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iFont, iPhone

It has been predicted that Apple will have sold 45 million iPhones by the end of 2009. And that’s before it hits China. There aren’t hundreds of type-related apps for the iPhone, but here are few; and...

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The origins of abc

We see it every day on signs, billboards, packaging, in books and magazines; in fact, you are looking at it now — the Latin or Roman alphabet, the world’s most prolific, most widespread abc. Typography...

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Using OpenType on the Web

With Ampersand less than a week away, it’ll be no time before we begin to see type looking a little better on the web. Designers making smarter use of webfonts gets us a long way, but a persistent...

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Free Fonts: Free Is Not Always Free

Like I explained in the introductory post An Introduction to Free Fonts the average computer user may think that fonts magically appear out of nowhere. They are everywhere – pre-installed on every...

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Font or Typeface?

As we’re collaborating with multiple authors on the FontFeed, we compiled a list of guidelines for ourselves and guest contributors. One of our concerns is that we should attempt to “speak the same...

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The Magic That Is Letterpress

Some of you digital age kids may not recognize what the images in our introductory post are, so maybe there’s some ’splaining to do. The top image are wood type letters; the bottom one shows metal...

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10 Common Mistakes In Logo Design

1. Designed By An Amateur   A professional business should look professional. New business owners often invest a lot of time and money in property and equipment, but do not often match it by investing...

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The 960 Grid System Made Easy

The first time I discovered the 960 Grid System, I was immediately excited about the possibilities of implementing complex layouts so easily. However, since I was fairly new to web design at the time,...

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Selective Color in Photoshop : Quick and Easy

How to pop-out one color aera of an image: Select the Subject Use one of the lasso tools to select the subject Layer Copy Choose Layer, New, Layer via Copy Rename the new layer (something like: color)...

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