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An interview with a typographer

By Lindsay McComb / Posted 2.21.2012 / In Design, Typography, Inspiration, People / 0 comments

Self proclaimed graphic design nerd, Richard de Ruijter, talks with us about what it's like to design a typeface, soup to nuts. His new font Tikal, inspired by ancient South American civilizations, is making its debut on Myfonts.com and HypeforType.

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Using Type on the Web brought to you by The META Q

Using Type on the Web

By Terris Kremer / Posted 9.20.2011 / In Design, Typography / 0 comments

Web type is no longer the new kid on the typography block. We know she fits in with the cool kids, all the boys want to ask her out and, mostly, we're just waiting to see what she does next.

Tasty Type: FontFont brought to you by The META Q

Tasty Type: FontFont

By Terris Kremer / Posted 4.5.2011 / In Design, Typography, Reviews / 0 comments

Berlin based FontShop International (FSI) was founded in 1990 by renowned type makers Neville Brody and Erik Spiekermann. Under the FontFont label, FSI has made available thousands of high quality and trendsetting fonts. FontFont has optimized some of their most famous and best-selling fonts for use on the web. Here are my five favorite FontFont web fonts and a snapshot of their capabilities in the browser.

Web Font Favorites brought to you by The META Q

Web Font Favorites

By Terris Kremer / Posted 3.1.2011 / In Design, Typography, Reviews / 3 comments

It's easy to get carried away when there are many typefaces to choose from; so I feel it's important to narrow down to a healthy list of options that I know I can always rely on to render well and still have the flexibility for branding. What follows is that list of favorite fonts - all adapted for the web - and why I've come to trust them to get the job done.

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