The Design & Publishing Center's "&Type" department has been on the web for ten years! Having launched online via GEnie, Delphi, and AOL in 1990, we're now fourteen years online, ten of those on the web!
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The Fabulous "Indie Fonts 2"
Type Publications has brought forth one of the year's signigicant events in typography with the rollout of their latest masterpiece "Indie Fonts 2"
Just in time for the holidays...
Gallo Ornate -- Jerry Gallo has built a beautifully "illuminated" font that's perfect for use as initial caps with any of our other Legacy fonts Gallo Ornate
Feature: Heritage Fonts
Now enjoy a two-page romp from the Renaissance (where we left off last month) through the 1600s and 1700s when the quill returns to greatness, Picas are invented, and we meet one of the first printers in the new world, Colonial America! Just in time for the holidays... Heritage Fonts
Feature: Hot Metal
Join us for an interview with Max Alexander Kisman, the creative force behind Union Fonts -- bringing lively typography into today's digital world greatly influenced by the "60s" rock-n-roll scene... Heritage Fonts
Feature: THE BLACK PLAGUE
Let's now take a step back in time, and visit one of the darkest periods in mankind's history and see just exactly this is a significant event in the development of typography as we know it today... The Black Plague
Legacy Fonts
To accompany our "Black Plague" article, we've gathered a set of rare fonts you'll want to have in your collection. Some of them have been used in our article as subheads and heads, and the others we'll show you in the Publishers Warehouse Fonts department. (If you don't know the address, read the Editor's newsletter, or request the address.
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Speaking of Legacy ... here's a revival article from an early DTG that talks answers the age-old questions: "What should I look for in a font?"...or "Why does this font look so strange?" Good, Bad & Ugly
Legibility vs. Readability
Let's take a look at legibility vs. readability in typesetting and typography. Let's see if the if the rules can be broken. Never underestimate the powers of a good sans serif!
Vetren - Casual Sans Serif
Folowing our article on legibility vs. readability, we'll introduce you to Vetren a wonderful all-purpose sans -- and we'll give you nearly half off on the entire fonts CD ROM! ... in the Meet Fonteam International
The Letterheads are doing it
New Freebies, new fonts, new gallery and more! Always great stuff from these guys!
Handwriting Fonts for Spring!
Just in time for spring, come some very cool handwriting fonts you'll all like. Jump into these Springtime Fonts Gregg's Hand and Thread Fun, or try Augie -- a super handwriting font that looks like notes, and New Day Script is a flashy, stylish hand script that's sure to please!
From the Vectoring Pen of Nick Curtis
Use the beautiful Nickelodeon for a true "Once upon a time" storybook look... and if you need real character, just say "All Aboard" for the Fairfax Station, the first in his "Storybook" series
Illuminated Initial Caps
Special essay on dressing up your pages by Ilene Strizver, International Typeface Corp. (ITC) Then we show you a few tricks on how to configure Initial Caps in Quark Xpress
Why Not Avant Garde?
Here, typography expert tells us why we should or shouldn't use Avant Garde. Do you agree?
Typography on the Wall
! One high school allows each class to decorate the wall at an anual wall-painting. This time the Graffiti looks like typography!
Special: "Anatomy of Calligraphy"
Take a four-page tour of the Art & Times of Calligraphy, and how you don't have to be a calligrapher to use this spectacular form of typography!
Special: "Classic Bodoni"
True typography fans will agree that Classic Bodoni is one of the most versatile families in the typography industry. Do you agree?
Shakin' & Bakin'
- Shake Fonts make you Shake Rattle & Roll
- David starts shakin' and quakin'
- Blinded in the glare of Star Burst Font
- Scorched in the flames of Cracklin' Fire Font
- Jim shocks you with FutureShock
Seasonal Holiday Fonts!
don't miss our holiday fonts for Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Too many to list here, but you can find them all in the Loading Dock when you subscribe to the DTG Monthly email newsletter!
Gallo Fonts
Jerry Gallo has built some rather unique fonts... he's a specialist at picture fonts and has even created fonts with built-in Logos, and complete advertising bursts ready to go!- A very Pleasant Hand to you, from Gallo
- Gallo Casual a playful handwriting font
- Jackolantern font is perfect for Halloween
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