With more than a 100 locations across the United States, Ruth’s Chris Steak House is known for its premium culinary offerings. The restaurant’s website features large, dramatic photographs showcasing their decidedly well-composed dishes. However, also interesting is the site’s restrained use of of typography; this aspect is not simply an oversight, but a quiet counterpoint […]
Posted: 10 October 2012
We are pleased to be a platinum sponsor of ATypI Hong Kong 2012, the annual conference presented by ATypI (Association Typographique Internationale), Oct. 10–14. Several of our resident type experts from around the world will be sharing their knowledge and skills. Come by and join us as we take a look at Web fonts, Japanese […]
Posted: 9 October 2012
Here’s a ranked listing of Fonts.com Web Fonts’ top 100 most used Web fonts for September 2012: Neue Helvetica Futura Trade Gothic Neue Frutiger Avenir Next Gill Sans Avenir Univers Frutiger DIN Next Helvetica ITC Avant Garde Gothic Neo Sans PMN Caecilia Linotype Univers Trade Gothic Next New Century Schoolbook Linotype Didot Arial Century Gothic Monotype […]
Posted: 8 October 2012
Want to know more about the factors involved in creating a good e-reading experience? Join Monotype’s type director, Dan Rhatigan, and e-book designer, Baldur Bjarnason, at the Tools of Change (TOC) Frankfurt Conference 2012 on Tuesday, Oct. 9 at the Frankfurt Marriott Hotel, Hamburger Allee 2. The theme of this year’s conference is “From Transition […]
Posted: 3 October 2012
Rod McDonald was clearly concerned. The designer of the newly released Classic Grotesque typeface family called me the other day about what he thought could be a problem. “I just went to a web site a friend told me about,” he told me, “and it is using Classic Grotesque for the text copy.” “Not that this […]
Posted: 1 October 2012
It’s not often, but there are times when you see something that is so striking, so elegantly beautiful, that it takes your breath away. It hasn’t happened to me in a very long time. But, yesterday, there it was – a Tumblr post of a new series of book covers from Penguin Books. A colleague […]
Posted: 25 September 2012
The best selection of Web fonts is about to get even better. We’ve teamed up with Adobe to offer hundreds of their typefaces, including the most popular designs from the Adobe Originals catalog, through Fonts.com Web Fonts. Adobe fonts are well known for their quality and artistry and have become resources for design professionals. With […]
Posted: 20 September 2012
Room & Board — based in Minneapolis, Minnesota — produces distinct furniture and furnishings for nearly every room in the home. The aesthetics of the company’s website very much reflect the ethos of the products they produce — both are warm, inviting, quietly elegant, and well-crafted. Utilized in the navigation, subheads, and body copy on […]
Posted: 18 September 2012
Have you ever eyed a typeface for a specific job but were hesitant to purchase because you knew you wouldn’t have much use for it with future projects or clients? Have you ever been burned by a font purchase because it looked better on the website where you purchased it than it did in your […]
Posted: 5 September 2012
“The Classic Grotesque typeface began as a fairly straightforward reinterpretation of the early 20th century Monotype Grotesques,” recalls Rod McDonald, the face’s designer. “While I am delighted with the final results, I had no idea how difficult the design process would be.” “The trouble was that I spent a lot of time looking at just the […]