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- noun Plural form of
typeface .
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The Artist Is Present, we created two very different title typefaces…
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The cursive a can be found in typefaces based on cursive script, i.e. italics, or geometric letters (futura, avant garde, 20th Century), or in aberrations like comic sans.
Font Rage Part Deux « We Don't Count Your Own Visits To Your Blog 2006
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In fact, Ruscha's work is littered with references to the conventions of the Hollywood film, from wide Cinemascope formats and late-night movie-title typefaces to the emulsion-side reversibility of words that leads to his recent fascination with palindromes. "
GreenCine Daily 2009
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The align setting can be used to tweak the vertical alignment of the text - adjusting this to align the baselines of your typefaces is a good idea.
eightface uberfeed 2009
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I learned about serif and san serif typefaces, about varying the amount of space between different letter combinations, about what makes great typography great.
"Find What You Love," Steve Jobs' at Stanford University 2011
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If I had never dropped in on that single course in college, the Mac would have never had multiple typefaces or proportionally spaced fonts.
"Find What You Love," Steve Jobs' at Stanford University 2011
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In this extract from his new book, Just My Type, Simon Garfield looks at the history of typefaces, the obsessive care taken over their design – and the role they play in shaping our lives
True to type: how we fell in love with our letters Simon Garfield 2010
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You have to re-edit, check typefaces and fonts, and margins, and Amazon does require what amounts to proprietary DRM systems, among other things.
Why Amazon and Some Readers Are Wrong « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2010
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These particular specimens came emblazoned with the typically Victorian visual traits of excess ornamentation, strange color combinations, eclectic typefaces, and randomly jumbled layouts.
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These particular specimens came emblazoned with the typically Victorian visual traits of excess ornamentation, strange color combinations, eclectic typefaces, and randomly jumbled layouts.
Book Review: The Handy Book of Artistic Printing : Scrubbles.net 2009
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