Web fonts, the debate goes on…

Posted on September 17th, 2009 in Web Typography by admin

Too lengthy to comment on, no time to do so….so here is a bunch of links that capture the main arguments.

• Web fons, where are we? article on ILT blog.
• Nice Web Type is another typography blog, but dedicated to web typography issues and fonts.
• Podcast episode about Web Fonts on Read Between The Leading.
• Mark Wubben’s talk about siFR3 at Geek Meet in Stockholm.
• Typekit will be a web licensing font foundry. At the moment its a blog about web fonts.
• The Potential of Web Typography by Ian Lynam & Craig Mod.
• Article about web font embedding by John Allsopp.

Lisbon Treaty viral

Posted on September 17th, 2009 in General by admin

This piece was created by Dan Flynn, a graduate of this year’s BA(Hons) in Visual Communication Design at IADT. Its nicely paced and easy to read with some lovely animated word plays. The seamless 2.5D transitions create an immersive typo/info graphics space. Lovely work!

Typophile Film Festival 5 Opening Titles

Posted on September 9th, 2009 in Motion Type by admin

Typophile Film Festival 5 Opening Titles from Brent Barson on Vimeo.

The sequence is a bit too long but remarkably, it doesn’t use any CG! Good reference for students.