Archive for category Humor

Cool typographic video

I recently found this video on the Gizmodo.com website…

Sad song lyrics, but interesting type design.

What do you think??

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New Years Celebration

Like you, we took a break from fonts and celebrated the new year…

 

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Social Media Nativity

Very well done Christmas video… a sort of modernized version. Enjoy!

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Official FontGear mascot

We’ve decided that we need an official mascot around here, so… here she is.. Chloe!

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The secret Helvetica alliance

Helvetica is a great typeface. And although any respectable designer has an appropriate regard for Helvetica, it seems that Apple is a bit love drunk over the whole thing.

Have you notice how many versions of Helvetica you have on your Mac? Helvetica LT MM, Helvetica.dfont, HelvecticaCY.dfont, HelveticaNeue.dfont, maybe more.

It’s like a secret alliance hiding in the depths of your font folders. Gives me the creeps.

and of course having all those Helveticas hanging around makes problems.

Apparently the only solution is to buy and install an OpenType version of Helvetica with a slightly different name and only and forever use that one. Just ignore the others.

Or you can use a font manager to manage your system fonts.

Related Links: FontDoctorFontXChange

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My fonts hate me

I have a love/hate relationship with fonts. Sexy, thin, bold, and curvy – I love them like a zit-creamed-love-sickened-hormonal teenager.

But really, I think they hate me. I don’t know why. It just seems like they’re always messing with me.

For one thing, I’ve caught them in folders with other fonts. It’s like they can’t wait until I leave so they can move around amongst themselves – partying and such.

Also – and I think I’m being reasonable about all this – but a little faithfulness would be nice. Instead, for reasons known only by Mr. Computer Person, fonts turn on me. Corrupted like the idiot crack-heads they really are.

Then, or course, they leave – perhaps lost somewhere in the abyss of the 3200 different font folders in Mac OSX.

FontDoctor for Macintosh finds and repairs font problems.

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Friday Font Funny

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Awesome font video…

A few weeks ago we announced the the first annual Fantastic Font Film contest. After starting the contest we got into a conversation about making our own font video. And even though we aren’t allowed to win the contest, it turned out to be, well, it was fun. Check it out…

Want to try your own? You might even win $1000!

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Creative Genius for iPhone

Yesterday we released the first version of the Creative Genius iPhone app.

Creative Genius will challenge your skills in art, music, architecture, fashion, and more. Rich graphics, great trivia questions, and fun games built around cool iPhone technologies will test even the most artistically gifted.

Choose from 3 levels of play and win a position in the Creative Genius Hall of Fame.

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Pac-Man turns 30!

Well – if you somehow missed it, Pac Man turned 30 this week. In fact, you can go to Google’s home page and play an online version that is an extremely good re-do of the original (I should know, I was there when it came out – although Stargate was my thing).

So, what could be more appropriate for the FontGear blog than a post about Pac Man fonts?

Check these out…

Pacfont

Namco

8 Bit Wonder

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