Typefaces

Designs for typefaces could be created faster with the new technology, and for more specific functions. citation The cost for developing typefaces was drastically lowered, becoming widely available to the masses.

Digital technology also enabled designers to create more experimental typefaces as well as the practical typefaces of traditional typography.

In general, typefaces that are true to the basic letterforms are more legible than typefaces that have been condensed, expanded, embellished, or abstracted.

Text typefaces A specimen sheet by William Caslon shows printed examples of Roman typefaces Traditionally, text is composed to create a readable, coherent, and visually satisfying typeface that works invisibly, without the awareness of the reader.

Unfortunately, many of the computer applications that create these files and interface with the laser cutter do not have a wide selection of many typefaces, and often have inferior versions of those typefaces that are available.

With a supported word-processor program (such as WordPerfect 5.1), the user could embed up to 2 NLQ custom typefaces in addition to the printer's built-in (ROM) typefaces.

Children and adults chalked mandalas, stars, mushrooms, rainbows, an emu, and quotes in a variety of typefaces on the tarmac of the "Unordinary Avenue", with the main street cordoned off to vehicles.

I have designed brand identities for the better part of the last decade, working with many African clients, and we used typefaces that weren’t African, even when these brands wanted to resonate deeply with an African audience.

Other minimalist typefaces were developed in the 20th century, including Futura (developed by Paul Renner) and Optima (developed by Hermann Zapf).

The book “requires readers to channel their inner bookworm or hungry archivist, the tender scholar for whom typefaces, fonts, ink stains and marginalia create an ardent flutter,” Tess Taylor writes in her review.

When the typefaces are small and squeezed, the eye has to labour a little more to differentiate the letters or pick out the extensions.

The company has also developed several proprietary typefaces designed to reduce eye fatigue for customers who spend their days staring at digital screens.

Officially known as a loving cup, it is inscribed with text in ruffled and blocky typefaces, thanking him for financing the Young Men’s Hebrew Association building on Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street.

The company needed the font upgrade because its typefaces didn’t translate well in the digital world: The firm’s recognizable hot-air balloon logo and aging fonts became blurred on mobile devices.

Additional typefaces allowed the user to vary the text appearance of printouts.

Basic techniques (Essential Visual Strategies) Nearly all design problems share some fundamental aspects: Typefaces will need to be selected or photographs arranged in an interesting way across a layout.

Consequently, the glyphs in the typefaces need to be accessed whenever a request is made to view, print or convert a DVI file.

Copyright protection is available for the representation of a typeface in software (a computer font), and the names of typefaces can be protected by trademark.

Designers often used unique display typefaces that worked harmoniously with the image.

Designers often use typefaces to set a theme and mood in an advertisement; for example using bold, large text to convey a particular message to the reader.