type on the web
Originally established in 1886, Linotype (www.linotypelibrary.com), one of the foremost manufacturers and distributors of type today has over 4,000 typefaces in Macintosh and PC formats ranging from traditional classics, non-Latin type and humanist calligraphic fonts to cutting-edge techno fonts of their Face2Face collection.
A complete online catalog is available with a searchable database and type can be purchased and downloaded online as well.
MonotypeCelebrating its 100th anniversary this year, the United Kingdom-based traditional foundry Monotype (www.monotype.com) offers purchase and download capability to its renowned Monotype Classic Fonts Library of text and display faces, many of which are unavailable from other sources.
PostScript innovators Adobe Systems’s type Web site (www.adobe.com/type) is one of the more extensive type resources on the Web. Included is a complete catalog of Adobe type products and the Adobe Type library, the highest-quality PostScript versions of licensed typefaces from traditional foundries such as Berthold, Linotype, Monotype as well as their own line of Adobe Originals typefaces. The site also has features on new releases, sections on using type and type design itself.
AdobeAdobe has also provided an online version of their Adobe Type Browser®, previously included on their Type On Call® cd-rom. Type Browser not only allows users to preview type styles before buying, but also includes a type classification section with helpful information on using type, a database of type designers and type histories, plus listings of typefaces by family, package number, classification or designer. Unfortunately, the Browser only allows one to preview type sample pages onscreen. If you try to print a sample page you will get a jagged bitmap version. However, Type Browser itself is an extremely useful online tool that complements Adobe’s printed type materials such as their quarterly catalog/publication Font & Function. Copies can be ordered online free of charge.
I found this online and I was wondering what you think about type on the web. How they use, sell, or give away type.
posted by Anonymous @ 3:37 PM
2 Comments:
I'm old-school, so I should probably stay out of this discussion! I have never downloaded a free font. I can't imagine that I ever will. I respect the profession of font designers, and the ones that are worth using are worth the money.
Part of me is also of the mind that if you're continually shopping for fonts, either online or in your font list, you're not familiar enough with them to know what you're looking for in the first place. I'm a modernist (at most times!), so form follows function. Content + context directs construct. There are significant differences between Helvetica, Univers, Frutiger, Gill Sans, and Avenir. Know they exist and you'll be making an objective decision on font choice first, subjective second.
Give me Frutiger or give me death!
Further consideration:
http://www.underconsideration.com/speakup/archives/001972.html
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