It's August, but don't sweat it, typographically speaking. Here's the 411. -- TypeTalk: Have you ever wondered...
-- Small Cap Confusion in InDesign CS3 and QuarkXPress 7
-- Font Conference: If fonts were people...
-- Type Designers' Handwriting -- Gourmet Typography Training
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TypeTalk: Have you ever wondered... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Q. Is there a difference between a
font and a typeface? Hmm...
Q. How should I align a bulleted list when there's more than one line of text for one or more items? Hmm... Q. What are ciceros and agates? Hmm... Q. Is there a way to open a QuarkXPress 5, 6, or 7 document in InDesign? Hmm... Read the answers to these and more in TypeTalk, my weekly Q&A blog (formerly a monthly column). Now you can post your comments and read others. You ask, I answer! Send your questions to typetalk@thetypestudio.com. A complete directory of past columns is here.
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Small Cap Confusion in InDesign CS3 and QuarkXPress 7 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Many of today's OpenType fonts include
true-drawn small caps, making it easier than
ever to take advantage of this
typographically sophisticated feature, but
the OpenType interface in both Adobe®
InDesign® CS3 and QuarkXpress® 7 can be a bit
confusing. Here's how each works: Read
on...
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Font Conference: If fonts were people... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
If you haven't seen this very clever video
that has been making the rounds lately, don't
waste another minute: check it out now! The
ultimate Font Conference starring Times New
Roman, Arial, French Script, Rage,
Baskerville, Curlz, Wide Latin, Old English,
Jokerman, Futura, Ransom, Broadway, and a lot
more. Check
it out...
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Type Designers' Handwriting ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Have you ever wondered what type designers'
handwriting looks like? Cameron Adams, aka
The Man In Blue, has. He asked a number of
prominent type designers to send in a scan of
their handwriting, and this
is
the result:
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Gourmet Typography Training ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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