DesignApplause » typefaces http://designapplause.com Heightening awareness of design-driven objects. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:49:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Tired of the same-old, same-old web typography? http://designapplause.com/2009/tired-of-the-same-old-same-old-web-typography/5906/ http://designapplause.com/2009/tired-of-the-same-old-same-old-web-typography/5906/#comments Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:06:04 +0000 cam2 http://designapplause.com/?p=5906 type1
Typekit, a start-up company, is about to shatter the status quo. The past year has seen a surge of Web-browser innovation. Now, most major browsers—including the latest versions of Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Chrome, and Opera — recognize a CSS rule known as @font-face. via slate [cam2]
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Blackletter, without a doubt the stimulus behind the more efficient font designs we’re familiar with on a day-to-day. On the other hand, a now popular foreboding font for super-hip urban graphics and a time-travel message for packaging.

In addition to the thorough presentation of some 300 typefaces with dates, designers, and origins, you will find a facing-page design using the typeface. Many quite well done and some even exciting. Of course, I’m not the first to find the book spectacular. It won the Type Directors Club of New York’s 2007 Award for Typographic Excellence.

Designer:Judith Schalansky ( Berlin )

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