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	<title>opentype &amp;laquo; WordPress.com Tag Feed</title>
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<title><![CDATA[Firefox 3.6 e i nuovi font scaricabili]]></title>
<link>http://gianmichele.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/firefox-3-6-e-i-nuovi-font-scaricabili/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:38:57 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>gianmichele</dc:creator>
<guid>http://gianmichele.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/firefox-3-6-e-i-nuovi-font-scaricabili/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[La prossima versione del panda rosso presenterà novità per il design e lo sviluppo web. Promessa la ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Jenis - Jenis Font]]></title>
<link>http://hobyt.wordpress.com/2009/10/17/jenis-jenis-font/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 03:05:39 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>hobyt</dc:creator>
<guid>http://hobyt.wordpress.com/2009/10/17/jenis-jenis-font/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Dengan pesatnya pekembangan teknologi dalam dunia percetakan digital dan komunikasi digital, dunia t]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Dengan pesatnya pekembangan teknologi dalam dunia percetakan digital dan komunikasi digital, dunia teknologi font telah melakukan langkah yang besar dengan bermunculannya desain-desain huruf yang inovatif dan telah memperkaya dunia desain komunikasi visual. Diperjalanan awal dari teknologi font digital, font didesain dengan ukuran yang pasti seperti 9, 10, 12, 14, 18 dan 24 pt dengan menggunakan standar bitmap layar komputer sehingga memiliki kelemahan ketika font harus diperbesar atau diperkecil. Akan tetapi kini dengan kehadiran teknologi vektor dan antialiasing teknologi font terus berkembang dengan meninggalkan teknologi bitmap.</p>
<p><em>1. Font Type 1 dan Postscript</em><br />
Untuk mengatasi permasalahan pada font bitmap, Adobe membuat font menggunakan Postscript page desription language. Font ini memiliki dua bagian, satu set font bitmap berukuran pasti dan font berbasis postscript yang akan memberikan informasi outline dari bentuk font tersebut. Sistem operasi seperti Mac OS atau Windows menggunakan font bitmap untuk menggambar font di layar, dan untuk ukuran bitmap yang diperbesar atau diperkecil sistem akan menggunakan ukuran terdekat untuk menyesuaikan bentuk. Dan untuk keperluan cetak-mencetak font dengan basis postscript akan digunakan dan di download ke printer. Dengan menggunakan metode Bezier Curves dengan minimum pemakaian empat buah titik untuk menghasilkan sebuah garis lengkung yang terdiri dari dua titik akhir dan dua titik kontrol. Outline dari postscript ini dapat diperbesar dan diperkecil tanpa batas dan menjaga bentuk huruf tetap baik. Ketika printer telah menerima informasi outline vektor yang telah diskalakan, makan betuk itu akan disi oleh pixel dan menciptakan sebuah gambar bitmap dengan resolusi tinggi. Proses ini dinamakan rasterization (dari bahasa Jerman “raster” yang berarti layar). Adobe membuat ATM (Adobe Type Manager) untuk mengatasi permasalahan online viewing pada font, sehingga font bitmap tidak lagi dgunakan dan lebih menggunakan informasi outline dari font postscript untuk menciptakan bentuk huruf bitmap yang sesuai dengan resolusi layar komputer, untuk semua ukuran font. Walaupun demikian di sistem Mac OS, ATM tetap memerlukan satu file font bitmap yang di install agar nama font bisa terbaca di menu font. Font Type 1 sekarang sudah menjadi standar dalam software digital (ISO9541), dan di dunia, lebih dari 30000 font type 1 telah didigitalisasi untuk keperluan typesetting.</p>
<p><em>2. Truetype</em><br />
Disamping dominasi dari dari font Type 1, Truetype ternyata lebih populer, Truetype adalah font berbasis informasi outline juga dan format vektor nya bisa di skala sesuai kebutuhan ukuran dengan akurasi yang tinggi. Truetype menggunakan metoda Quadratic B-spline dengan menerapkan titik-titk secara langsung pada garis dan bagian-bagian yang dilengkungkan. Kurang lebih postscript dan truetype memiliki kapabilitas yang hampir sama sebagai font berbasis outline atau scalable font. Software standar dari truetype dibuat oleh Apple, akan tetapi kini juga bisa digunakan oleh sistem operasi Windows. Kedua sistem tersebut memiliki Truetype Rasterizer yang menyediakan informasi untuk penggambaran di layar dan output cetak. Truetype di rancang sebagai file tunggal (suitcase), yang didalamnya sudah terdapat keluarga huruf dalam bentuk plain, plain italic, bold dan bold italic membuat type font ini lebih rapih dalam pendataan file dibandingkan Font Type 1.<br />
Bezier curve (postscript) [IMG]http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b266/ritchienedhansel/Untitled6.png[/IMG] Quadratic B-Spline (TrueType) Gambar diambil dari http://www.mlab.nl</p>
<p><em>3. Multiple Master Font</em><br />
Multiple Master adalah jenis font Type 1 yang dibuat khusus oleh Adobe sehingga membedakan jenis sistem ini dengan sistem yang lain. Keunikan dari Multiple Master Font adalah setiap character memiliki lebih dari satu outline digital, sepasang outline merepresentasikan titik akhir dari sebuah garis desain (design axis) dan font berbasis Multiple Master mengandung informasi titik (axes) untuk berat, style ataupun penglihatan optis dan semua terdapat dalam satu paket. Kelebihan dari Multiple Master Font adalah fleksibilitas bentuk huruf untuk di kostumisasi tanpa distorsi bentuk ketika di perbesar atau diperkecil. File dari Multiple Master Font lebih besar dibandingkan dengan yang lainnya, juga dengan penamaan font sangat kompleks dan susah untuk di atur. Multiple Master Font di identifikasikan dengan MM ditambah nama pendek dari huruf tersebut contohnya ITCAvaGarMM. Dan biasanya diikuti oleh dua huruf dari informasi titik (axes) seperti BD untuk Bold, XL untuk Light, NO untuk Normal, CN untuk Condensed, dan OP untuk Optikal. Nominal angka untuk merepresentasikan nilai axis. Dan jika kita membuat Multiple Master Font axis ini akan muncul dalam huruf kecil.</p>
<p><em>4. Unicode Font</em><br />
Unicode adalah standard baru untuk menjabarkan characters set dalam sebuah sistem, bekerja mirip dengan ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange). Biasanya dalam ASCII terdapat 200 set characters, tetapi dalam Unicode bisa terdapat 65000 jenis characters sehingga Unicode sering digunakan dalam informasi digital multi bahasa. Unicode bukan lah sebuah font encoder (pembaca sandi-sandi font) tetapi hanya sebuah standar dimana informasi glyph (outline bentuk sebuah font) sebuah font tersimpan. </p>
<p><em>5. Opentype dan Truetype Open</em><br />
Format font yang terbaru adalah jenis font OpenType dan TrueType Open yang dibuat oleh dua perusahaan software raksasa yaitu Microsoft dan Adobe. Kelebihan dari format ini adalah tidak adanya perbedaan format dan kapabilitas yang tinggi untuk pertukaran basis sistem. Dan juga Opentype dan TrueTYpe didesain sebagai single file sehingga memudahkan dalam pendataan font. Stimulus dari pembuatan format ini adalah standar Unicode yang memungkinkan sebuah font mengandung 65000 jenis characters. Termasuk expert character set seperti ligatures, smallcaps, extra accent, pecahan dan characters spesial lainnya.</p>
<p><em>6. Worldtype</em><br />
Worldtype adalah format font yang dibuat oleh perusahaan font AGFA Monotype, format ini dibuat untuk memenuhi kebutuhan dari standar Unicode.</p>
<p><strong>Sumber: </strong><br />
<em>1. http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huruf_Digital_(Font)</em></p>
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<title><![CDATA[web font con l'uso dei css]]></title>
<link>http://picchiri.wordpress.com/2009/10/14/web-font-con-luso-dei-css/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:29:30 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>picchiri</dc:creator>
<guid>http://picchiri.wordpress.com/2009/10/14/web-font-con-luso-dei-css/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[articolo tratto da html.it Stanchi dei soliti Verdana, Arial e Georgia? Se la risposta è sì, è bene ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Altered Font Spacing Crippling for Designers - Must read if designer or service bureau]]></title>
<link>http://chimac.net/2009/10/10/altered-font-spacing-crippling-for-designers-must-read-if-designer-or-service-bureau/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 22:20:53 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>chimac</dc:creator>
<guid>http://chimac.net/2009/10/10/altered-font-spacing-crippling-for-designers-must-read-if-designer-or-service-bureau/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Altered Font Spacing Crippling for Designers Lots of great information about the changes in font han]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sketch released]]></title>
<link>http://4thfebruary.wordpress.com/2009/09/29/sketch-released/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:05:25 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Sergiy S. Tkachenko / 4th february</dc:creator>
<guid>http://4thfebruary.wordpress.com/2009/09/29/sketch-released/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Download from MyFonts | Free.Type.org.ua | Яндекс.Народ.Диск]]></description>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/4thfebruary/3965052961/" title="Brush at work by Sergiy Tkachenko / 4th february, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2467/3965052961_0bed0637dc_m.jpg" width="240" height="120" alt="Brush at work" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/4thfebruary/3965052907/" title="Шрифт ручной работы даром by Sergiy Tkachenko / 4th february, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2568/3965052907_442816a689_m.jpg" width="240" height="120" alt="Шрифт ручной работы даром" /></a></p>
<p>Download from <a href="http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/4thfebruary/tkachenko-sketch-4f/">MyFonts</a> &#124; <a href="http://free.type.org.ua/tkachenko-sketch-4f/">Free.Type.org.ua</a> &#124; <a href="http://narod.ru/disk/13641246000/TkachenkoSkecth4F-v1.1-RgBd.zip.html">Яндекс.Народ.Диск</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Nut Kit released]]></title>
<link>http://4thfebruary.wordpress.com/2009/09/10/nut-kit-released/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 08:55:09 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Sergiy S. Tkachenko / 4th february</dc:creator>
<guid>http://4thfebruary.wordpress.com/2009/09/10/nut-kit-released/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Nut Kit available on MyFonts]]></description>
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<p>Nut Kit available on <a href="http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/4thfebruary/nut-kit-4f/">MyFonts</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Typography Spotlight: Semilla]]></title>
<link>http://hookyblog.wordpress.com/2009/09/08/typography-spotlight-semilla/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:51:31 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Ben Hays</dc:creator>
<guid>http://hookyblog.wordpress.com/2009/09/08/typography-spotlight-semilla/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Source: http://www.sudtipos.com and http://www.veer.com Semilla is another typeface by OpenType mast]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Source: <a href="http://www.sudtipos.com" target="_blank">http://www.sudtipos.com</a> and <a href="http://www.veer.com/products/typedetail.aspx?image=UMT0000472" target="_blank">http://www.veer.com</a></p>
<p>Semilla is another typeface by OpenType master Ale Paul for <a href="http://www.sudtipos.com" target="_blank">sudtipos.com</a>, available for purchase ($79) at <a href="http://www.veer.com/products/typedetail.aspx?image=UMT0000472" target="_blank">veer.com</a>. I was waiting patiently for this font to be completed, and just looking at this sample, I can say that it was well worth the wait.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone" src="http://www.hookyinteractive.com/benhays/wp_assets/semilla2.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="550" /></p>
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<title><![CDATA[OOo should support optional OpenType features]]></title>
<link>http://openofficeissues.wordpress.com/2009/08/20/ooo-should-support-optional-opentype-features/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 08:03:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>dingodog</dc:creator>
<guid>http://openofficeissues.wordpress.com/2009/08/20/ooo-should-support-optional-opentype-features/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[OOo should support optional OpenType features - http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=1603]]></description>
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<p>- <a href="http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=16032">http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=16032</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Tiap Liap Release]]></title>
<link>http://4thfebruary.wordpress.com/2009/07/03/tiap-liap-release/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:12:34 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Sergiy S. Tkachenko / 4th february</dc:creator>
<guid>http://4thfebruary.wordpress.com/2009/07/03/tiap-liap-release/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[On MyFonts published font Type Liap in two styles.]]></description>
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<img src="http://4thfebruary.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/flag.png" alt="Flag" title="Flag" width="200" height="180" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-269" /><br />
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<img src="http://4thfebruary.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/tiapliaplejeunehommeetlevie.png" alt="TiapLiapLeJeuneHommeetleVie" title="TiapLiapLeJeuneHommeetleVie" width="580" height="360" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-271" /><br />
<img src="http://4thfebruary.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/tiapliapgreek.png" alt="TiapLiapGreek" title="TiapLiapGreek" width="580" height="360" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-272" /><br />
<img src="http://4thfebruary.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/tiapliapdingabts.png" alt="TiapLiapDingabts" title="TiapLiapDingabts" width="580" height="360" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-273" /><br />
<img src="http://4thfebruary.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/tiapliaphappybirthday.png" alt="TiapLiapHappyBirthday" title="TiapLiapHappyBirthday" width="580" height="360" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-274" /></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Modularico released]]></title>
<link>http://4thfebruary.wordpress.com/2009/06/26/modularico-released/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:52:25 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Sergiy S. Tkachenko / 4th february</dc:creator>
<guid>http://4thfebruary.wordpress.com/2009/06/26/modularico-released/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[On MyFonts published type family Modularico with 5 styles.]]></description>
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<img src="http://4thfebruary.wordpress.com/files/2009/06/flag1.png" alt="Flag" title="Flag" width="200" height="200" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-262" /><br />
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<img src="http://4thfebruary.wordpress.com/files/2009/06/1991.jpg?w=300" alt="1991" title="1991" width="300" height="225" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-264" /><br />
<img src="http://4thfebruary.wordpress.com/files/2009/06/decided.jpg?w=300" alt="decided" title="decided" width="300" height="260" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-265" /></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Boldesqo Serif released]]></title>
<link>http://4thfebruary.wordpress.com/2009/06/19/boldesqo-serif-released/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 06:46:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Sergiy S. Tkachenko / 4th february</dc:creator>
<guid>http://4thfebruary.wordpress.com/2009/06/19/boldesqo-serif-released/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[On MyFonts published Boldesqo Serif earlier known as Fat Serif Full promo available on Behance.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>On MyFonts published <a href="http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/4thfebruary/boldesqo-serif-4f/"><strong>Boldesqo Serif</strong></a> earlier known as <a href="http://4thfebruary.wordpress.com/2009/05/18/fat-serif-is-coming/">Fat Serif</a><br />
<img src="http://4thfebruary.wordpress.com/files/2009/06/flag.png" alt="Flag" title="Flag" width="200" height="200" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-255" /></p>
<p>Full promo available on <a href="http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Boldesqo-Serif/227128">Behance</a>.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[What’s OpenType? Is it right for me?]]></title>
<link>http://typenowhere.wordpress.com/2009/06/02/what%e2%80%99s-opentype-is-it-right-for-me/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 08:36:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>typenowhere</dc:creator>
<guid>http://typenowhere.wordpress.com/2009/06/02/what%e2%80%99s-opentype-is-it-right-for-me/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A font format that’s the result of unparalleled cooperation between software manufacturers, OpenType]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://www.typography.com/ask/recentTopic.php?rtID=86&#38;affiliateID=20#opentype-vs-legacy"><img class="size-full wp-image-355 alignleft" title="head_ask_hfj" src="http://typenowhere.wordpress.com/files/2009/06/head_ask_hfj.gif" border="0" alt="head_ask_hfj" width="286" height="76" /></a>A font format that’s the result of unparalleled cooperation between software manufacturers, OpenType is a reliable, time-tested, forward-thinking, problem-solving technology that’s positioned to become the new industry standard — which means different things for different users. <a href="http://www.typography.com/ask/recentTopic.php?rtID=86&#38;affiliateID=20#opentype-vs-legacy" target="_blank">Click here for a excellent synopsis of subject by Hoefler &#38;  Frere-Jones</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Fat Serif is coming]]></title>
<link>http://4thfebruary.wordpress.com/2009/05/18/fat-serif-is-coming/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 14:57:39 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Sergiy S. Tkachenko / 4th february</dc:creator>
<guid>http://4thfebruary.wordpress.com/2009/05/18/fat-serif-is-coming/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Full glyphs of my new fat serif font]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Catalogue of free Cyrillic typefaces]]></title>
<link>http://4thfebruary.wordpress.com/2009/05/13/catalogue-of-free-cyrillic-typefaces/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 10:39:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Sergiy S. Tkachenko / 4th february</dc:creator>
<guid>http://4thfebruary.wordpress.com/2009/05/13/catalogue-of-free-cyrillic-typefaces/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Ukrainian Type Blog launched own catalogue of free Cyrillic typefaces. Enjoy.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://type.org.ua"><strong>Ukrainian Type Blog</strong></a> launched own <a href="http://free.type.org.ua">catalogue of <strong>free Cyrillic type</strong>faces</a>. Enjoy.<br />
<img src="http://4thfebruary.wordpress.com/files/2009/05/free_type_org_ua.jpg" alt="Free_Type_Org_UA" title="Free_Type_Org_UA" width="580" height="500" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-228" /></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Codename Coder on MyFonts]]></title>
<link>http://4thfebruary.wordpress.com/2009/05/08/codename-coder-on-myfonts/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 06:54:48 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Sergiy S. Tkachenko / 4th february</dc:creator>
<guid>http://4thfebruary.wordpress.com/2009/05/08/codename-coder-on-myfonts/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Free version of Codename Coder 4F Bold now available on MyFonts. Enjoy.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Paranoid Cyrillic]]></title>
<link>http://4thfebruary.wordpress.com/2009/05/01/paranoid-cyrillic/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 10:36:45 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Sergiy S. Tkachenko / 4th february</dc:creator>
<guid>http://4thfebruary.wordpress.com/2009/05/01/paranoid-cyrillic/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[LOKi design published an extended by me with Cyrillic support of their free font Paranoid. You may d]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://lokidesign.net/" target="_blank"><strong>LOKi design</strong></a> published an extended by me with Cyrillic support of their free font <a href="http://lokidesign.net/2356/2009/04/paranoid/" target="_blank"><strong>Paranoid</strong></a>.<br />
<img alt="" src="http://lokidesign.net/2356/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/paranoid_cyrillic.jpg" title="Paranoid Cyrillic" class="alignnone" width="420" height="200" /><br />
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You may download Cyrillic version from <a href="http://lokidesign.net/2356/2009/05/paranoid-cyrillic/">official page</a>.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Embedded fonts]]></title>
<link>http://sharovatov.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/embedded-fonts/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:40:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>sharovatov</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Long long ago (before IE4, yes, IE4) Microsoft&#160; proposed a standard called EOT (Embedded OpenTy]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Long long ago (before IE4, yes, IE4) Microsoft&#160; proposed a standard called EOT (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embedded_OpenType">Embedded OpenType</a>) which allowed you to embed any font on your website – all you had to do was to prepare eot fonts in a free <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/typography/web/embedding/weft3/overview.aspx">WEFT tool</a> (see <a href="http://www.sean.co.uk/a/webdesign/embedding_fonts_in_webpages.shtm">nice how-to</a>) and then reference them in your CSS:</p>
<blockquote><p><code>@font-face {        <br />&#160;&#160;&#160; font-family: myFont;         <br />&#160;&#160;&#160; src: url(myfont.eot);         <br />}</code></p>
<p><code>h1 { font-family: myFont; }</code></p>
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<p>It’s interesting to know that support for @font-face property appeared in <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/REC-CSS2-20080411/fonts.html#font-descriptions">CSS2.0</a> without specifying of font format, then was suddenly dropped in <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/fonts.html">CSS2.1</a> and now is back in <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-webfonts/#font-descriptions">CSS3</a>. </p>
<p>And now, 10 years later after this feature has been introduced in IE4, all other browsers are slowly starting to implement embedded fonts support. As always, browser vendors talk about compatibility more than actually support this compatibility – while the technology is 10 years old and quite mature, none of popular browsers supports or plans to support EOT – only IE. </p>
<p>And this silent boycott of EOT looks extremely weird because EOT has got a unique feature – font file in this format can be much smaller than a TTF/OTF file due to subsetting. And EOT is not proprietary any more – <a href="http://www.w3.org/Submission/2008/SUBM-EOT-20080305/">Microsoft has submitted it to W3C</a>. The only reason browser vendors say stops them from implementing EOT is DRM, but:</p>
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<li>as <a href="http://novemberborn.net/sifr3/web-fonts-eot">Mark Wubben says</a>, using OTF/TTF can be violating fonts EULA while EOT was <strong>designed to follow </strong>the rules. </li>
<li>there’re free fonts that can be embedded. </li>
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<p>And it’s really funny to read rants <a href="http://diveintomark.org/archives/2009/04/21/fuck-the-foundries">like this</a> – if there’s a law, you can’t just violate it because you think it’s too hard to follow it. </p>
<p>And while browser vendors pretend they don’t see the industry standard implementation of the technology, we’ll have to use something like this:</p>
<blockquote><p><code>@font-face {        <br />&#160;&#160; font-family: myFont;         <br />&#160;&#160; src: url(font.eot);         <br />}         </p>
<p>@font-face {         <br />&#160;&#160; font-family: myFont;         <br />&#160;&#160; src: url(font.ttf) format(&#34;truetype&#34;),         <br />&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; url(font.eot) format(&#34;embedded-opentype&#34;);         <br />} </code></p>
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<p>I.e. set the @font-face twice – for IE and other browsers. More crap for us, developers. Thanks to Opera, Mozilla and Safari. </p>
<p><strong>Update: </strong>Thanks to Philip Taylor, author of great <a href="http://fonts.philip.html5.org/">web fonts application</a>, he pointed in comments that I was wrong saying that TTF/OTF didn’t support subsetting – they did! But my point is still the same – why inventing other standards when there’s a working one?</p>
<p>Links: </p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embedded_OpenType">Wikipedia article about EOT</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://fonts.philip.html5.org/">Nice webapp that generates EOT files from free opentype fonts</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://talleming.com/2009/04/21/web-fonts/">Web fonts from font author prospective</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://www.w3.org/Fonts/Misc/eot-report-2008">EOT report</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://novemberborn.net/sifr3/web-fonts-eot">Excellent article by Mark Wubben (novemberborn) discussing license issues</a> </li>
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<title><![CDATA[T-Shirts designed for fun]]></title>
<link>http://4thfebruary.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/t-shirts-designed-for-fun/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:17:44 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Sergiy S. Tkachenko / 4th february</dc:creator>
<guid>http://4thfebruary.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/t-shirts-designed-for-fun/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[T-Shirts I am glamour girl | Font: Abia Wide Thin Download from MyFonts g | Font: Bladi Two Stencil ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><div id="attachment_187" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 212px"><img src="http://4thfebruary.wordpress.com/files/2009/04/title1.png" alt="T-Shirts" title="T-Shirts Title" width="202" height="158" class="size-full wp-image-187" /><p class="wp-caption-text">T-Shirts</p></div><br />
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<div class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 610px"><img alt="Abia Wide Thin" src="http://4thfebruary.wordpress.com/files/2009/04/abia-glamour-girl.jpg" title="I am glamour girl" width="599" height="600" /><p class="wp-caption-text">I am glamour girl &#124; Font: Abia Wide Thin</p></div><br />
Download from <a href="http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/4thfebruary/abia-wide-4f/">MyFonts</a></p>
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<div class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 610px"><img src="http://4thfebruary.wordpress.com/files/2009/04/bladi-2-stencil-reg-g.jpg" alt="bladi-2-stencil-reg-g" title="bladi-2-stencil-reg-g" width="600" height="595" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-189" /><p class="wp-caption-text">g &#124; Font: Bladi Two Stencil Bold</p></div><br />
Download from <a href="http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/4thfebruary/bladi-two-4f/">MyFonts</a></p>
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<div id="attachment_201" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 610px"><img src="http://4thfebruary.wordpress.com/files/2009/04/worldwide-typo-team-front1.jpg" alt="Worldwide Typographic Team &#124; Font: Bladi One Wide" title="worldwide-typo-team-front1" width="600" height="595" class="size-full wp-image-201" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Worldwide Typographic Team &#124; Font: Bladi One Wide</p></div><br />
<div id="attachment_202" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 610px"><img src="http://4thfebruary.wordpress.com/files/2009/04/worldwide-typo-team-back1.jpg" alt="Worldwide Typographic Team &#124; Fonts: Bladi One Wide and Bladi Two Cond" title="worldwide-typo-team-back1" width="600" height="590" class="size-full wp-image-202" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Worldwide Typographic Team &#124; Fonts: Bladi One Wide and Bladi Two Cond</p></div><br />
Download from <a href="http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/4thfebruary/bladi-one-4f/">MyFonts</a></p>
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<div id="attachment_196" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 610px"><img src="http://4thfebruary.wordpress.com/files/2009/04/sql-fan.jpg" alt="Codename Coder Bold" title="sql-fan" width="600" height="595" class="size-full wp-image-196" /><p class="wp-caption-text">SQL FAN &#124; Font: Codename Coder Bold</p></div><br />
<div id="attachment_197" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 610px"><img src="http://4thfebruary.wordpress.com/files/2009/04/sql-fan-back.jpg" alt="SQL statement &#124; Font: Codename Coder Bold" title="sql-fan-back" width="600" height="590" class="size-full wp-image-197" /><p class="wp-caption-text">SQL statement &#124; Font: Codename Coder Bold</p></div>
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<div id="attachment_198" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 610px"><img src="http://4thfebruary.wordpress.com/files/2009/04/volvo-club.jpg" alt="Kremenchuk VOLVO Club" title="volvo-club" width="600" height="595" class="size-full wp-image-198" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Kremenchuk VOLVO Club &#124; Font: VOLVO Broad Pro</p></div></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Codename Coder updated to v1.003]]></title>
<link>http://4thfebruary.wordpress.com/2009/04/20/codename-coder-updated-to-v1003/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:27:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Sergiy S. Tkachenko / 4th february</dc:creator>
<guid>http://4thfebruary.wordpress.com/2009/04/20/codename-coder-updated-to-v1003/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Font Codename Coder 4F-Bold updated to version 1.003. Available formats OT-ps, PC-TT and PC-T1. Down]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Taller de tipografía digital orientada a la creación de logos]]></title>
<link>http://elrehilete.wordpress.com/2009/04/19/taller-de-tipografia-digital-orientada-a-la-creacion-de-logos/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 18:22:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>elrehilete</dc:creator>
<guid>http://elrehilete.wordpress.com/2009/04/19/taller-de-tipografia-digital-orientada-a-la-creacion-de-logos/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Encontramos esta información en la red, esperamos que sea de su agrado. Crea, la mesa estudiantil de]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Encontramos esta información en la red, esperamos que sea de su agrado.</p>
<p><a title="Sitio de la mesa de diseño de información visual de la UDLAP" href="http://www.udla-diseno.com/" target="_blank">Crea</a>, la mesa estudiantil de <a title="Información sobre la licenciatura de diseño de información" href="http://www.udlap.mx/ofertaacademica/licenciaturas/disenoinformacion/Default.aspx" target="_blank">diseño de información visual</a> de la <a title="http://www.udlap.mx/" href="http://www.udlap.mx/" target="_blank">UDLAP</a>, organiza este taller de tipografía del <strong>22 al </strong><strong> 29 de abril</strong> (de 5:00 a 9:00 p.m.) dirigido por <a title="Portafolio de Isaías Loaiza" href="http://www.isaiasloaiza.com/photos/index.html" target="_blank">Isaías Loaiza</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://tzek-design.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/logo-tipo.gif" target="_blank"><img class="EC_size-full EC_wp-image-578 EC_aligncenter" title="logo-tipo" src="http://tzek-design.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/logo-tipo.gif" alt="logo-tipo" width="490" height="274" /></a></p>
<p>El taller es de cupo limitado, tiene un costo de $150 y los temas son los siguientes:</p>
<ul>
<li>Anatomía tipográfica.</li>
<li>Clasificación tipográfica.</li>
<li>La familia tipográfica.</li>
<li>Legibilidad y leibilidad.</li>
<li>Tipos de lectura.</li>
<li>Proporción visual.</li>
<li>Ajustes ópticos.</li>
<li>Bases de diseño de un alfabeto a mano alzada.</li>
<li>Diseño de signos tipográficos.</li>
<li>Nociones de calidad tipográfica y curvas de Bézier.</li>
<li>Dibujo vectorial / construcción de formas en entorno digital.</li>
<li>Paths, Nodos, Modos de curvas y Reglas de dibujo.</li>
<li>Interpolación y acciones.</li>
<li>Espaciamiento.</li>
<li>Adobe Illustrator vs. FontLab.</li>
<li>Fuentes Digitales y Codificaciones (unicode).</li>
<li>Administración de fuentes en MacOS X.</li>
<li>Formatos tipográficos: TrueType, Type1, OpenType.</li>
<li>OpenType para usuarios: uso de propiedades y transformaciones.</li>
</ul>
<p>Para mayores informes, contactar a los miembros de Crea, ya sea a través de su <a title="http://www.udla-diseno.com/" href="http://www.udla-diseno.com/" target="_blank">sitio web</a> o por <a title="grupo de CREA en facebook" href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?sid=78b5a054ea8843d9f558a67c9b82fbcd&#38;gid=9884602654" target="_blank">Facebook</a>.</p>
<blockquote><p>Notas de último momento: 1) es el 29 el día final del taller y parece que es necesario llevar lap propia.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;">fuente: Tzek Blog de Diseño‏</span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#0000ff;">El rehilete</span></strong></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Tovstun published on MyFonts]]></title>
<link>http://4thfebruary.wordpress.com/2009/04/16/tovstun-published-on-myfonts/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 07:54:01 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Sergiy S. Tkachenko / 4th february</dc:creator>
<guid>http://4thfebruary.wordpress.com/2009/04/16/tovstun-published-on-myfonts/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Font family Tovstun with 18 styles published on MyFonts. You may download it for a best price $14 fo]]></description>
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Font family <a href="http://4thfebruary.wordpress.com/2009/04/03/tovstun/"><strong>Tovstun</strong></a> with 18 styles published on <a href="http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/4thfebruary/tovstun-4f/"><strong>MyFonts</strong></a>. You may download it for a <a href="http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/4thfebruary/tovstun-4f/buy.html"><strong>best price $14</strong></a> for plain and italic styles in one package. Enjoy.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Recursos avançados OpenType para fontes digitais]]></title>
<link>http://logobr.wordpress.com/2009/04/15/recursos-avancados-opentype-para-fontes-digitais/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:20:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Daniel Campos</dc:creator>
<guid>http://logobr.wordpress.com/2009/04/15/recursos-avancados-opentype-para-fontes-digitais/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Aloha! É com grande prazer que hoje, depois de muitos meses desde o convite e a espera do trâmite le]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Aloha!</p>
<p>É com grande prazer que hoje, depois de muitos meses desde o convite e a espera do trâmite legal, publico esse ótimo artigo sobre OpenType (que via esclarecer muitas dúvidas sobre essa tecnologia) escrito pelo typedesigner, professor universitário e amigo Gustavo Lassala.</p>
<p>Se vocês tiverem perguntas a serem feitas, deixem nos comentários que (ele nem sabe disso =) o Gustavo, na medida do possível, irá responder ta legal!</p>
<p>Mandem para seus amigos da faculdade e do trabalho, no Twitter, no Delicious e etc., esse artigo merece ser divulgado. Espero que gostem!</p>
<p>Grande abraço</p>
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<h3>Recursos avançados OpenType para fontes digitais</h3>
<p>O alfabeto latino possui 26 letras, considerando-se os caracteres de A até Z. Ao pensarmos em uma fonte digital, automaticamente reduzimos o pensamento a essa conta. No entanto, uma fonte digital é muito mais que isso. Acrescentando as maiúsculas e minúsculas dobramos o número de letras para 52. Como se não bastasse, temos ainda os acentos, números, frações, símbolos matemáticos, monetários e pontuações.</p>
<p>As primeiras fontes digitais faziam uso do Código Norte-Americano Padronizado de Intercâmbio de Informação (ASCII). Esse código permitia o acesso a 128 caracteres por intermédio do teclado. Desses, 33 não eram imprimíveis, serviam apenas como caracteres de controle &#8211; atualmente obsoletos, por se tratarem de comandos voltados a máquinas como Teletype e fitas de papel perfurado. O restante são caracteres imprimíveis e ajudaram a formar a base das codificações atuais.</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://logobr.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/fig1_gif.gif?w=400&#038;h=155" alt="" width="400" height="155" /></p>
<h5 style="text-align:center;">Figura1 &#8211; Exemplo ASCII com  95 caracteres imprimíveis</h5>
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<p>A necessidade de suporte à diferentes sistemas de escrita, fez com que o sistema de codificação evoluísse por meio de padronizações, até o que conhecemos hoje como Unicode. Ele permite alocar até cem mil caracteres, facilitando a escrita de línguas como o húngaro, polonês, romeno, tcheco, turco, vietnamita e assim por diante.</p>
<p> </p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img src="http://logobr.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/fig2_gif.gif?w=400&#038;h=99" alt="" width="400" height="99" /></p>
<h5 style="text-align:center;">Figura2 &#8211; Na seqüência: húngaro, polonês, romeno, tcheco, turco e vietnamita<br />
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<p> O Unicode também permite alocar em um mesmo arquivo, línguas latinas com o chinês, árabe, grego, cirílico, hebraico, etc. A essa altura você deve estar se perguntando: <em>Mas para que vou precisar de tantos caracteres?</em> Robert Bringhurst em seu livro &#8220;Elementos do Estilo Tipográfico&#8221; nos diz que essa quantidade toda de possibilidades serve para redatores, autores, tipógrafos e cidadãos comuns possam soletrar Dvořák, Miłosz, ou citar um verso de Sófocles ou Pushkin, ou até mesmo querer ler seus e-mails em um alfabeto não latino.</p>
<p>Pode-se dizer que uma fonte digital é um container de letras. Para definir uma sequência de letras para formar uma palavra, um programa qualquer de computador solicita a letra por meio do sistema operacional, que formaliza o pedido, entrando em contato com o Unicode de uma determinada fonte digital. Portanto, uma fonte digital é um software. O caminho de acesso para a letra depende do formato da fonte e do sistema operacional. Atualmente os formatos mais comuns no mercado são: TrueType, PostScript e OpenType.</p>
<p>O formato TrueType foi desenvolvido inicialmente pela Apple e contou com a colaboração da Microsoft. Ele foi criado para driblar os custos &#8211; caríssimos &#8211; de licenciamento do padrão PostScript  estabelecido pela Adobe. O TrueType armazena em um único arquivo informações para impressão e visualização em tela. Esse formato precisa de um arquivo específico para Mac ou Pc. Normalmente apresenta problemas de rasterização, não sendo muito indicado para geração de matrizes de impressão.</p>
<p>O formato PostScript foi criado para impressoras PostScript Tipo 1 e Rips pela Adobe. Cada fonte possui um arquivo para visualização em tela e outro para impressão. É necessário também um arquivo específico para Mac ou Pc. Os dois formatos de arquivo apresentados (TrueType e PostScript), podem conter no máximo 256 caracteres diferentes. Por está razão devem-se criar arquivos distintos para fontes com famílias muito extensas.</p>
<p>O formato OpenType, criado em conjunto pela Adobe e Microsoft como sucessor dos formatos anteriores, superou esse problema, permitindo alocar variações de estilo de uma família em um único arquivo &#8211; devido a sua grande capacidade de armazenamento de caracteres. A distribuidora de fontes FontShop nos mostra em seu site (www.fontshop.com) um exemplo concreto de eficiência do formato OpenType, comparando os arquivos da fonte FF Meta, criada pelo designer Erick Spiekermann.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"> </p>
<div style="text-align:auto;"></div>
<p><img class="aligncenter" src="http://logobr.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/fig3_gif.gif" alt="" /></p>
<h5 style="text-align:center;">Figura3 &#8211; Fonte digital FF Meta<br />
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<p>A versão da FF Meta1 PostScript para Mac possui um pacote com 360 arquivos, pesando 23.6MB. A mesma fonte, agora chamada de FF Meta 1 OpenType Pro, possui 4 arquivos pesando 676KB. A empresa mostra que a redução de 360 para 4 arquivos, permite reduzir a possibilidade de perdas e conflitos de arquivo. Nesse aspecto o processo de uso de uma fonte nesse formato se torna algo muito mais simples.</p>
<p> Os benefícios do formato Opentype não param por ai. Ele procura combinar características dos dois formatos anteriores e vai além. Possui natureza multi-plataforma, você pode usar o mesmo arquivo em Mac e PC, sem a necessidade de conversão. Permite também agregar recursos avançados como capitulares, ligaturas, caracteres alternativos, formas históricas, alinhamentos óticos, idiomas diferentes, automatização de frações, ordinais, alocar ornamentos, entre outros recursos. Para se ter uma idéia da gama de possibilidades que esse formato oferece, podemos citar o caso da fonte Champion Script Pro, da <em>type foundry </em>Grega Parachute que contempla 4280 caracteres, com os sistemas de escrita Latino, Cirílico e Grego, mais 27 recursos avançados OpenType, incluindo 117 ornamentos e molduras na mesma fonte.</p>
<p>A FontShop, constrói um paralelo visual interessante mostrando a versatilidade do formato OpenType, por meio de um infográfico &#8211; no site da empresa -, comparando o Opentype com o antigo formato PostScript. Ali é mostrado de um lado, uma fonte PostScript representada por uma porção de ferramentas separadas e uma fonte OpenType como um canivete Suiço.</p>
<p>Não obstante, devemos atentar para o fato de que os recursos avançados de uma fonte digital (<em>OpenType Features</em>) só funcionam nos softwares da Adobe, notadamente, a partir das versões CS. Os recursos OpenType, em geral, são ativados na janela <em>Character</em> e elencam uma gama limitada de funções que podem variar dependendo do software e da versão.</p>
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<h5 style="text-align:center;">Figura4 &#8211; Palheta OpenType do software Indesign CS2</h5>
<p>Os designers de fontes têm disponível, atualmente, mais de 120 pré-definições de recursos avançados fornecidos pela Microsoft e Adobe. Apesar dos softwares muitas vezes não fornecerem suporte para todos os recursos avançados (<em>features</em>) disponíveis no mercado, a tendência futura é de crescimento a esse suporte e aumento das alternativas de configuração. Nas próximas imagens vamos conferir alguns exemplos de recursos avançados OpenType em fontes disponíveis no mercado:</p>
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<h5 style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://logobr.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/fig5.jpg" alt="" width="271" height="177" /> Figura5 &#8211; Caracteres alternativos da fonte Montada &#8211; www.brtype.com</h5>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://logobr.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/fig6.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="152" /></p>
<h5 style="text-align:center;">Figura6 &#8211; Ligaturas da fonte Boqueta &#8211; www.brtype.com</h5>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://logobr.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/fig7.jpg" alt="" width="320" height="123" /></p>
<h5 style="text-align:center;">Figura7 &#8211; Automatização de frações da fonte Eklipse &#8211; www.nedertype.com</h5>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://logobr.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/fig8.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="152" /></p>
<h5 style="text-align:center;">Figura8 &#8211; Números em estilo antigo da fonte Adriane &#8211; www.typefolio.com</h5>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://logobr.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/fig9.jpg" alt="" width="354" height="143" /></p>
<h5 style="text-align:center;">Figura9 &#8211; Swash da fonte Jana Thork &#8211; www.outrasfontes.com</h5>
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<p> O cenário apresentado exige uma mudança de postura do consumidor final de fontes digitais. A tecnologia atual permite que a composição tipográfica se torne algo dinâmico e personalizado, algo até então muito pouco explorado ou conhecido pelos designers gráficos em geral. O designer gráfico que antes atentava apenas para a escolha tipográfica adequada ao projeto e concentrava esforços na diagramação harmônica do conteúdo, hoje deve somar esforços para conhecer de modo aprofundado a fonte digital escolhida. E ao final da composição revisar o projeto buscando implementar os recursos avançados de forma criativa e inteligente.</p>
<p>As informações sobre fontes digitais podem ser conseguidas facilmente visitando sites de grandes distribuidoras internacionais como FontShop, Myfonts, Veer, t26, etc; outra forma é por meio do <em>specimen</em> da fonte &#8211; que apresenta o projeto e fornece indicações de uso -, ou até mesmo pesquisando pelo autor do  projeto.</p>
<p><em><a href="http://www.twitter.com/lassala">Gustavo Lassala</a> é type designer e professor da Universidade Mackenzie e São Judas. Distribui suas fontes digitais por meio da fundição <a href="http://www.brtype.com">BRtype</a>. </em></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Font Grand Hotel featured on Typography Served]]></title>
<link>http://4thfebruary.wordpress.com/2009/04/14/font-grand-hotel-featured-on-typography-served/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 08:39:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Sergiy S. Tkachenko / 4th february</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m happy to inform that my font Grand Hotel featured on Typography Served. With hundreds of o]]></description>
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I&#8217;m happy to inform that my font <a href="http://www.typographyserved.com/Gallery/Grand-Hotel/207126">Grand Hotel</a> featured on <a href="http://www.typographyserved.com/">Typography Served</a>. With hundreds of options, <a href="http://www.typographyserved.com/">Typography Served</a> only pick a few that promote new thinking in the industry.<br />
<img alt="" src="http://behance.vo.llnwd.net/profiles/88946/projects/207126/889461239045023.png" title="Grand hotel" class="alignnone" width="600" height="289" /></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Europe Beyond ASCII]]></title>
<link>http://comebackonwednesday.wordpress.com/2009/04/13/europe-beyond-ascii/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 11:47:15 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>amandineamandine</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[“Thanks to Unicode and OpenType, modern fonts are overcoming the limitations of traditional European]]></description>
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<p>“Thanks to Unicode and OpenType, modern fonts are <strong>overcoming the</strong> <strong>limitations of traditional European typography</strong>. The size of the countries on this map does not correspond to their geographical area, but to the foreign language level of their official languages in Unicode &#8211; in this instance FontFonts (FF). A standard OT font from the FontFont library covers the yellow regions, FF-Pro fonts also support CE languages, including Turkish, Romanian and the Baltic languages (green). Well-equipped FF-Pro fonts also include Greek (pink) and/or Cyrillic (pink) characters. The legend shows a selection of typical characters for these languages.”</p>
<p>If you think fonts are for baptisms, or more generally, if you’re not into typography, the above paragraph might as well not have been translated from its original German. Some <strong>vocabulary</strong>, to get us up to speed:</p>
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<li><strong>Font</strong>: a complete set of letters, numbers and other characters that would be needed to typeset any text. A font is specific as to size (e.g. 10 or 12 points) and style (e.g. upright, bold, italic). Courier 12 point italic is a different font from Courier 10 point bold.</li>
<li><strong>Typeface</strong>: a ‘family’ of one or more related fonts. The aforementioned fonts belong to one typeface, Courier.</li>
<li><strong>Typography</strong>: the art of designing and arranging typefaces, the artists being graphic designers, typesetters, lay-outers, etc.</li>
<li><strong>Unicode </strong>and <strong>OpenType</strong>: computer industry standards encompassing most of the world’s alphabets, thus allowing for consistency in the representation of scripts other than one’s own.</li>
<li><strong>FontFont</strong>:a major library for digital typefaces, the name of each of them starting with with FF-.</li>
<li><strong>ASCII</strong>: short for American Standard Code for Information Interchange, a coding standard consisting of 94 printable characters, based on the English alphabet and much in use on the internet, for example.</li>
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<p>This map, quite simply put, <strong>distorts the size of countries proportionate to the ‘distance’ of their writing systems to ASCII code</strong>. Countries with a lot of ‘exotic’ characters are biggest, while countries adhering closely to the ‘regular’ western (i.c. English, i.e. Latin) alphabet, are normal-sized. The legend on the left of the map shows some of the diacritical signs and special letters ‘added’ to the ASCII (English) alphabet in other European languages. Each diacritical sign and special letter has a story to tell. Here are just a few of those:</p>
<p>The <strong>Icelandic letters</strong> eth (ð, Ð) and thorn (þ, Þ), both also occurred in Old Anglo-Saxon (where they were used interchangeably). An Icelandic eth is a voiced dental fricative similar to the modern English th-sound (in ‘them’, for example), while thorn is a voiceless dental fricative as in ‘thick’. The letter eth disappeared from English around 1300, the thorn holding out until about 1500.</p>
<p>The <strong>cedille</strong> is a hook-shaped appendage, most familiarly used under a -c- (ç), representing (in French, Portuguese and Catalan) an s-sound where a written -c- would otherwise presuppose a k-sound. Its Spanish name &#8211; cedilla &#8211; is a clue to its curious origin, as a Visigothic zed minuscule: cedilla means little ceda (zeta). C-cedille is also used in Albanian, Kurdish and Turkish (plus related languages) to represent the voiceless postalveolar affricate ch- as in ‘church’.</p>
<p>Remarkably, the map not alone provides an <strong>Atlantic alphabet</strong> (identical to Greek), it also shows an outline of Atlantis itself — a very oblique way of announcing its oft-posited existence (most recently earlier this year, when Google’s new ocean-surface viewing service Google Ocean turned up a submarine grid of surprising regularity).</p>
<p>The map is <strong>dominated by Russia</strong>, due to its original size and the distance between Russian and ASCII, and, by extension, Eastern Europe. Western European and Scandinavian languages apparently deviate less from ASCII. Another font-giant is Greece, which is ironic: the Greek at the origin of all European alphabets, be they Latin, Cyrillic or otherwise. One could rightly consider those as deviations from the original Greek alphabet (the two first letters of which are still called <em>alpha</em> and <em>beta</em>).</p>
<p><em>Many thanks to Derek Jensen for sending in <a href="http://www.fontblog.de/fontshop-poster-jenseits-von-ascii">this link</a> to <a href="http://www.fontblog.de/">Fontblog</a>, a German-language typography page.</em></p>
<p><a href="http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2009/04/12/375-europe-beyond-ascii/#comments">http://strangemaps.wordpress.com</a></p>
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<link>http://4thfebruary.wordpress.com/2009/04/11/codename-coder-bold-free/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 07:50:31 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Sergiy S. Tkachenko / 4th february</dc:creator>
<guid>http://4thfebruary.wordpress.com/2009/04/11/codename-coder-bold-free/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Experimental monospaced font made without rules, impudent, crude, curve, without hinting and other d]]></description>
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Experimental monospaced font made without rules, impudent, crude, curve, without hinting and other delights.<br />
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<img src="http://4thfebruary.wordpress.com/files/2009/04/name64pt.png" alt="name64pt" title="name64pt" width="600" height="384" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-167" /><br />
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<p>Available formats: OT-ps, PC-TT</p>
<p>You may download <strong>version 1.002</strong> from <a href="http://sharebee.com/baa5ece1">ShareeBee</a> and <a href="http://www.rapidspread.com/file.jsp?id=lmcs95m4du">RapidSpread</a> mirros.</p>
<p>This is commercial font available for free as a beta version. Read <a href="http://http//www.myfonts.com/viewlicense?lid=664">licence</a>.</p>
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