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Website of the Day: Font Capture
I love experimenting with different fonts on my computer, especially if I'm creating a special invitation. Unfortunately, there's only so many times I can pass off Comic Sans as handwriting. (Guilty!) While I think it's the closest preloaded font to my handwriting, it's already too recognizable to pass off as my own.
Ikea Customers Outraged About Font Change
My favorite Swedish furniture retail chain Ikea (did you pick up your back to school items?) has just changed its well known futura font to verdana. But why the sudden typeface change? An Ikea spokeswoman said that the change allows Ikea to use the same font in all countries and with many alphabets therefore making it "more efficient and cost-effective."
Geek Tip: Get Free, Pretty Fonts From Font Squirrel
What do I love more than fonts? Free fonts.
I have a few favorite destinations when I need to download something gratis for a project, and now I have another new one: Font Squirrel.
Font Geeks Unite: TypeNuts' Designy iPhone Wallpapers
Free iPhone wallpapers are rarely outrageously beautiful, so when I find a collection of them that are, I go nuts with them.
Whereas before my best resource was Poolga, I now have a second option.
TypeNuts also has a reserve of gorgeous, rich, high-res images, and like Poolga, they're totally free.
Daily Tech: The Online Video Editing Site Jumpcut to Close
- On June 15, Yahoo will be closing its Jumpcut video service site. — TechCrunch
- Twitter popularity is only going to increase after Oprah's live show on Friday where Evan Williams, the chief executive of Twitter, and Twitter expert Ashton Kutcher made appearances. — The New York Times
- Apple gives Microsoft some competition with four new commercials.
How to Identify Fonts — Even Easier
This isn't the first time I've told you how to identify fonts — What the Font can usually do the trick, but this way is even easier, and more accurate, too. Identifont is a website that identifies fonts — especially the really wily ones, and it's a pretty low-tech approach.
You "describe" what certain letters look like in a font, with their prompts of course, and then Identifont figures out what it is and tells you.
Geek Obsession: Fonts
Why the love for fonts? For me, it's equal part geekiness and a love for design. I have my rotating faves (right now it's Georgia), and an appreciation for the classics — as well as a dislike for a few (ahem, Comic Sans).
The Font Clock, For the (Rich) Font Lover in You
The love for fonts goes deep here at geeksugar, whether it's for the freebies or the eager identification.
Now you can express it (albeit steeply) with the Font Clock ($450), which has twelve different classic fonts inside of it.
You get the retro design of a classic flip clock (also beloved here), with the satisfaction of identifying what design is used to tell you it's half past midnight.
Geek Tip: Identify Fonts With What the Font
Even with my vast knowledge of fonts, there are just too many (and so many more created each day) to know what each and every one is. Sometimes you're either curious about what a font you see is, or you want to actually use it.
The website My Font is your new aid; they have a webapp called What the Font, which allows you to upload a JPG or enter a URL with the font, and it will try its hardest to identify it.
Sans-Serif Font Tee: Love It or Leave It?
You can't get much geekier than being a font lover — and you know who you are. If you know what sans-serif means, you're definitely one, and you're probably inclined to love this Sans-Serif Type Tee from Target ($20).
Displayed on this shirt, you'll find "all your favorite sans-serif typefaces" — I gotta check this baby out in person to see if they have all mine!
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