Trendy Typography
I’m no hardcore type geek. I mean, I love my humanist sans serifs (Syntax, Scala Sans, you make my heart go pitter-patter), but like most designers for web and software, my daily world rarely extends beyond a few universally-installed regulars. But I thoroughly enjoyed Typographica’s Our Favorite Fonts of 2004. It’s a concise summary of what’s interesting and contemporary without having to slog through the snarky typography forums for interesting bits.
Random request: if you know any good typography classes in the Bay Area, drop me a note. I’m more interested in the page layout side of things than actual construction of typefaces, but I’ve looked and haven’t seen anything with much promise.
localudal said,
December 9, 2005 @ 4 am
I wish I knew something like ‘Adobe starts typography classes’, but no. Scala Sans is good though, even if I’m into serifs (and 200 dpi, and lots more in terms of eye/mind candies, see here: http://goolocalizations.blogspot.com). For me, a layout is secondary: whatever, if the font is wrong. Out of sans serifs, my preference is with Segoe UI (I see it right now in my Opera) of M$ Longhorn: whatever you say of these guys, they have got some good cutters. Ahhh, Catull needs to be cut to full Unicode soon, right?