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Everything You Should Know About The History Of Typography
Lettering is everywhere and chances are that you, dear Gizmodo reader, have at least some idea of what font it’s all written in. But the typographical arts have a long, rich history, full of subtle changes and evolutions. And the devil’s in the details.
Is It Possible To Defend Comic Sans?
It’s nearly impossible to use Comic Sans on the internet and not get tarred and feathered. It’s an Internet sin of the highest level. A crime against human decency and people’s eyeballs. A parody of a joke of a fool. Universally hated. So… is it possible to defend the font? Is Comic Sans wrongfully reviled? Maybe!
You’ll Never Squint Again With This Automatically Resizing Font
If you’ve ever tried to glance at your computer screen and read something from across the room, you know it’s a pretty futile effort, no matter how hard you squint. This demo website has a solution: dynamically changing font size based on your distance from the screen. The catch? It wants to watch you read.
More Famous Logos In Comic Sans Confirms It: This Font Ruins Every Logo
Comic Sans is so universally reviled on the internet that it’s become hilarious when people actually try to use it. I wish I could be like those people who can look at Comic Sans and just see it as a happy font. I wish I could see the entire world in Comic Sans and love it. I wish every company’s logo was in Comic Sans.
This Kerning Game Should Be Mandatory Training For Wannabe Designers
Imagine a world where every logo, headline and text were perfectly typeset. Every letter on every word on every publication optically kerned to perfection. That world will never happen, but if every single wannabe designer and wanker with Corel Draw and Microsoft Powerpoint played this game, we will get close enough to it.
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