{"id":12490,"date":"2007-09-20T13:41:48","date_gmt":"2007-09-20T13:41:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.adobe.com\/jnackdev\/2007\/09\/typography-of-highways-hell.html"},"modified":"2007-09-20T13:41:48","modified_gmt":"2007-09-20T13:41:48","slug":"typography_of_highways_hell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/2007\/09\/20\/typography_of_highways_hell\/","title":{"rendered":"Typography: Of Highways &#038; Hell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Time for another typographic gathering: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The NYT includes a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2007\/08\/12\/magazine\/12fonts-t.html?ex=1344571200&amp;en=86b63388e4ee637c&amp;ei=5124&amp;partner=permalink&amp;exprod=permalink\">really interesting piece<\/a> about the development of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.clearviewhwy.com\/\">Clearview<\/a>, a new typeface for road signs.&#160; Typographica.org has <a href=\"http:\/\/typographica.org\/000931.php\">a bit more<\/a>.&#160; (Tangentially related at best, but fun: Something Awful features a Photoshop contest for creating <a href=\"http:\/\/www.somethingawful.com\/d\/photoshop-phriday\/road-signs.php\">offbeat road signs.<\/a>&#160; Viva the Invincible Moose! [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.boingboing.net\/2007\/08\/03\/freaky_roadsign_phot.html\">Via<\/a>])<\/li>\n<li>Adobe has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.creativepro.com\/story\/news\/25872.html?cprose=daily\">announced Font Folio 11<\/a>, offering more than 2,300 fonts from the Adobe Type Library in OpenType format, includes 176 new fonts.&#160; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/products\/fontfolio\/\">Here&#8217;s more info<\/a>. <\/li>\n<li>CreativePro.com&#8217;s got <a href=\"http:\/\/www.creativepro.com\/story\/feature\/25170.html?cprose=daily\">tips on importing text<\/a> into various Adobe apps.<\/li>\n<li>The past:\n<ul>\n<li>Sam Potts points out cool <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oldtrunks.com\/history\/historypages\/labels.htm\">antique trunk labels<\/a>. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sampottsinc.com\">Via<\/a>] <\/li>\n<li> Jon Hicks notes a vintage <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/n1ke\/sets\/690970\/\">Typography photo set<\/a> on Flickr.[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sampottsinc.com\">Via<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.emigre.com\/Bios.php?d=17\">John Downer<\/a>, creator of the great <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emigre.com\/EF.php?fid=83\">Brothers typeface<\/a>, has produced the similarly sturdy <a href=\"http:\/\/www.creativepro.com\/story\/feature\/11598.html?cprose=8-33\">Iowan<\/a>. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The future:\n<ul>\n<li>Wired&#8217;s Geekdad section talks about how to <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.wired.com\/geekdad\/2007\/09\/helping-geekkid.html\">help kids make their own fonts<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The subtly curvaceous <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tdc.org\/news\/2007Results\/Subtil.html\">Subtil<\/a> has won the Type Directors Club 2007 competition. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kottke.org\/remainder\/07\/09\/14067.html\">Via<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>Comic Sans is not your friend; thus spake <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1RqdZCo6vkI\">John Stossel on graphic design<\/a> [Via Anne-Marie Concepcion]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The quick:\n<ul>\n<li>Dave Shea has gathered nice examples of <a href=\"http:\/\/mezzoblue.com\/archives\/2007\/08\/13\/motion_type\/\">type in motion<\/a>.&#160; Dig <a href=\"http:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=rIDdx7NPJgo\">the Ocean&#8217;s 11 one<\/a> in particular. [<a href=\"http:\/\/weblogs.macromedia.com\/jd\/archives\/2007\/08\/text_in_motion.cfm\">Via<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The dead:\n<ul>\n<li>Skull-a-day blog has posted a groovy (and not so hellish) <a href=\"http:\/\/skulladay.blogspot.com\/2007\/09\/free-skull-font.html\">free skull font<\/a>. [<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/boingboing\/iBag\/~3\/158665989\/skull-font-free-from.html\">Via<\/a>] \n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Time for another typographic gathering: The NYT includes a really interesting piece about the development of Clearview, a new typeface for road signs.&#160; Typographica.org has a bit more.&#160; (Tangentially related at best, but fun: Something Awful features a Photoshop contest for creating offbeat road signs.&#160; Viva the Invincible Moose! 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