Not always about type.: Archive

World Sunlight Map →

A world map showing current sunlight and cloud cover

Aug 1st

Eight English Novels →

This is meant as example of what we can do with the resources we have in html now to present long texts in a way that people will use them.

Jul 30th

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Calluna — a text typeface with flow →

Jul 30th

Paperless Post →

Paperless invitations that looks slight better than other sites. But only slightly because the typefaces they use are mostly ugly.

Jul 28th

FamilySearch Labs →

FamilySearch Labs showcases new family history technologies that aren’t ready for prime time.

Jul 28th

Function Web Design & Development →

How to Spot Quality within Web Design: Examples & Tips

Jul 28th

Tyography for Lawyers →

Jul 28th

IMP Awards →

All the Latest Movie Posters. Browse by categories. Large versions for better viewing.

Jul 25th

Jul 24th

LiveSurface →

Jul 24th

Jul 23rd

“For when I am weak, then am I strong.”

Jul 23rd

Tiffany Wardle added "The Laws of Simplicity" →

Jul 23rd

Another list. This time foundries supporting...

Now that we have a list started of foundries which support the .webfonts proposal (2.1), I think an equally useful list would be for foundries which support Typekit. From what I’ve gathered just because a foundry supports (and/or likes) the idea of .webfont doesn’t mean they support Typekit. And vice versa. And the same thing could also bring @font-face into the mix, but that can be...

Jul 19th

PERM Table or Another #webfont Proposal

David Berlow has written his proposal for using a PERM Table. This counts Font Bureau out of the above list of foundries which support the .webfont proposal. Jeffrey Zeldman likes the idea of this proposal. Perhaps this will spell another split in the ranks. It seems to me the more proposals put forth — ergo the more dissension in the ranks* — the harder it will be to get it put through. Or am I...

Jul 17th

Jul 16th

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Most of the important foundries are supporting...

It’s true. With this much weight behind the .webfont proposal (2.1), it has to should be taken seriously. The foundries listed below have expressed their support for the WebOTF proposal. The term “support” is understood to be general approval of the proposal and its intentions, not an exclusive commitment to it, or a formal endorsement of it. Update: Tal Leming and Erik van...

Jul 16th

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Jul 16th

Clever PNG Optimization Techniques →

Another great “How-To article from Smashing Magazine

Jul 15th

Jul 14th

Full Stained Paper Textures #1 →

A set on Flickr

Jul 14th

CSS Envy

Please forgive the current mess. I’m in the process of futzing with the code (CSS, Tumblr API, and HTML) and bringing my site and this so-called blog into alignment. I’m jealous of all of you web peeps that I follow. I feel as if, in some ways, I missed the boat and am now stuck in the world of print. But at the same time, as I do this, I can abso-fricking-lutely see the total...

Jul 13th