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 One
of the most understated and least recognized areas of design pertains
to fonts. Using a certain font can make or break your project. This section
will help you understand them. Want
the whole story? Try
reading our fonts overview!
Should
I Use PostScript or TrueType Fonts?
If TrueType
fonts are easy to obtain and come with many software applications, why
would a designer need more expensive PostScript
fonts? Does it really matter which one a designer uses? Isn't a font just
a font? They aren't the same and here's why. TrueType fonts have proven
to print inconsistently on different systems. The spacing can be inconsistent
between letters, words and paragraphs and, as a result, columns of text
can reflow in page-layout
program documents. When columns of text reflow...read
more
TrueType
Fonts: Not All They're Cracked Up to Be
TrueType fonts are the most
common font format available today. When you purchase one of those "2,000
fonts for $14.95" packages, you're probably going to get mostly,
if not all, TrueType fonts. As you'll come to realize by reading the topics
in this section, all fonts are not created equally and you usually get
what you pay for. Several years ago, as the computer design revolution
was catching on, Adobe created something called PostScript
that revolutionized the electronic design industry. PostScript technology
allowed...read more
PostScript
Fonts = Consitent Control
PostScript
fonts require two computer files to work properly. The outline file and
the screen file. The screen file gives a computer system the information
to properly display the font, you guessed it, on-screen. The outline file
supplies the information that a printer (laser, inkjet, or a professional
printer's imagesetter) needs.When the Macintosh desktop printing revolution
started...read
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