January 06, 2009

Tuesday Type: A great utility, more tiny Obamas, & more

• Flipping Typical is a beautifully simple, browser-based way to compare words set in the different typefaces installed on your computer. Awesome. The “WTF?” (About) page contains more info. [Via]
• Type from novel objects:
  • Garamond powerline
  • Obama dingbats
  • Molecular typography [Via Tapani Otala]
• Talk about “The tyranny of choice”: YouWorkForThem rounds up “300 of the best digital Blackletter typefaces.” If there are 300 “best” ones, how many must there be in total? And how many could a person need?? (My logotype above is a mash-up of two.)
• Paris-based nobrain has created a whole series of groovy 5-second identities for France’s TF1. [Via]
• Ecofont claims to use 20% less ink than other fonts. [Via]