Member dtw… Posted August 1, 2006 Share Posted August 1, 2006 ...There's an idea for a design challenge: "Design an 'Impact Italic' that doesn't look bad"... :D _________________________________________________ Ever since I chose to block pop-ups, my toaster's stopped working. Link to comment
Member Si_… Posted August 1, 2006 Share Posted August 1, 2006 It's an interesting question - should bundled fonts come in the four basic styles? At a more basic level would true italics for Impact or Comic Sans improve the typographic landscape or just encourage people to use them more? Link to comment
Member Nic… Posted August 1, 2006 Author Share Posted August 1, 2006 should bundled fonts come in the four basic styles? How long have you been with Microsoft Si? :-) Link to comment
Member Don… Posted August 1, 2006 Share Posted August 1, 2006 > should bundled fonts come in the four basic styles? Many people here will say fonts should not be bundled. I like it when fonts come in all four weights. The most overly used bundled font is probably Zapf Chancery, which most people think is a script, since it was bundled without the romans and the italics in other weights. It's a fine font, if you can avoid overuse of the italic weight everyone is so familiar with. But I got one of the Shelley fonts bundled in an Adobe product once. There just isn't a roman version, and it would be silly to think of one. Display fonts, traditionally, come solely or in incomplete families. Link to comment
Member Nic… Posted August 1, 2006 Author Share Posted August 1, 2006 There just isn’t a roman version, and it would be silly to think of one. Right, not a very useful idea--but that kind of thing has been done. The roman of Frank Heine's Dalliance was reverse-engineered from an italic script. Link to comment
Member lit… Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 For some reason I remembered this thread from long ago and came back to look at it again. Nick Shinn said:Only trouble is, it could prove difficult to find an alternative with suitable, er, impact, especially considering Impact’s barely-protruding descenders. Suggestions, anyone? I wonder why Block Berthold wasn't mentioned. Also, I'm very enamored of TeslaDynamo at the moment. Don't have it yet, alas, but hope to soon. Link to comment
Member phr… Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 I know these are not in the same league as Impact, but I get a lot of use out of them in similar situations. I also know for a fact that they are not over used. http://www.thefontry.com/narrowblockpak1all Link to comment
Member Chu… Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 there are at least three times i've used IMPACT, and each time. i thought it was perfect. this could easily be a stronger indictment on me than the typeface. but still-- i'm all for throwing a face out there into the public square, and seeing if it can come away without charges of heresy. Link to comment
Member cut… Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 But... but... what about the LOLcats? Link to comment
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