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April 24, 2008
But is it Garawood, or Zebramond?
"Garamond and Zebrawood walk into a bar, they have a few drinks and one thing leads to another… (yes they were hanging out at the same bar, believe it or not)."
"Create from scratch, the typographic love child of:
Garamond and Zebrawood"
See what Christian Robertson and other type designers came up with, on Typophile.
April 22, 2008
Why type matters #1
Failure to support the dotless i character in Turkish cell phone causes two deaths. Note to unnamed cell phone company: fix your bug.
No, it's not April 1st any more, and I couldn't make up a story this good. I got tipped to it from this article in Gizmodo.
Basically, in Turkish the dotless i is a different character than the i with a dot. Incorrectly leaving the dot on in displaying an SMS message from another cell phone led to a misunderstanding which culminated in a self-defence killing and a suicide.
Reportedly, most cell phones in Turkey don't support the dotless i (which in the article is called a "closed i" - I'm using the font geek term instead).
Now, one might wonder why the cell phones lack Turkish localization support. Is it because of the expense of localizing (tailoring to a specific market) or globalizing (supporting more or all markets)? Are many Turkish cell phones grey market imports because they can be had cheaper that way?
Even if all cell phone companies were to localize their Turkish offerings, the same story could have happened with Turkish immigrants living in another country. In a perfect world, we would have cell phones everywhere that supported all the world's languages. Of course, that's not about to happen any time soon.
But at least it helps raise awareness of the issue, and perhaps more folks will think about how much language support they can squeeze into a product, and the costs and benefits of doing so.
April 11, 2008
Type, Motion & Webby Awards
I and various of my Adobe colleagues were quite chuffed to learn that our interactive presentation "Type & Motion" has been nominated for a Webby award in the "Typography category! Congrats also to Energi Design who created this piece for us.
We'll have to wait until May 8th to find out if it wins. In the meantime, note that you can vote yourself for the "People's Voice" awards in each category. For example, to vote on "Best Use of Typography," go to the main People's Voice page, then navigate to Web Sites > Features > Best Use of Typography.
April 01, 2008
Typographic World News
It's been a remarkably busy typographic news week. First, we hear that the letters of the famous Hollywood sign are decaying due to global warming.
Then, we learn that Erik Spiekermann has been knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
In related news, today is also the 8th anniversary of The Guardian's "Return to San Seriffe" article. For more about this amazing island nation, see Wikipedia.
On a day like this, I start to think anything is possible!