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How do you create Icon Fonts?
Ive seen many examples of people using icon fonts but I am wondering what is the best way to execute this process. An example of icon fonts: Raphaël Icon-Set via @font-face. A tutorial I have read. ...
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What font does Apple use for printed document?
Serif font such as Times New Roman is usually used in printing document in Windows.
What is the equivalent font in Apple?
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Creating a Cyrillic font with OSX Glyphs.app fails when made web safe
I have a full Latin alphanumeric font made and am attempting to add Cyrillic characters to the mix.
I am using OSX Glyphs.app.
I am able to make the Cyrillic characters and export the font as an ...
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free 'Helvetica Neue' alternative
Does anyone know any other fonts similar to Helvetica Neue (free for commercial use)? I'm working on a big website project where 'Helvetica Neue' is used heavily. I need a font that looks almost the ...
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Does anyone know a good pixel font 7px tall?
I'm looking for a pixel font which I'll use later on to convert/use on an lcd type of display and the maximum height is 7px.
I've started by checking out dafont's bitmap fonts, but it takes quite a ...
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Which font have the same width for every character?
I would like to have a font that have same width of every character....
For example, a W width is wider than the i in most of the font...Is there any font have the same size for that? Thanks.
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How to reduce a .ttf file?
I have a Chinese font file, the size of the file is 7.693 MB. Due to the size of the ttf file, the site loads only slowly. Is there any way to reduce the size of the .ttf font?
Thanks.
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Extract glyphs and make a new font
I have a web font that i'm using but I only need 0123456789. Is there a way to extract glyphs from that font and generate a new font?
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How to package all faces of a font into one family file (Mac)
I've got a few fonts I've purchased over the past few years.
These are decent quality fonts with, on average, 8-15 different faces for the family.
The problem I have is each face is listed ...
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How to revert to Windows original font list
I started working as a freelance graphic designer and I have many fonts installed from the era when I was just doing stuff for entertainment and learning. I don't want to use these fonts for my ...
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Can anyone suggest an alternative to Copperplate Gothic for web use?
Designer sent comps for a site using copperplate, I was wondering if anyone could suggest a good alternative that exists either on google fonts or as a font squirrel kit (preferably the former).
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Font or technique needed to recreate newspaper article from 1873
I work for an animal shelter that traces its history back to 1873. With the help of the local library, my colleagues and I were able to find the original newspaper article that discussed the initial ...
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A font similar to Georgia, but without the numbers dipping as they do
Does anyone know a font that looks like Georgia, but where in the numbers are a consistent height and don't drip down oddly as in Georgia?
Better yet, is there anywhere I can get a .ttf or a .otf ...
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Font that looks like plastic lettering on a sign with “diagonal” words
I need to find a font that looks like the lettering on a movie sign. I will be using a background to give the lines in the background. Now I need to find a font that looks like the text on the sign. ...
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What font is this? Trying to find a similar, free Western Style Slab Serif font
I'm curious what font is used for the word "TYPE" in the poster below. Any Ideas?
I already tried such services as WhatTheFont and What Font is, but I still couldn't identify the exact font.
Any ...
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What font is used in this picture:
I was just wondering if anyone could place a font for me? I need it for a font-face on a website.
What font is used for "Good food compliments great beer" text?
Thanks in advance.
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Noteworthy: Web Font and Its (Possible) Alternatives
I am trying to use Noteworthy font (available on Mac OS X 10.7.2) for my web application. Unfortunately, I couldn't find it on MyFonts nor typekit; I mentioned these two sites just because so far they ...
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Find a good contrast font?
So this isn't a font identification question - instead it's a font contrast question.
I'm not a graphic designer, but I'd like to make my site look nice. I've read the primers on picking fonts that ...
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Font identification, again
Can anyone identify this font in the image?
It's also here :
http://livedemo00.template-help.com/wordpress_34886/
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Problem with using Google fonts - Coda, the font looks not rendered and unreadable
i have a problem with using Google fonts - Coda, the font looks not rendered (without sharp) . I cant understand if its something connected to Windows or Browser type. Im using mac so it looks great. ...
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What are the various fonts / typefaces used here?
I love kinetic typography, and the latest video by David Guetta, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YO9THtRWb2s uses it in an interesting way. Instead of just using text as a 2D element, they've made ...
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Help me identify the font used by the New York MoMA
What font is used in this logo?
Here is logo in the footer of this page.
It's a very basic typeface, but I love how wide and solid it is. Also, similar fonts work too.
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Font-face loaded on Windows look really bad. Which fonts are you using that render better?
EDIT: The problem was that I did not have "Cleartype" turned on in my settings on Vista. This question may not have much meaning if you have Cleartype is installed/enabled on Windows OS.
A new ...
