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There is a great article called Designing for Dyslexics, and it's divided in three parts. Part 3 is about typography:
Part 1 (Definition of dyslexia, population size, implications/effects)
Part 2 (Lower color contrast & visually impaired users)
Part 3 (Typography, layouts, language style, information architecture, screen readers)
Here is a extract, ...
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Short answer: "No."
Long answer: There are four factors involved in deciding the leading (nowadays meaning the distance from one baseline to the next, also called line height): the x-height of the characters, the measure (length of the line), the weight of the strokes of the characters themselves and the size of the type. In this answer, for simplicity, ...
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Pixel fonts aren't terribly different from tiny print fonts when you get right down to it*. The one big exception is that you know what the medium will do with pixel fonts -- a very big advantage.
There really isn't an ideal pixel grid, per se. Obviously a larger grid gives you more room to work. The smallest types I've seen work successfully are 7px ...
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The font is called Bariol.
And, so you know how I figured it out (even though I've never heard of the font before), I downloaded the presentation PDF and then opened it in Illustrator. Illustrator was happy to tell me which fonts were missing from my system:
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That style of lettering is called Blackletter (also sometimes loosely called "gothic script", or "old English"), and if you do a search for "blackletter font" you'll find plenty of fonts that imitate this style.
You're probably looking for something specifically like Old English by Linotype or Monotype Old English which have been relatively popular for this ...
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Of the original "web-safe" (that is, as close to universal as you'll get on the Web) sans-serifs (Arial, Impact, Tahoma, Trebuchet MS, Verdana), Verdana tends to get the most love. It's well-designed and is designed to be readable on the screen. It was designed by Matthew Carter, a respected typeface designer, and the design itself is pretty original, so it ...
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Switch to LaTeX. It offers:
High quality typography without knowing much about the "behind-the-scenes" on how does it work.
Text is of course justified by default, that is how it should be, it is as well properly hyphenated to avoid long spaces.
Packages (extensions) for various things, including for instance listings text files (such as source codes), ...
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I guess the only possible answer is to either:
check the originating foundry's site (H&FJ in this case) and buy from them
an alternative supplier they link to (not relevant in this case)
use well-known suppliers with high reputation (Fontshop, MyFonts etc)
It is unlikely that the exact same font will both be sold and given away free.
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In the specific case of Gotham (or just about any other font made by Hoefler and Frere-Jones with the exception of Hoefler Text and maybe a couple of others), they don't sell through third parties. So, any site that wants to sell it to you for cheap or free is not legit.
In more general terms, it's better to assume that a free font site is guilty until ...
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The first thing to understand is that there's a whole world of principles about the fine details of typography before you get into the nitty gritty of designing fonts. Designing good fonts is hard, and it's important to have a good understanding of typography in general seperate to getting stuck in with font design tools.
So step 1: read up on typography. ...
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Pixel Fonts. These are fonts designed to not use or rely on anti-aliasing and be clear and legible at very small sizes. Most of the fonts have a range of 1 or 2 sizes they can be used at specifically.
A great place for pixel fonts is fontsforflash.com
When using a pixel font, you want to turn off all anti-aliasing within Photoshop for the text.
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It's not in Google fonts (I think), but the .ttf can easily be converted for @font-face. I find Liberation Sans really beautiful. Plus it renders REALLY well in most browsers, and it's free for personal and commercial use:
http://www.dafont.com/liberation-sans.font
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Windows Metro uses the font Segoe.
The font Segoe bears resemblance to the font Frutiger, so in your search for Segoe alternatives you can expand your search to Frutiger alternatives.
The font M+ 2p is a free font that's an alternative to Frutiger:
It is indeed a strange name for a font, but it is desgined by a foundry called M+.
You might also want to ...
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You are looking for Yukarimobile (it's free, too):
http://www.whatfontis.com/Yukarimobile.font?text=rythm
I found it by monochromizing it and cleaning up the edges a little bit, then fed it to WhatFontIs.com.
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The US Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has a thorough set of guidelines for all of it's signage. You can purchase the fonts through DGI Traffic.
The type used by the Forest Service is referred to as ASA Series C in the FS docs. The FHWA more commonly refers to the type as FHWA Series fonts but they appear to be the same. That name is applied to both ...
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I still think that for web, the best free option out there is Liberation Sans. It renders perfectly with @font-face.
But you can get Helvetica Neue for web from Fonts.com for web use for a fair price too. I would probably use font-family:"Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Liberation Sans, Arial, sans-serif"; so those pcs with the font installed can see it, and ...
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The sans used for captions is Neutraface 2. (found that out by going to The New Yorker's website and looking at their CSS).
The text face was identified by WhatTheFont! as LTC Caslon Regular and it looks pretty much close to really being so.
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Actually, this is Catull Regular with minor manual changes. It was created in 1982 by German designer Gustav Jaeger for Berthold. Also see this.
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Copyright laws are fuzzy to begin with, and vary from region to region. When it comes to type design, it's even more wild and varied.
For instance, in the US, you can't even copyright a typeface design. You can design a typeface, I can redraw it, and then I can legally sell the same design under a different name.
The digital file, on the other hand, can ...
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At that size, for png or gif, I'd strongly suggest a different font. Such as what is known as a "pixel font". These are designed to not use anti-aliasing and appear legible at very small sizes.
One great place to get pixel fonts is FontsForFlash.com
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Like "fantasy," "wacky" is not in the Dictionary of Spiffy Type Terminology. :)
I get from your question, and the exchange with e100, that you're asking about decorative type rather than "typefaces that would be good when designing a fantasy MMORPG."
A decorative face is, for the most part, one that doesn't fit in any of the categories used to describe ...
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The "further permissions" required are typically spelled out in the End User License Agreement.
Admittedly, this isn't always easy to read nor find, and, I agree, can be confusing.
Typically, things that might require additional licensing above and beyond the standard one you have already purchased may include:
use in a logo (rare, but some foundries, ...
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Summed up into a couple of points, here are my thoughts on the subject.
"Readability" is also about what we are most familiar with. English speakers tend to be familiar with both serif and sans-serif typefaces, enough to be able to read both extremely fluently. You could say that most of our most lengthy reading (eg, novels, newspapers) uses ...
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I'm 99.999999% sure the example you posted is just a typeface that's like that. If you want to achieve a rough approximation in Photoshop, it's possible using the Bevel and Emboss Layer Style. The key is the custom contour.
The best way to do something like that would be to use a font with the effect baked in, or draw custom shapes... probably in ...
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The font itself (with its variants) can be bought from Linotype. Font licences change depending on the foundry, and also depending on use. You will for sure need to buy at least one license for commercial use. But as always with font licensing, it's best to ask the foundry directly, as each one is different.
From ...
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Joe Gillespie did some great micro screen font work under the MiniFonts moniker.
These are still available via MyFonts.
Silkscreen is a related design by Jason Kottke.
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Generally these are single line/stroke fonts for Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machines. Most don't have a specific name or foundry. They simply are supplied with CNC software from the manufacturer.
CNC machines are computer driven cutters/engravers used in manufacturing many items which need to be custom shaped or carved. I suspect signs such as those ...
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Aloha, that is a great question and I love our font too! I think what others have shared about Garamond is a close match but the KING'S HAWAIIAN logo is actually a custom font so there isn't really an exact match, just something close. You might be able to find another font that has a similar for just the N and the H. Mahalo for the support and have a nice ...
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Looks like Aller by Dalton Maag.
Samples:
I think all the text on the page is the same font, but in varying weights.
The broken R, K and X make it distinctive and at first I thought it may have been Klavika (also known as "The Facebook font") which also has those features, but it clearly isn't.
Note: as pointed out to me in the comments, there is a ...
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