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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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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How to: Line 3D effect?
How would one go about creating a lined 3D effect as shown in the image below?
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Identifying several fonts
I am trying to identify several fonts but hitting a brick wall.
Can anyone help me identify these fonts please?
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Text hyphenation in iOS apps
I'm not sure if there are any typography gurus here that might be able to answer this question, but I don't know where else to look. I'm looking to add text hyphenation into one of my projects, and ...
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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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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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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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Hollow fonts on android
I use the typeface "Lobster_1.0_.otf" in my Android application, but the problem is, that some of the letters appear "hollow", with a black&white outline. You can see the problem on the following ...
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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 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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Instructions to give a print designer looking to use non-system fonts for websites
So we often run into print designers who choose all these crazy fonts that don't look good for the web.
As a backend web programmer, what do I tell print designers to help them select non-system ...
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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 ...
