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Articles by Samuel John Klein (Page 14)
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“Smasher” Gets Medieval On Font Suitcase Problems
New utility from Insider Software promises to clean up and streamline font suitcases and caches, improving system performance.
Modern font management in the Mac OS X environment is something that leaves many longtime Mac users wishing for the relative simplicity of OS 9′s drag-and-drop management. Fonts in OS X live in multiple places depending on which environment, how many users, how many applications, et cetera.
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Rand McNally Releases 2006 Road Atlas
2006 edition of RMN Standard boasts more than 2.000 updates, enhanced coverage, more tourist and internet features.
On 15 Sept 2005, publisher Rand McNally announced the release of thier signature U.S. Road Atlas, 2006 edition.
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Small Is Beautiful with Atomic Media
Digital Typefounder creates and markets bitmap fonts especially for web media
A sample of Matthew Bardram’s Hypersigna font, available at Atomic MediaNeed a font for a Flash, Web, or WAP application that will stay sharp at small sizes? Hunting for a bitmap font to give a certain presentation feel, perhaps retro? Atomic Media may have just what you’re looking for.
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FontLab Offers FontLab Studio 5
FontLab updates to new version offering new features for Windows, Mac version in devolopment
FontLab has recently updated its high end professional tool FontLab to FontLab Studio 5. This new release boasts many new features, amongst them:
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Typography Word of the Day: Glyph
First in an irrgular series.
The word glyph, as we use it today, seems to be understood to be a single character in a font or a typeface. A good example of this usage is the way individual characters are accessed under InDesign-we use a glyph palette to access individual bits of type that are not obviously or directably accessable from the keyboard.
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Cartography Word of the Day: Meridian
The first in an irregular series exploring the discipline through its terminology
Maps not only come in graphical forms but textual forms. The best textual map of any discipline is the glossary. In the case of cartography, terms of the art are not only interesting but imbued with some history. This irregular series aims to map cartography by exploring its terms, looking at thier roots, and having a little fun with its history.
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Copyright and the Berne Convention
Creators rights to content standardized by international framework
Copyright–the right to control who uses a creator’s content, where and how it gets reproduced, and who ultimately profits from it–is a crucial subject for creatives to be aware of. It has the potential of creating avenues for redress for plagiarism victims and retribution against those who would steal content.
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Quark’s Extreme Makeover: Online Designers React
As news of Quark’s new look spread, wired designers take varying note, and more similar logos are found.
It can perhaps be said, without too much fear of contradiction, that creatives are a group that has a deep passion for what it does. This translates into bold emotional statements–fierce loyalty to those individuals and organizations that ease and empower the process, and sometimes deep reproach toward those who are seen as indifferent or aloof to their needs.
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Who Owns The Type?
Rules for ownership of digital fonts complex, sometimes confusing, still being diced out by parties
The 2001 edition of Webster’s New Dictionary of The English Language defines the word “font” thus:
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Linotype Readies FontExplorerX For Prime Time
Major Typefounder releases Final Candidate 1 of free font management utility for Mac OS X
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Rand McNally Intelliroute Warns Truckers About Obstacles
UpToDate Roadwork Alertsâ„¢ now a part of RMN's Intellirouteâ„¢ Commerical Route Finding Software
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What The Font?
Popular resource powered by MyFonts.com helps identify mystery fonts
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Cartographers: Richard Saul Wurman
Information Design Maven created the best U.S. Atlas You May Have Never Heard Of
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Impossibly Small, Incredibly Astounding: iPod nano
Apple® introduces iPod nano™; smallest full-featured iPod model yet promises again redefine mid-low end portable media player market
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Monotype Releases Gill Sans OpenType Pro
Gill Sans'® Original Publisher Introduces Complete OpenType Range
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Review:The Elements Of Typographic Style, version 2.5
Eloquent and beautfully designed reference a must for the serious type student and designer
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Typography Links Are Live
Type links now available at Designorati:Typography
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THE Book: A History of Graphic Design
Review: The definitive history, a must-have for any student of graphic arts
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Fontcraft Assists Hurricane Relief
Digital typefounder donates proceeeds of font sales to Red Cross, Baton Rouge Food Bank
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Welcome To Typography
The official inaugural post on Designorati:Typography
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Drawing the Line
Lively and well-written book tells story of how maps persuade and influence through history
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Welcome To Cartography
Announcing the debut of the Cartography Topic on Designorati
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About: Designorati:Typography
Established September 2005
Words communicate. Before there were words, however, there had to be letters.
Type does more work than merely forming words. Every type face has weight, mood, import, and emotional impact. For centuries, since the time of Gutenberg and the monks who hand lettered before him, Type has changed and evolved, influenced by natural and artificial sources. Styles have ebbed and flowed.
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About: Designorati:Cartography
Established September 2005
Cartography is the art and science of map design.
Maps take many forms, many themes, and many expressions, ranging from the straightforward city street map to the specialized terrain and statistical displays used by scientists and sports affectionados to highly sophisticated cartograms used by researchers and thesis-writers.
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