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In the News (Sun 8 Nov 09)

  
  TheStar.com - sciencetech - The official typeface of the 20th century
Typefaces generally rely on subtle alterations to make their impact.
Ad agencies, and anyone else seeking to imbue their posters or products with 1960s cosmopolitanism, used the typeface, and by the 1980s it was everywhere, thanks in part to the fact that Helvetica came bundled with the first Macintosh computers.
In Muller's Helvetica, Wolfgang Weingart describes the typeface as "the epitome of ugliness," while Keith Godard suggests, "like a beautiful person, it often lacks personality." Rick Poyner, meanwhile, complains of its "bloodless neutrality," a rather fitting comment to be making about a Swiss typeface.
www.thestar.com /sciencetech/article/203181   (1982 words)

  
  Linotype Typeface Catalog A-Z   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Typefaces are grouped by category (Sans Serif, Serif, Script and Brush, Decorative and Display, Uncial and Blackletter, Pi and Symbol, Central European and Non Latin Typefaces).
Aside from format information, each typeface lists the name of its designer, the year in which it was designed, and from which foundry library the typeface comes from.
Many OpenType typefaces that contain large character sets are therefore depicted in the catalog twice, in their respective stylistic category (Sans Serif, Serif, Script and Brush, etc.) and in the Central European and Non Latin Typefaces section.
www.linotype.com /6-2646-6/typefacecatalogaz.html   (343 words)

  
 Dear Mark - Is Typeface Copyrighted?
Specifically in the Copyright Ruling of 1988 it says regarding typeface: Useful articles are not protected except to the extent the articles contain artistic features capable of existing separately and independently of the overall utilitarian shape.
Some typefaces have been around for centuries and are open to fair use as their creators copyright has expired.
If the foundry does not hold all the licensing to the typeface then they should be able to provide you with the name of the artist who created it.
www.gag.org /dear_mark/mark_typeface_copyright.html   (1168 words)

  
  ATypI : Typeface protection
A typeface designer can give a unique name to her typeface design, and the name can be protected nearly as easily as an artwork can be copyrighted.
The typeface designer therefore can license the relationship between their unique typeface name, their trademark, and the design that is associated with that name.
She is a typeface designer and has worked for typeface protection in the US for more than 10 years.
www.atypi.org /10_Visitors/30_typeface_protection/licensing_html   (1331 words)

  
  Typeface - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A typeface usually comprises an alphabet of letters, numerals, and punctuation marks.
The term typeface is often conflated with font, a term which, historically, had a number of distinct meanings prior to the advent of desktop publishing, but is now effectively synonymous with the term font when discussing digital typography.
Monospace fonts are typefaces in which every glyph is the same width (usually, font width is variable; the "w" and "m" are wider than most letters, and the "i" is narrower).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Typeface   (2372 words)

  
 Frequently Asked Questions About Fonts - Typeface Protection
The main question of typeface protection is: ``Is there anything there worth protecting?'' To that the answer must certainly be: ``Yes.'' Typeface designs are a form of artistic and intellectual property.'' To understand this better, it is helpful to look at who designs type, and what the task requires.
Although comparisons with other media can only be approximate, a typeface family is an accomplishment on the order of a novel, a feature film screenplay, a computer language design and implementation, a major musical composition, a monumental sculpture, or other artistic or technical endeavors that consume a year or more of intensive creative effort.
In Germany, where typeface design has always been a significant part of the cultural heritage, and where typefounding has remained an important business, there are more than one kind of copyright-like protections for typefaces.
nwalsh.com /comp.fonts/FAQ/cf_14.htm   (3486 words)

  
 Protection For Typeface Designs: A Copyright Proposal
Certainly the design of the typeface is constrained by the requirement that the typeface be recognizable as letters, and the shapes of the letters are, after all, elements in the public domain.
A "typeface" can be defined as a set of letters, numbers, or other symbolic characters, whose forms are related by repeating design elements consistently applied in a notational system and are intended to be embodied in articles whose intrinsic utilitarian function is for use in composing text or other cognizable combinations of characters.
Typefaces are distinguished one from the other by the differences in the repeating design elements consistently applied throughout the typeface.
www.tjc.com /copyright/typeface.html   (17257 words)

  
 Logo Design by VivaLogo / Logo Library / Typeface
In typography, a typeface is a co-ordinated set of letter designs, making a complete alphabet, and generally intended to be made into a font for printing or use on a computer display.
A flletter typeface was thus also carved by Johannes Gutenberg when he printed his 42-line Bible, including a large number of ligatures and common abbreviations.
In English typefaces, one passage commonly used since the 16th century is lorem ipsum which originated as a Latin passage from Cicero.
www.vivalogo.com /logo-library-design/typeface.htm   (1364 words)

  
 Typography
Typefaces are readable when they are basically invisible to the reader.
Typefaces with these additional strokes are called Serif typefaces.
Some typefaces, such as Old English, are not designed to be used for all caps.
www.online.tusc.k12.al.us /tutorials/typograp/typography.htm   (1336 words)

  
 TYPOGRAPHY: Typefaces
A traditional typeface such as Times Roman is considered to be one of the most legible on paper, but at screen resolution its size is too small and its shapes look irregular.
Typefaces such as Georgia and Verdana were designed specifically for legibility on the computer screen; they have exaggerated x-heights and are very large compared to more traditional typefaces in the same point size.
The most conventional scheme for using typefaces is to use a serif face such as Times New Roman or Georgia for body text and a sans serif face such as Verdana or Arial as a contrast for headlines.
www.webstyleguide.com /type/face.html   (898 words)

  
 Typeface of the month: Gill Sans : Journal : Mark Boulton
Classic typeface - overused and misunderstood - but next time you need to design a form, signage, or need to communicate something which is quintasentially British, then spare a thought for Gill Sans.
You mention that the typeface is used by the BBC and the Church of England.
They typeface you use should reflect the client or project you are using it for.
www.markboulton.co.uk /journal/comments/typeface_of_the_month_gill_sans   (2726 words)

  
 Adobe typeface licensing FAQ
In most cases, the Adobe Font Folio typefaces are all permanently downloaded to a nonvolatile storage disk on the printer(s) being used, so it is easier for customers to track their usage of entire libraries by counting printers.
Documents with embedded typefaces may not be edited unless those embedded typefaces are licensed to and installed on the computer doing the editing.
Editing of documents with embedded typefaces is not allowed unless the typefaces are licensed to and installed on the computer performing the editing.
www.adobe.com /type/topics/licenseqa.html   (2542 words)

  
 IQLogo - Typeface
In typography, a typeface is a co-ordinated set of letter designs, making a complete alphabet, and generally intended to be made into a font for printing or use on a computer display.
Typefaces with serifs are often considered easier to read in long passages than those without.
In English typefaces, one passage commonly used since the 16th century is lorem ipsum which originated as a Latin passage from Cicero.
www.iqlogo.com /library/typeface.htm   (1356 words)

  
 Typeface (Spider-Man character)
Typeface is a highly skilled, military-trained combatant, with particular expertise in explosives and melee combat.
Typeface was initially disinclined to help Spider-Man combat the alien monster, but changed his mind after he flashed back to what the dying Joey had told him - "Just live, man." Typeface freed Spider-Man from the creature's webbing and joined him in battling it.
Typeface brushed off Spellcheck again and chased the crook to the railyards, where he was mistaken for 'Captain A-Face' by a passing child.
www.marvunapp.com /Appendix3/typefacespdrmn.htm   (1686 words)

  
 TypeRight Ethics Guide
An original typeface design might be likened to an original song that uses a set series of notes to form a unique tune.
In this guide, we use "typeface" to describe a typeface design, and the word "font" to describe a font file and its data.
When creating a new typeface it is wrong to use any information from another designer's font unless you have his or her permission.
www.typeright.org /ethicsguide.html   (1049 words)

  
 FHWA - MUTCD - Clearview Typeface Supplement, Metric Version
An accompanying letter-by-letter display of each typeface based on a 50 mm capital letter height with a 5 mm grid has been superimposed on the letters follows the spacing tables.
All 12 versions of the Clearview typeface are shown at a size that is based on an uppercase letter height of 50 mm.
For general reference, based on 100 mm capital letter height, the lower case letter heights are 82 mm from the base line with the loop heights being 85 mm and the height of lower case ascending letters are 108.5 mm (Figure 10).
mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov /HTM/clearfont/cf-metric4.htm   (750 words)

  
 Definition of Typeface
A typeface is a set of characters of the same design.
The term "typeface" is often confused with "font," which is a specific size and style of a typeface.
For example, Verdana is a typeface, while Verdana 10 pt bold is a font.
www.sharpened.net /glossary/definition.php?typeface   (102 words)

  
 Webmonkey | Reference: Glossary
Typeface refers to the overall design of a font's characters.
There are two general categories of typefaces: serif and sans serif.
Typefaces without these little marks are called sans serif ("sans" is French for "without").
www.webmonkey.com /glossary/typeface.html   (112 words)

  
 PCL Typeface
PCL font typeface is a number used as part of a PCL font selection sequence to identify a unique font family.
The number is often used informally to ensure a particular font is selected but it is defined by HP as a 16 bit value.
For example, a common printer font is the family CG Times designated Typeface 4101 decimal or hexadecimal 0x1005.
pcl.to /typeface   (107 words)

  
 JUCE
A Font object represents a particular Typeface along with a specific size, style, kerning, scale, etc, wheras the Typeface is just a generalised description of the shapes of the glyphs and their properties.
This is handy if you want to store a typeface in your application as a binary blob, and use it without having to actually install it on the computer.
This may return 0 if the typeface has no characters, but if the character that is asked for is not found, it will first try to return a default character instead.
www.rawmaterialsoftware.com /juce/api/classTypeface.html   (670 words)

  
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The goal was to essentially simplify visual perception of the typeface and to strengthen legibility.
The Styled typeface includes 26 pseudo-graphic tokens that are very similar to standard typeface and could be perceived relying on previous user experience.
With the introduction of digital television, the design of the typeface for subtitling is not constrained by the technology used in analogue television.
www.lycos.com /info/typeface--typefaces.html?page=2   (418 words)

  
 Tiresias Typeface
Tiresias Screenfont - a typeface for television subtitling.
The typeface Tiresias Screenfont was originally designed for subtitling on UK digital television in 1998 by a team led by Dr John Gill.
The design was carried out, with specific reference to persons with visual impairments, on the philosophy that good design for visually impaired persons is good design for everybody.
www.tiresias.org /fonts/screenfont.htm   (118 words)

  
 Martin Gomez Typeface   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Martin Gomez Typeface / Font Software or documentation may not be sublicensed, sold, leased, rented, lent, or given away to another person or entity.
You agree that any derivative works created by you from the Martin Gomez Typeface / Font Software, including, but not limited to, software, EPS files, or other electronic works, are considered derivative works under Philippine Law and use of the derivative work is subject to the terms and conditions of this License Agreement.
The Martin Gomez Typeface / Font Software is licensed for use at a single location for use with a maximum of six (6) devices.
decode.ateneo.edu /martin/mgfont/eula.html   (923 words)

  
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Note that this is Design Patent---the typeface doesn't have to be a gizmo that does something, it merely has to be unlike any previous typeface.
One typeface family found in the Roman Empire subclass, for example, is Bodoni.
Modern typesetting equipment does this for the user by computer control, which is in any case essential for the adaption of the o to an oval form.
www.lycos.com /info/typeface.html   (461 words)

  
 Choosing a Typeface
To find the right typeface, one that fits the purpose and matches the general concept of the work, you need the skill to recognise a typeface’s scope for variation and its range of expression.
Even a relatively neutral typeface such as a sans serif can appear in a rich variety of forms simply through the different arrangement of the letter on the page.
When choosing a typeface, consider the effects it may have upon the faces that will be combined with it.
www.redsun.com /type/typechoice   (761 words)

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