Everything you ever wanted to know about typefaces but were afraid to ask.
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How do I create text with a sense of depth?
I like the appearance on a button used by this site. Here is an example:
Is this effect achieved graphically or are there fonts available? If there are fonts like this, what search terms should I ...
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Fonts for styling a blog that includes lots of code samples
I'm trying to style a personal site that includes many code listings, with text commentary; many of the code samples are written in the Python language, so they look best a fixed-width font.
There ...
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Why is photoshop not taking in my fonts?
I downloaded this psd file with fonts I did not have. That's fine. I looked at free font sites and found it. Once I downloaded it, it still has that exclamation mark next to the layer. I have the font ...
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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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How to create a Bitmap Font, with Photoshop?
I want to create a custom font to use for a game, and it must be a Bitmap font. So the spacing etc between characters must be equal. Now I don't know much of Bitmap fonts.
The font itself will be a ...
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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 is the best Font with less empty Space (ultra fat)
I search a good looking font which has small empty space, means the characters are full and nearly quadratic.
Or in other words, if you draw a rectangle or quadre around a letter, nearly 80 % should ...
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Why do some fonts make I, l, 1 look the same?
Why do some fonts make the I,l,1 characters look identical?
There are fonts where they don't just look similar - they are the same exact pixel locations.
Why were they ever created?
I'm guessing ...
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DIN Font free alternative
I need a websafe alternative to DIN font. Obviously it needs to have a free copyright. Anyone know of a good one?
Thanks!
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Looking for a font with leaning A (image attached)
tried the site what the font with no luck. I am looking for a font (Free since for one time use in a title) that has this leaning "A". I know the font is a popular one as I've seen it in many ...
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Can anyone name the font in this sign?
Can anyone name the font used in the three images below? I know they are from poor angles but hopefully someone can name it.
Also if someone with more than 10 rep points could repost them as ...
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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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Does anyone know this font?
Does anyone know if there is a font I can buy simliar to this one, or do I need to create this 3 Dimensional type effect myself?
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Web font that supports some basic music symbols
I am working on a web page that displays some music note names such as "B", "Bb" (B flat), or C# (C sharp). For a better readability I would prefer to display the correct flat and sharp symbols.
It ...
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PSD fonts and Html Page fonts
I am a web developer. What happens is that the Client sends a PSD (Photoshop designs) to the company. Then the designer needs to create a HTML page from the PSDs
What happen every time is that the ...
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Can i use Mrs Eaves premium font in my logo?
I have Mrs Eaves premium font. Its the same font which is used in WordPress Logo. Can i use it in my logo?. What is premium font mean?. Do i have to purchase license for each website's logo?
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Can I manage the fonts that appear on Illustrator's Type drop down
On mac, I have many more fonts on my computer than I use daily. Is there a way to control which ones appear on Illustrator etc.'s menus?
I see that I can use Font Book to 'disable' the fonts. Is that ...
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Google Web Fonts or Typekit?
As a graphic designer, I do website designs, but not the development. Someone asked me today if I know about Typekit, and I hadn't heard of it so I googled it, and it seemed pretty much like a paid ...
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How can I convert an FFIL suitcase file or PS1 file without an extension to otf or ttf?
I'm using a Mac (Snow Leopard) and have been given a file in FFIL format which I need to convert to ttf or otf so that I can use it to generate @font-face fonts. I also have the font as postscript ...
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Looking for a good, video game retro (pixel-like) web safe font
Does anyone know of a good pixel-like, retro video game font that is web-safe? I am having trouble finding one.
Thanks
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Why does Helvetica [Neue] look absolutely horrible in Illustrator?
Helvetica has always looked horrible in Illustrator CS4+ on my Mac, including all OS versions, regardless of size or units. Below are screenshots of Helvetica at 12px, 24px, and 36px.
Is there a ...
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Exporting to High Quality Print InDesign - preserving all fonts/text - Create Outlines?
I'm just about to export a brochure for printing in InDesign (CS4)
What is the correct way to export the document so that the fonts used throughout will display properly at the printers.
I have used ...
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Why are fonts from the 19th century not in the public domain?
(This is probably more a "copyright" question than anything, but I have not found an appropriate StackExchange site for this kind of question.)
Why are fonts like Akzidenz-Grotesk, that were made way ...
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What are the rights of the font “Marcelle”?
I found this amazing font that i want to use for my application. It is called "Marcelle" and it's available on almost any font website. Some say it's free, others say it's "free for personal use". ...
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Trying to find a certain font
I'm trying to find a certain font to use it in a t-shirt. I see the font clearly in my mind although have great difficulties actualy describing it. Here's a picture that kinda resembles the font i ...
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Help/docs for using Inkscape for SVG icon font creation
I was deliriously happy to find this blog post about using Inkscape and one or another online converter to create web font kits. My interest is specifically in icon fonts.
While that article was ...
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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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Free Font similar in style to verlag
Was wondering if anyone could suggest a free font that is similar in style to Verlag.
http://idsgn.org/posts/know-your-type-verlag/
Just looking for an experienced eye's opinion for something that ...
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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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Looking for font with music player controls: loop all, loop once, shuffle
Any suggestions? I searched FontSpring, FontSquirrel, and MyFonts to no avail.
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Possible fonts for tabs in technical site heading hierarchy [closed]
As we sort of came to accept as an axiom - the heading fonts for any document should be arranged in an hierarchy, and the hierarchy font choices should make sense and match.
I have a design that ...
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TTF and other “modern” font systems, and font size differences
I have no formal (and precious little informal) graphic design training.
Fairly famous Computer Science person Dr. Donald Knuth long ago developed a font description system called Metafont. In and of ...
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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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Checking through different fonts quickly
There's a trick I've seen other graphic designers do wehre they'll highlight a block of text, and then seemingly down-arrow through their whole list of fonts, seeing how it looks on that text block, ...
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Find a font by tag
This is not a "what font is this" question, but rather a question about how to search for fonts.
I usually have an idea of what I want the font to convey, but have trouble finding a font ...
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Courier New-like font with Unicode support?
I'm a programmer and I'm really used to the Courier New font. I am quite picky about it - I find other fonts (including other monospace fonts) ugly in comparison.
However, now I have to work on some ...
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Do all monospace sans-serif fonts look the same?
I am trying to find a very good monospace sans serif font to meet the requirements of a client.
However, despite there being a number of them out there, such as Deja Vu, Droid Sans Mono, Cousine, ...
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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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What's an appropriate body font to couple with Bebas Neue
I'm in the process of redesigning my website, and I've selected Bebas Neue as a font for my logo and major features (navigation etc), but due to its blocky nature and the fact that it's 100% capitals, ...
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Which angles look good
A friend of mine had a poster made for his business. Here is a segment of it:
I can't tell for sure, but I think the angle of the logo is not quite right... (I don't mean any pun with the ...
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Strange problem with Photoshop font
I have very strange problem with Photoshop CS4 and CS5 on Windows XP and Windows 7.
I've Installed all necessery fonts for template that I receive from graphic designer.
This fonts was Sansation and ...
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Fonts for technical reports
I'm building an MS Word template for my reports. I am not sure what to use for fonts. I see lots of reports from clients and others using Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, Times New Roman, Calibri, Cambrai, ...
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Which font is the one used for the Euro 2012 Logo?
I need to know which font is used (or another similar one) for the UEFA Euro 2012 Logo?
UEFA Euro 2012
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What font is used in the first slide of this slidedeck?
Really would love to know the name of this font, and where to get it, or a similar free equivalent?
First slide:
Here is all presentation.
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Replacement for Hoefler Text
I have a resume that was designed on a Mac, which came with Hoefler Text pre-installed. I no longer have access to the Mac, but I need to edit the resume (done in Open Office Draw). It's not really an ...
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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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How do I embed Google Web Fonts into an SVG?
I'm new to SVGs, and just made my first decent graphic in Illustrator. I've embedded it into a page (using the ) with the GWF script for the Ubuntu font in the tag, but as it turns out, the Ubuntu ...
