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PhilGarnham

  1. @NickClement good times, the type on an angle revival must only be a few months away too :)
  2. RT @Design_Week: Nice use of Photoshop toolboxes in this vandalised poster: bit.ly/JBLCHf (via @TheMediaTweets)
  3. @Trebleseven @ryan_dixon I think Veer have quite a good selection though it’s been a while since I last looked> bit.ly/9GLFxx
  4. @ryan_dixon Im not a Zap fan but Im also not a fan of font hate sites. If it can be used in an interesting way, theres room for it to exist.
  5. Good Design As A Key Business Advantage by Dieter Rams – fastcodesign.com/1669725/dieter…
  6. Principles For Great Branding By Design (via @Pocket) fastcompany.com/1830073/9-prin…
  7. Branding secrets by @landor_dot_com computerarts.co.uk/features/brand…
  8. Workplace design and architecture. OnOffice Magazine – bit.ly/KfxVMW
  9. @fabiohaag exactly what I was thinking.
  10. Good read... Typographic Hate Lists by Allan Haley > commarts.com/columns/typogr…
  11. Font or Typeface? (via @Pocket) thenextweb.com/dd/2012/05/20/…
  12. Types of the New Century > bit.ly/KkHRkV
  13. @studiomr yep, I have a new 5 weight family. I've also been working with some other designers on 3 new FS fonts which are launching soon!
  14. @pt32_Martin @studiomr with poor kern tables. Personally I always recommend metric. Its the intended spacing for the design by the designer.
  15. @pt32_Martin @studiomr yep most of the time it's down to craft quality but not exclusively. There are still some good designs out there...
  16. @studiomr my main focus is to launch new fonts, it's been a while! 'Ive been 100% bespoke for 2-3yrs now. Done a few uni lectures though.
  17. @pt32_Martin @studiomr ... so if the fonts is well crafted, 'metrics' should offer the most crafted solution.
  18. @pt32_Martin @studiomr 'optical' is an Adobe auto generated algorithm which I have found to generate inconsistent kerning pairs...
  19. @pt32_Martin @studiomr ... 'metrics' is the kerning table made by the type designer to work with the fonts default letter spacing...