As I first mentioned in my biography on this very website, I have this thing about fonts. I'm a little bit obsessed with fonts. I have my favorites, ones I rely on on a daily basis, and then, of course, the ones I absolutely cannot stand (I, of course, am referring to Papyrus). So, taking all of that into consideration, you should prepare yourselves.
Recently, I came across a site that I have a feeling you all will enjoy, font enthusiasts and technophobes alike. This website brings up an interesting question that you would probably otherwise never be asked: Cheese or Font? Perhaps you've never noticed (I certainly had not), but it's true - a lot of names of fonts sound quite similar to names of cheeses.
You might think you know your fonts or your cheeses pretty well, but let me tell you - you'll be surprised, and it's much more difficult than you might think. For example, who would have guessed that Newcastle, Carattere, and Hubert are all names of fonts, while Molbo, Kenafa, and Waterloo are actually cheese names? I certainly didn't.
Happy guessing!
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| tags: fun, Food, typography | |
Last week at Actual Size was an exciting and productive one! (Word on the street is it was so awesome because of a certain new intern...just repeating what I've heard.) In addition to meetings with clients, phone booth production (more on that later!), and delicious bagel breakfasts, James created a great new typeface for upcoming Pittsburgh Steelers projects. Let's just say that this typeface is so good that it too should have six Superbowl rings.
But don't just take my word for it: see for yourself! It's actually a pretty exciting process - who knew spray painting was involved!? Nice work, Dude!
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| tags: actual sizers, Steelers, Food, typography, mystery | |
For the frequency with which Georgia is mentioned around here, one might think we here at Actual Size World Headquarters would be fairly educated about President Mikhail Saakashvili's country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia (pop. 4.3 million), more so than just being able to rattle off some of the republic's top exports (scrap metal, wine, fruit). But this couldn't be further from truth!
Our experience with Georgia is primarily limited to using the eponymous typeface, and the main reason for that is not our love for serifs with enormous x-heights, but rather the fact that there are so few typefaces that you can safely use on the web, and Georgia is one of the nicer options.
Fortunately for people like us (and in turn, people like you, our clients, friends and countrymen), new options are emerging. Typekit is "a subscription-based service for linking to high-quality Open Type fonts from some of the worlds best type foundries." Which means web designers can use more fonts! Which is all we really like to do. (I have literally like a HUNDRED fonts on my computer. No lie.) Now there are also other options emerging, like Fontspring, which use a new format of font file to give you what you want. Options are good, right?
So, without further ado, Actual Size presents our first projects incorporating new web font technology (in this case, Typekit's service), a couple of small, brilliantly fancy sites for our friends at Shady Grove (www.eatshady.com) and Walnut Grill (www.eatwalnut.com)!
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| tags: typography, work, web, pittsburgh | |
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