Everything you ever wanted to know about typefaces but were afraid to ask.
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Creating a font for a new language
Suppose somebody develops a new language, with totally new characters.
And a font for the same has to be created.
How does one do that?
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Facebook “Like Button” Typeface Options
When you ask Facebook for code to put a "Like" button on your website, you are given a choice of these typefaces: arial, lucida grande, segoe ui, tahoma, trebuchet ms, and verdana. Given that they are ...
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Is there no such thing as OCR-B font in bold?
I have been looking for a good monospace font in order to meet the criteria of a client.
One I found that I think has suitable qualities is OCR-B.
However, as near as I can tell, it only comes in ...
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Compiling a new font from existing fonts and embedding it in a website
I'm working on a project, which is a bilingual project. There are beautiful fonts for each language (I'm talking about free fonts). However, in any special case, only a subset of each font is suitable ...
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How do I fix a broken font after adding anchors and changing ligature lookup names?
I changed the lookup table names for some ligatures and anchor classes and now the font is broken. Is there a way to repair it?
I am using FontForge to edit an Arabic font.
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Font Substitution in Adobe Illustrator CS5
I'm creating a custom PDF catalog by grabbing pages from other companies PDFs (this is allowed, no legal issues!)...
I'm having problems though because I do not have the same fonts installed on my ...
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Improper kerning in iOS app, using Helvetica Neue
I think I'm posting this question in the proper SE site, as it pertains more to designers than programmers.
I developed an iOS app with a programmer (I'm the artist), and we're using Helvetica Neue.
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Pixels in PSD not accurate for fonts [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What does the size of the font translate to exactly?
I'm trying to figure out why my fonts in a PSD are not telling me the accurate pixel height.
I set up a new ...
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Web safe font for Chinese similar to Trebuchet?
I have created a Flash banner to be used on a site that is localised across Asia-Pacific region, and according to provided brand guidelines I need to use Trebuchet as the base font and theres 3 ...
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Identify the font in the King's Hawaiian logo
I was recently enjoying some tasty King's Hawaiian Bread. I noticed their font for their logo and would like find a font with a similar look. I ran their logo through What The Font and it returned ...
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What font is used in these wooden trail signs?
I originally thought the standard was Helvetica, but looking at these examples we see the font is narrower and the 'R' doesn't look like Helvetica.
Also, these signs are typically routed -- so the ...
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Whatever happened to opensourceampersand.com
It's gone, which is a real shame, I should've made more use of it. Where's the best place to go to get free ampersands that I can then embed using @font-face in CSS?
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What font is used in the Best Western Hotels logo?
I'm interested in making a joke t-shirt for a friend that changes the text on the "Best Western" logo. Does anyone know what font that is (pictured below), or what font most closely simulates it?
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How do I combine bold, italic and regular versions of a typeface so they are grouped together in application font selection menus?
In Fontographer 5, I have made more versions of the same typeface (regular, italic and bold), but they are separate files.
How can I make them be one unified file and that when writing in a program ...
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Which font should I use when I do not have a lot of real estate , and anti-aliasing turned off
I have been developing a lot of Windows 7 gadgets lately.
The max suggested height and width are 400x400 but ideally 300x400 is the area I develop a gadget in.
Now a lot of rendering is being done in ...
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Can anyone identify this font?
Sorry for such a poor question but the font in question is:
I tried using http://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/ to identify it but no joy.
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What licensing requirements are there for the use of fonts in logos?
Imagine a logo that uses only a few characters from a font… or more exactly, the vector outlines of a few characters (between 2 and 4) from a font. What are the licensing requirements for commercial ...
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Free for commercial font like windows metro
I need a "free for commercial use" font that looks like the font used in Windows Metro.
It will be used for display on website, both titles and text. With bold and 'slim' version.
Do you know of ...
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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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How can I make my photoshop fonts appear like they do on the web?
Do I really have to design everything in photoshop with anti-aliasing set to "none"??? I'm sure there is a better way.
I'd like to have a setting so that when picking a basic web-safe (such as ...
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Thin font output
I have an illustrator text in Myriad Pro light 8 pt that I need to output to a png or gif. The quality degrades tremendously.
What is the best practice to get a good quality screen output on thin and ...
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American Typewriter Font
The American Typewriter comes by default on mac machines, but not on windows. If those in my agency who need to use this font on their PC, do they have to purchase a license for it, or could I just ...
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What is the font used in the logo of Stack exchange beta sites?
I am quite curious.. I already have seen it elsewere and I like it.
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Identifying font type
I tried searching on WhatTheFont Site and asked in the forum to identify the font.
Here is the Logo:
The font type of the "MSB" 3D text needs to be identified.
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How to Make Letters Like This?
I'd like to know how to make these in photoshop or fireworks, but with a slight preference for fireworks. If I can find a tutorial in photoshop, I can probably get it to work in fireworks.
What is ...
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Font used in 'Home Team: Global Domination' game board?
The territory names are very small, no results with 'WhatTheFont!'.
Slightly larger original image: http://i.stack.imgur.com/RS9LU.jpg
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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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Font GM Londinium
I need to use the font "GM Londinium" in a certificate header. But I can't find the downloadable font. Could anyone suggest some alternate fonts similar to GM Londinium or else suggestions as to where ...
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Simplifying an initial before tracing it
In order to trace an initial to make a font, I need to simplify the original picture as much as possible. I've already vectorized it, but I wonder how I could clean it up a bit more to make it easier ...
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What is the name of this semi-slab serif font?
Could anyone tell me what this font is on the following images?
It looks like Courier but it is not.
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Help identifying a font family
I'm all new at Graphic Design, so correct me if you can. I found this graphic picture today from Earth Hour's website for 2012:
I really want some fonts that looks a bit like them. Someone having a ...
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Any font pairing sites outside of Google?
I love how Google fonts allows you to pair fonts for great eye candy when designing but after time I have gotten tired of just seeing what Google suggests. I wanted to know if anyone has scene any ...
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What are Google Webfonts or Typekit alternatives to Avenir Next Pro?
I'm looking for fonts, available from Google Webfonts (ideally) or Typekit, that would look similar to Avenir Next Pro, specifically, Bold and Demi:
Any similar-looking fonts, with good ...
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Is the Kaneiwa font freeware and can be used commercially?
I'm creating a logo design for a franchise I'm developing. To start it'll probably just be a webcomic, but eventually I'd like to take it commercially. I'd only use it in the logo, but I believe it ...
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What is this font effect called?
The title says it all. What is the effect used in this image and how are there any good tutorials to do it in Photoshop?
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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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Should I use specialist “titling” fonts for headings and titles?
I once read, that one should use optimized/specialized fonts for headings and titles. The claimed reason was, that a kerning which is good for reading is not good (or optimal) for titles.
I tried to ...
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What's a good font to use for rules on a blackjack table?
I'm working on an iOS app that has a blackjack table in it, and need to figure out what font to use. I see a bunch of serif fonts when doing web searches, but they're hard for my crude eye to ...
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Photoshop Fonts Always Italic
I've recently exported an image from Microsoft Expression Design to a PSD format, but when I open the exported PSD & attempt to create a new font layer, any font I choose will be italicized but ...
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Font suggestion(motion/speed/sports)
I am looking for an oblique, slanted font that suggest motion/speed/sports but in a very subtle way.
What I was thinking of is something like any font in italic mode but instead of the text leaning ...
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Photoshop CS6 displaying incorrect glyphs
So I've downloaded a google font known as 'Didact Gothic' from here:
http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Didact+Gothic
It works perfectly when embedded in a website. However, Photoshop CS6 does ...
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Font needed for 30's comic strip
Greetings from a beginner! I am part of a team trying to restore a 1930's newspaper comic strip for possible publication. We have to use newspaper scans, and the text is often very messy. It has to be ...
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How do I sell a typeface I've made?
Does anyone have experience selling a typeface they've made? What are some foundries that buy from individuals? Any advice? Asking price? It's a full set of glyphs with some ligatures.
Thanks!
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How can I compare fonts not on my computer?
What is a service where I can perform side by side comparison of all fonts? Not just fonts on my computer, as most services seem to offer.
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I need help finding this font
I'm working on a website and the client want this font to be used for the logo:
But he has no idea what the font is and the guys who created his old design are no longer in business. So if anyone ...
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How to find font name in Fireworks when font not installed
I have inherited a design in a Fireworks file which I'm turning into a web page. I've never used Fireworks but it seems to be similar (user-interface-wise) to Photoshop so it's going okay. However, ...
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Where can I find a similar font?
I created this (partial) logo at least 3 years ago. I'm a programmer, not a designer, so when the site was complete all the image files were handed off to an actual designer. The designer has left the ...
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What font might this be?
I'm designing a website for a client for which I need to redesign his (same) logo based up on the scanned letter head. I'm not that good at identifying fonts. Can anyone kindly tell what might this ...
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Have the IPA characters from Sylfaen ever been released?
Sylfaen as originally designed had a full set of International Phonetic Alphabet characters, and they appear in a paper on the designers' website. But the version that was free with Windows XP ...
