is the art and technique of arranging type in order to make language visible. Text is composed to create a readable, coherent, and visually satisfying whole.
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Make sidebar menu clearer
I have created a sidebar for a client as requested.
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/546/verwijspraktijksidebar.png/ :
The top bar - where on other pages menu items are shown - is left empty ...
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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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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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What symbol indicates a reference to another page?
Historically, or in current common usage, are there any typography symbols which have the meaning "see page" or "refer to page", which can be placed near the page number?
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Will text laid out on an image in Photoshop, when printed look pixelated? Or sharp enough?
The title really says it all. I want to design a poster for my home. But here's my question, if I lay out the text in photoshop, save it and then print it - will the text look pixelated? Or sharp ...
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Too long name for portfolio site
I'm making a portfolio website, but I have a short first name, but a long last name!
Wxxx - first name
Vxx Dxx Dxxxxxxxx - last name
I've started with a logo with just my first name or something ...
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Typefaces in which numbers look great for “sale offers” “discounts” “price tags” and stuff like that
I am looking for a typeface, no make that more than one typeface in which numbers look nice and sexy.
**EDIT: By sexy I mean appealing(define:sexy@dictionary.com = excitingly appealing).
I want to ...
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Captcha-like font
I'm looking for a font that reminds of a captcha without being too difficult to read. It has to be available from google web fonts though.
Does anyone have any good tips?
Edit: It doesn't have to ...
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Recommendation for time appropriate typeface (early 20th Century)
I am designing a program for a play that is set in the early twentieth century (circa 1911) Austria and it focuses on the upper class. What are some historically relevant fonts and design elements ...
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Highlighting text in Adobe InDesign
I want to have inline code snippets in my InDesign document. Similar to how StackExchange does it, like this. So the gray background is perfect. Basically I just want to highlight certain text. ...
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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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Mixing the classic type size scale, grid systems and modular scales
I'm coming from a programmers background and just trying to understand how sizes should relate.
I read in the book "designing for the web" that these are the classic type sizes and text set in these ...
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Vertical rhythm/baseline grid in Web Design
I recently read some articles about the importance of good vertical rhythm/using a baseline grid for good typography in web design. I decided to try using a baseline grid, like the 960 grid pictured ...
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Any tips or resources for designing e-mail newsletters?
After spending hours in Photoshop I haven't found a great template I like. I love the design style of many newsletters I subscribe to.. including Smashing Magazine and Hongkiat.. but I wonder what ...
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What are examples of web apps with clean, text-based layouts?
I'm in the process of redesigning a web app with a very simple layout, set mostly by text (similar to Google in both aesthetics and functionality). Do you know any examples of web apps with such ...
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On which occasions would you use italics in web design?
In which occasions you would like to use italics in web design? Because the use of bold fonts is quite obvious not sure about italics.
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1answer
162 views
Paragraph leading in Illustrator
I know how to set the general leading for at text box in Illustrator.
However, I would like to know if there's a way to set leading between paragraphs?
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Interpreting text - A graphic design challenge [closed]
Here is the excerpt from the speech given by the indian chief Seattle.
Your God is not our God! Your God loves your people and hates mine! He folds his strong protecting arms lovingly about the ...
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How can I improve these secondary pages without a radical redesign
I am more of a web developer than a web designer so I would appreciate it if I can get some tips on how to improve http://tinyurl.com/7my6g6m 's design/looks and other secondary pages on this site. ...
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When is font hinting used for print?
Following on from this question: TTF and other "modern" font systems, and font size differences
Higher quality fonts contain hinting information, which in short better fits glyph boundaries ...
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Make InDesign not re-hyphenate an already hyphenated word
On a publication that I work on I run into a problem where hyphenated words are hyphenated again at the end of a line. (Here's an example: self-sufficent would end up self-suffi-cent) Is there a way ...
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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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What's the difference between opentype vs. truetype
I know very little about typography. What are the differences in terms of opentype vs truetype. I do know that they are types of formats to render fonts (correct me if i'm wrong).
Are there ...
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Should I place the border above or below header to separate sections?
If the content is split into several sections, and each section has a header, should I put border below or above the header?
The “border below” approach seems prevalent (see Google, Wikipedia) but ...
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Issue with Calibri typeface in Photoshop CS4
I have a very instersting issue with Photoshop CS4 and the Calibri typeface that I was hoping somebody would be able to help with. Certain characters when typed next to each other produce an odd ...
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How can I achieve this effect on my text?
I have recently scattered through the portfolio of a designer named Nicolas Girard, and noticed this fascinating typography art:
I looked through the entire web and in every Photoshop and ...
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Why do fonts appear blurry in Photoshop?
I'm just getting used to Photoshop and I can't figure out why all my fonts look blurry.
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What is a good serif font that goes with DIN Black for detail?
I am designing a business card, and was using DIN Black as a title font. I was thinking of putting the contact information in Georgia, underneath. Anyone have any experience working with DIN Black as ...
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CSS - Using different fonts within a typeface?
After exploring typography more I've learnt the different between a typeface and a font :)
I'd like to know how I can call the fonts 'Arial Black' or 'Arial Narrow' within CSS? The font-family ...
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Visually similar alternatives to Helvetica?
I'd like to use something similar-but-different for my poster project.
I've already ruled out:
Arial
Avant Garde/Futura - too geometric
Frutiger - too humanist
/'friendly'
I guess I'm looking for ...
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2answers
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What is the correct name of this typographic pattern?
What is the correct technical term for the swirls above and below the names in the image below?
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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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In webdesign how do you calculate the ideal bottom margin for headers?
I've seen a few css frameworks add margin-bottom to heading elements in addition to a large line-height. Example from here.
h1 { font-size: 46px; line-height: 50px; margin-bottom: 14px;}
h2 { ...
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Should Logotype Be Considered Part of the Heading Hierarchy?
I'm in the process of an identity design for an online magazine and I've come up with what I feel is appropriate logotype, and a heading/body copy pair that I also think work well. But when treating ...
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Help me identify this font or something close to it?
I'm looking for the font 1:30 in this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Plhgyp0KNQQ:
The Adam Tensta text is in a font that I think is used in the old game Street Fighter, but I'm not sure, and I ...
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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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What does “letterfit” mean?
I started reading The Elements of Typographic Style and found the term "letterfit". I'm unsure as to what it means. It doesn't appear in the glossary of terms of the book. Is it related to kerning?
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What's the clean Blackletter font used in this jeans logo?
I know it is not ideal to post the what-font-is-this kind of questions but I find myself intrigued by this sample I found on flickr.
What I'm most interested in is a Blackletter font that has similar ...
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Adjust Vertical Position of a Single Character in InDesign? [closed]
I have a paragraph with a rather large line height (38pt), and I need the very last character to be positioned lower than the other characters. Is there a good way to do this without resorting to ...
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How can i make the alphabet beautiful? (web) [closed]
I'm working on a directory type of page where I will have your typical "A B C D E ..." alphabet posted on top so people can jump down to listings starting with their letter of choice.
The alphabet ...
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Software for creating fonts
What consumer-usable tools exist for font creation?
Ideally I'd like an OSS solution, but inexpensive commercial offerings are viable, too.
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What are the best widely-distibuted typefaces when I don't have access to commercial alternatives?
I frequently find myself producing printed material without the luxury of using commercial typefaces.
What typefaces typically installed with operating systems or software applications are good ...
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Where to find good examples of typography for inspiration?
I am working on a piece where typography is the main design element. However, I can't seem to get the inspiration I need in order to come up with something I like. It would be helpful to me if I had a ...
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What is typographically right: 100€ or 100 €? [closed]
I'm wondering if there is supposed to be a white space between the number and the € sign.
100€ or 100 €
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What have mustaches to do with typography
It seems that mustaches is a recurring meme amongst creative people in areas of graphic design, typography etc.
I am referring to things like these t-shirts [1]
or these posters [1], [2], [3], [4]
...
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Typeface or font for children's signage
What are good typefaces for use with children's signage (don't say Comic sans). Im looking for something playful yet legible. By children, I mean elementary school age (and younger).
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RTL support in sIFR, Cufon, and Typeface.js
I want to use some font-embedding technology for a website which uses right-to-left language. I don't know which of these alternative ways of font-embedding support right-to-left languages.
If they ...
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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 to scale a Character without changing its width?
I have to recreate a logo which has been made many years ago and all that is left is a tiny rasterized picture. I want to make a vector file in Illustrator. The logo contains text in, lets say 100 pt, ...
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Different font colours for accent marks in Unicode
I am working on an application which uses some Thai script. Many vowels in Thai script are written as what could best be described as accent marks above consonants.
For example, in the word: กึด
...
