While serving as a soldier in Iraq, I had the opportunity to visit one of Saddam Hussein’s former palaces. The Al Faw Palace in Baghdad is decorated with beautiful hand painted script that rhythmically dances along many of the walls, doors, and ceilings. The script is demonstrates a wholehearted commitment to excellence in craftsmanship. Much [...]

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There are numerous sites that offer free fonts downloads. There are some drawbacks to using free fonts. They aren’t normally as high a quality as fonts you would buy from more well-known type foundries. Specifically, free fonts don’t usually include as many characters as paid for fonts. Often, the free font’s don’t “hint” as well [...]

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I just returned form Typcon:Rhythm in Atlanta and one of hot topics was “web based fonts”. They hosted a two hour panel discussion on the subject and posted it online. It offers a good overview of web based font limitations. Type foundries are trying to create ways to allow more fonts online, but they are [...]

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