Font Hinting Explained (RT erik spiekermann)

Very curious reading I found today in the twitter feed from Erik Spiekermann about Font hinting written by Richard Fink. In short, readability is all about how we perceive a character in a grid of LCD’s. Font hinting is the rendering of the outlines and features of a letter on your screen you view right now and understanding them quickly. This reading gives a useful insight into the differences between TTF, OTF, and CFF in the realm of digital readability.

View it here:
Font Hinting Explained By A Font Design Master.

Type Inspired Interfaces: Using a type style as your basis for Web

What an interesting article I read today about the minute details of incorporating selected typefaces into your design. This specific article covers the usefulness on the Web with type. Many times most of us will sit in front of a blank white board and wonder what, where do we start? Insight from Dan Mall’s experience is one of the ways to do it, start with the type of course! Personally I will do many different things, depending on what i’m working on. I may need to be immersed in what i’m doing to get a vibe or a inspiration from surroundings, but normally like everyone we’ll just sit and stare picking our brains apart for ideas. So this technique may be useful for those in the future who need a quick, simple, but attentive solution. I like this article, in-fact it’d be useful to show a few people I know.

24 ways: Type-Inspired Interfaces.

Suggu, Alphabet Mashup between Hangul and Roman Alphabet RT

Suggu, Alphabet Mashup between Hangul and Roman Alphabet.

I ran across this on Twitter from ‘Dwell’, it’s an interesting concept. It combines both phonetic alphabets of Hangul and Roman making a quite interesting result.

Definitely check it out if you have the chance.

Repost: Who shot the serif?

Who Shot the Serif? Typograpy Terms | i love typography, the typography and fonts blog.
I found this great article on how Serif’s just aren’t being handled in the same respect as they used to. Serif font’s have fallen out of mainstream in terms of what we see on the internet, and print (beside books and magazines). This article I found may be from 2 years ago, but it’s a great resource into what basics there are.