Typographers, designers, and font geeks: I'm looking for fonts with a distinctive and stylish letter "X". Other criteria: sans serif, not too ornate, and preferably free to download. The X is going to form part of a word, so as well as being distinctive it should also fit nicely with the other characters. Thanks in advance (:
posted by iivix
on May 10, 2013 -
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Hello all, I'm looking for the name of the tool that would be used to punch letters into paper.
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posted by Sreiny
on Apr 17, 2013 -
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Where can I find free graphics that I can use on invitations, event programs, and books? I'm looking for black and white images: Horizontal rules, flourishes, small flowers, accent images, those little symbols that look like a spade but have a swirling stem....?
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posted by chocolatemilkshakes
on Apr 15, 2013 -
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The standard Type 1 fonts from Adobe don't have a definition of Leading. What should I use?
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posted by plinth
on Jan 30, 2013 -
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I am looking for examples of typography that reflects or contrasts the meaning of the word(s) it is being applied to. For example, the word 'power' being set in authoritative/powerful typeface. Is there a name for this use of typography?
posted by nanook
on Nov 19, 2012 -
8 answers
Building a font library, what are your favourite fonts and why? I'm asking from a design perspective, so mostly looking for people who have programs designed for cataloguing their massive and picked through collections.
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posted by Dynex
on Nov 1, 2012 -
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[font/typography filter] Can you ID the font from the titles on the TV show "The View" as
in this image? It's that simple.
posted by Sunburnt
on Oct 18, 2012 -
1 answer
What are the most innovatively designed books currently in print? Do you know of one that has a particularly interesting layout, perhaps using typography, photos, drawings, or layout in an unusual way? If so, what makes it so great? I am interested in learning about some fun new examples of design.
posted by mortaddams
on Sep 22, 2012 -
22 answers
Tell me of the most beautifully designed, paper-based gtd / organizers / planners in the land! I want nice typography, attractive materials and maximum usability in one package. Is this possible?
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posted by 100kb
on Aug 30, 2012 -
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How do I elegantly present tabular, statistical data online and automatically?
I'd love some examples of beautifully presented tabular data online - something that works natively in a browser, ideally also on a tablet and mobile as well. Some interactivity (sorting, filtering) also OK but priority is usability and elegance like you'd find in printed statistical abstracts. Bonus points for open source web tools / frameworks that could help automate this from a database!
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posted by tkbarbarian
on Aug 30, 2012 -
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How do you write your lowercase 'f's? All above the line or partly below? I'm trying to work out if this is a US/UK-specific thing.
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posted by atlantica
on Aug 14, 2012 -
63 answers
Help me identify these fonts from Wet Hot American Summer and other 80s-themed typefaces.
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posted by i8ny3x
on Apr 17, 2012 -
7 answers
Looking for recommendations for beautiful, unique, high-quality iPad apps (and/or references to sites that share lists of such apps).
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posted by sprocket87
on Mar 20, 2012 -
15 answers
Is there an available font that is similar to the title on Velvet Underground's Loaded album?
Example here.
posted by azoth
on Mar 12, 2012 -
1 answer
Help me find a truly beautiful fixed-width typeface that scream TERMINAL and that doesn't cost me a comical sum of money!
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posted by ooklala
on Nov 12, 2011 -
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Are there any downloadable typefaces similar to these logos?
http://cdn.hypebeast.com/image/2011/10/huf-10k-pack-1-620x413.jpg
http://www.shogunstore.com/blog/wp-content/images/2010/12/undftd_logo-880x660.jpg
Thanks
posted by FuckingAwesome
on Nov 1, 2011 -
6 answers
Typography / InDesign Filter. How can I change the letter "a" of my Gotham typeface? The "a" displayed by default is the "two-story a". However I'd like to use the "one-story" one. I know I can switch manually each "a" of my document via the Glyph window in InDesign. But is there an easier and faster way to automatically switch from "two-story a" to "one-story a"? I've searched in the Preferences panel / Text panel without success...
I have InDesign CS5, Font Explorer X Pro and work on Mac.
Thank you in advance!
posted by OrangeCat
on Sep 7, 2011 -
2 answers
Everybody gets the newest, awesomest fonts before me. What foundries should I be lurking to get the next next next?
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posted by Senor Cardgage
on Aug 31, 2011 -
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Is there an extension that lets use my own font choices in Chrone? Firefox has an option that doesn't let web sites choose fonts and I want something like that. There's one called Plainclothes and it does too many other things.
posted by Yakuman
on Aug 18, 2011 -
2 answers
[Type-nerd filter] What's a more "old-world"/traditional typeface: Frutiger or Gill Sans? Or something else along the same lines? Must have Black/Extra Black/Ultra faces.
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posted by TangoCharlie
on Jul 29, 2011 -
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I'm looking for a font which I can legally @font-face that's very thick, but not entirely geometric and formal and serious. Think the font Impact — tall, skinny, and heavy — but a little bit more rounded and playful. If I could find a font where the corners are
very slightly rounded that would be the best.
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posted by Rory Marinich
on Jun 15, 2011 -
20 answers
What's the best current free or paid website font-embedding service? In terms of ease of use, stability, cross-browser-ity and general typographic badassness?
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posted by signal
on Apr 1, 2011 -
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Does anyone know of a free Traditional Chinese kaishu-style font that looks like it was written with a ballpoint pen or pencil (not a calligraphic pen or brush)? I'm currently using HanWangFangSongMedium from
this page, which I quite like, but it's in fangsong style. It's for my computer flashcards when trying to remember how to write characters (e.g English word -> Chinese character).
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posted by Gnatcho
on Mar 23, 2011 -
3 answers
What is it called when paragraphs begin with a drop cap and a first line of uppercase text?
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posted by critzer
on Oct 10, 2010 -
7 answers
What did a business card look like in 1955? What was the printing method, stock, layout/typography, information contained, and lastly: how did the appearance vary between professions? In what ways did any of this change by 1965, '75, or '85?
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posted by jjjjjjjijjjjjjj
on Oct 5, 2010 -
16 answers
I'm looking for a site that will take a string of characters, like a name, and provide an equation that, when mathematically graphed out, draw out that string of characters on the graph.
posted by duende
on Sep 5, 2010 -
4 answers
My friend wrote a novel and is having trouble getting it published. I'd like to make a print copy of it for her on Lulu but I'm having trouble figuring out how to layout the type correctly. Also, I have never done this before. Help a type n00b do something nice for a friend.
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posted by PostIronyIsNotaMyth
on Aug 10, 2010 -
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What were the old, push-in-one-letter-at-a-time, stage/cinema times display boards called, and how might I get hold of one?
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posted by tawny
on Jul 23, 2010 -
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