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Get the Inside Scoop on Your Font
Believe it or not, Font Book knows more than it’s letting on about your fonts. To find out the full inside info on a particular font, just press Command/I. This spills the beans about that font, including the name of the foundry that created it, when it was created, the font type (Postscript, TrueType, etc.), and [...]
Continue reading...Type Like a European
17. August 2009
In Apple’s Pages and TextEdit applications, go to the “Edit” menu and choose “Special Characters.” In Microsoft Word for Mac, go to the “Insert” menu and choose “Symbol.” Up pops a cool Character Palette that includes most of the symbols you’re ever likely to need. Just place your cursor where you want the symbol, select your [...]
Continue reading...Collect OpenType Fonts in Smart Sets
20. July 2009
Font managers’ Smart Sets make it easy for you to find and activate only OpenType fonts. Smart Sets also let you search for many other attributes to organize your fonts, such as family, foundry, library, and keywords. If you use one of the three major font management utilities (FontAgent Pro, Suitcase Fusion 2, and FontExplorer X [...]
Continue reading...Top Ten Type Resources Online
5. July 2009
There are dozens, if not hundreds, of blogs, forums, and Web sites devoted to typography. Here are my top ten: Ilovetypography (http://ilovetypography.com) This rich typographic resource by “Johno” is designed to inspire its readers and to make people more aware of the typography all around us. Also check out its new little sister, welovetypography (http://welovetypography.com), for more type-related [...]
Continue reading...Setting High-Quality Fractions
24. June 2009
When was the last time you saw a cookbook specify .125 teaspoons of salt? No, in virtually all non-metric publications, this would be written 1/8 tsp. That’s not so bad on a web page, but in print, regular-sized numbers separated by a slash looks clunky and unprofessional. Instead, you should use true fractions, such as [...]
Continue reading...A Magic Wand for Your Font Problems
12. June 2009
Did I get your attention? I’m only stretching the truth a little bit as it’s not really a magic wand. Unfortunately that doesn’t exist when it comes to fonts. There is however Font Nuke (http://www.jamapi.com/index.html). Font Nuke removes font caches. Font caches as I understand them, are supposed to be these little helper files that make [...]
Continue reading...Checking for Bad Fonts
8. June 2009
If there is one thing that can bring a document (or your system) to its knees, it is using a corrupt font. Finding out which fonts on your system might be corrupt was no easy task, but in Tiger, it just got a whole lot easier. Here’s how to search for rampant font corruption: Go to your [...]
Continue reading...Font Managers
25. May 2009
Q: What is a font manager? Do I really need to buy one, since my Mac came with Font Book? A: Without a font manager, the Mac OS loads fonts into one of several Fonts folders. All of your fonts are activated all of the time, even ones you seldom use. If you don’t have a [...]
Continue reading...Periodic Table of Typefaces
13. May 2009
Cam Wilde from Squidspot created this table reminiscent of high school chemistry, but with typefaces replacing the elements, in addition to classification, designer, and year cleverly arranged. Don’t you wish you had thought of it first? http://www.squidspot.com/Periodic_Table_of_Typefaces/Periodic_Table_of_Typefaces_large.jpg
Continue reading...Get in Character
23. April 2009
Ever wonder where those pesky specials characters that aren’t written on your keyboard (e.g.: , ¢, ©, ®, ™) are when you’re writing? They’re all listed in Character Palette — part of OS X. Easy access can be found either as a part of your other Apple Apps (such as Mail, TextEdit, Stickies, etc.) or in [...]
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Antiglare Display Option For 15-inch MacBook Pro Now Available
If you prefer a display with antiglare coating for a matte rather than glossy viewing experience, an antiglare display is now available as a configure-to-order option on all 15-inch MacBook Pro models. This display has a silver aluminum bezel, which is the same as the 17-inch antiglare MacBook Pro display.Google CEO Schmidt leaves Apple board
In a statement, Apple CEO Steve Jobs cited potential conflicts of interest in explaining Schmidt’s resignation.
“Eric’s effectiveness as an Apple board member will be significantly diminished, since he will have to recuse himself from even larger portions of our meetings,” he said.
Apple is racing to offer a portable tablet-sized computer in time for the Christmas shopping season, in what the entertainment industry hopes will be a new revolution.
via Financial Times.
1. September 2009
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