After I had designed a number of typefaces, I had to find a way to illustrate them. Initially I tried paper documentation, but this was too expensive for my small scale. When the web arrived, I tried using html as a way of providing on-line documentation. My first effort was a simple specimen book.
I have since tried some other ways of illustrating typefaces. I am not at all sure they are effective, but some of them were a lot of fun to do. If you have some time to waste, you may enjoy rummaging though the items below.
A Story about the Old West told using "Old-West" fonts. |
A memo explaining how to reform college grades, used to illustrate monospaced fonts. |
Outrageous fonts in ridiculous places--fun with novelty fonts. |
Read about a hero of mine. |
Metamorphosis, or how to breed fonts for fun, if not for profit. |
A look at medieval, script, handwritten, and calligraphic fonts without a story line. |
Seasonal dingbat or picture fonts , and others just for the fun of it. |
An experiment to see if I could use a QuickTime movie for display |
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