyone identify this font? The closest I've come is a font called Data, and that is decidedly not it. Thank you...
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Font Identification
Can anyone identify this font? I'm trying to recreate the logo to be screen printed. At first glance I thought it was Handel Gothic but that's not right. I've already checked www.identifont.com and...
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 ArticleVertical Spacing
Hello, I'm new to graphic design. I'm trying to understand how best to vertically space my content. I have 4 numbers that are each 4" tall. How much space should i add between each number so that they...
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