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Some DC street signs are kind of a mess
Washington Post (blog)
Font sizes differ on occasion, and capitalization of the street and quadrant legends has been inconsistent — sometimes “ST” and “NW,” sometimes “St” and “Nw.” Andrew Wiseman, proprietor of the New Columbia Heights blog, has noticed, too, ...


Urbanized (Blu-ray)
Fox 31 KDVR.com
What started as a little film about fonts and typography with 2005's HELVETICA, grew into a second feature about industrial and product design with 2007's OBJECTIFIED and has now grown to an even larger scale with URBANIZED, a look at city planning ...


Fort Knox newspaper will start publishing under new name next week
The Republic
16, and it will include different fonts, information graphics to provide quick access to facts contained in stories, a seven-day weather forecast in full color and a front-page column bar with key installation announcements.

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Bad fonts just leave me feeling uncomfortable
Hong Kong Standard
Certainly, I have toyed with different fonts for homework and projects ever since I started using the computer, but I had never thought of it as a major design specialty like painting or sculpture. In fact, it influences almost everything we lay our ...


This site shows off how gorgeous Google Web Fonts really can be
The Next Web (blog)
On the other side, however, it is still an inconsistent mess where kerning requires JavaScript hacks and Web font licensing is dodgy at best unless you rent fonts via the likes of Typekit. The Web continues to grow into a more and more elegant place, ...


Chattanooga Times Free Press

Chattanooga designers work to capture city's soul and translate it to a unique ...
Chattanooga Times Free Press
“Slab-serif fonts were commonly used in industry in the 1950s and '60s,” said Jeremy Dooley, one of the type designers working on the project. “It's heavy and it has a lot of impact.” The typeface has square geometric elements, which are meant to evoke ...

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