Tuesday Type: A great utility, more tiny Obamas, & more

Flipping Typical is a beautifully simple, browser-based way to compare words set in the different typefaces installed on your computer. Awesome. The “WTF?” (About) page contains more info. [Via]
Type from novel objects:
- Garamond powerline
- Obama dingbats
- Molecular typography [Via Tapani Otala]
Talk about “The tyranny of choice”: YouWorkForThem rounds up “300 of the best digital Blackletter typefaces.” If there are 300 “best” ones, how many must there be in total? And how many could a person need?? (My logotype above is a mash-up of two.)
Paris-based nobrain has created a whole series of groovy 5-second identities for France’s TF1. [Via]
Ecofont claims to use 20% less ink than other fonts. [Via]

One thought on “Tuesday Type: A great utility, more tiny Obamas, & more”

M Mutter says:

January 8, 2009 at 5:02 am

Very nice cue on TF1 to change the channel to go to the toilet to avoid the commercials. 😉
Marcel

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