fonts
Software
China Bans Most Versions Of Windows Because Of Two Fonts
3:42PM Rosa Golijan | Courts ruled that Chinese language editions of Windows 98 SE, 2000, XP and Server 2003 will be banned from being sold in China due to Microsoft infringing on the intellectual property of a Beijing-based software company. By using two Chinese fonts. More »
Random Stuff
Woman Fired For Causing Disharmony At Work By Using Angry Fonts
11:20AM Rosa Golijan | Time Bananas and awkward statements aside, Jason Chen’s a pretty cool guy to work for. I’m sure that unlike Vicki Walker’s boss, he wouldn’t fire me for going nuts with bold or colourful fonts in emails. RIGHT? More »
Design
Designers Create IQ Font With Smart Car, Custom Software
7:00AM Jack Loftus | Designers Pierre And Damien strapped professional race car driver Stef van Campenhoudt in a Smart car, set him loose beneath a camera and custom software built by Zach Lieberman, and then proceeded to create a faster take on fonts. More »
Phones
Palm Pre’s Fonts Custom Designed By Font Bureau Type Foundry
9:41AM Jason Chen | The large, incredibly readable font on the Pre is part of why we said the OS was so usable in our review, but we just thought it was a nice choice of fonts; we didn’t know Palm commissioned it themselves. More »
Design
Beautiful Steve Jobs Portrait Made of Classic Apple Typefaces
6:00AM Jesus Diaz | Artist Dylan Roscover did this amazing job recreating a famous Steve Jobs picture using Apple’s classic typefaces, used since its beginning in the 70s. The most significant thing, however, is the message in it: More »
Entertainment
Font Fight Pits Helvetica Against Arial in a Battle of Sans-Serifs
8:00AM Adam Frucci | What happens when you make visual puns out of the names of popular fonts and then have said visual puns fight to the death? Here’s your answer. More »
Design
What Does @ Really Mean?
11:20PM Jesus Diaz | You use it every single day. In English it’s called the “at sign.” The Italians call it “snail.” The Spaniards, “arroba.” The Slavs, “monkey.” But what did @ really mean 473 years ago? More »
Online
The Accidental Typography of Google Maps
7:19PM John Herrman | Google Maps is many things: It’s a rabble-rouser; a penis repository; a rare physics phenomenon; not to mention a library of deer carnage and terrifying Americana. Now, with this guy’s help, it’s also a type foundry. More »
Entertainment
A Brief History of Star Trek Logos
12:10AM Mark Wilson | Finally, we’ve got all the Star Trek movie logos squeezed into one overtly dramatic clip. I’d argue that the original show did it best, with the new movie coming in a close second. [via /film] More »
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