The R’s have it…“It” being the most distinguishable difference between...
Whether or not my aesthetic sense and artistic ability really warrant the appellation “designer,” design has been a part of what I do for my entire career, and I’ve had the eye for detail (minutiae?)...
View ArticleOn IKEA’s sad validation of Verdana
Any use of a font is a validation of its aesthetics, and since I find the aesthetics of Verdana appalling, I am sad to see it get validation from the likes of IKEA. I feel like I got a bit of a scoop...
View ArticleArial vs. Helvetica: a cheat sheet
Stoking the flames of the ongoing (mixed-metaphor) battle between Arial and Helvetica comes this cheat sheet courtesy of the ragbag. (Found via swissmiss via… wait for it… Daring Fireball, surprise!)...
View ArticleTrying out a new look
I’m trying out another new look for this blog. This design will probably evolve over time, but I am excited about the new direction — most significantly, the new colors, and the custom fonts using...
View ArticleI kind of wish I didn’t notice things like this
I spend a lot of time with my Mac. In fact, I stare at my Mac’s screen for so much of the day that I have become intimately familiar with the nuances of Lucida Grande, the humanist sans-serif font that...
View ArticleMorning cup o’ links
Perhaps it would have been better to make a sausage analogy for these links, rather than a coffee-and-sausage one. But since one of the links is to a post written by Marco Arment, coffee seems...
View ArticleWhat’s so Neue about Helvetica?
So, I was just reading Rani Molla’s post on GigaOM called What’s all the fuss about Apple and Helvetica Neue? and I felt compelled (as I so often do, about so many things) to comment on the issue...
View ArticlePlease, web font vendors, learn how to use CSS @font-face properly!
This has been bugging me for years and I can’t believe it’s still happening. Being able to use custom fonts has been a huge boon to web design. And font hosting services like Typekit (sorry, I will...
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