How green is your vendor?
Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:04:03 -0700
Gartner analyst Simon Mingay on Tuesday unveiled ratings for technology vendors to highlight who's talking green and who's actually delivering. Just don't expect anything too quantitative just yet. Mingay's presentation at the Gartner Symposium ITXpo caught my attention given that every vendor is...
Apple's new MacBook line: Affordable enough?
Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:38:43 -0700
Apple on Tuesday moved to address a weakened consumer and its statement on a its refreshed MacBook lineup is telling. Since when does a premium brand like Apple worry about price and making its notebooks "far more affordable?" The company's latest MacBook lineup (live blog, Techmeme and...
Confirmed: MacBook drops Firewire port
Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:23:04 -0700
It's confirmed. Apple has dropped the Firewire port from the new MacBook. The port lineup for the new MacBook L to R: MagSafe power port Gigabit Ethernet port Two USB 2.0 ports (up to 480 Mbps) Mini...
MacBooks: out with the old, in with the new
Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:15:59 -0700
Apple today completely revamped their MacBook and MacBook Pro notebooks and they've clearly taken the enclosures up another level. The new unibody aluminum enclosures look sleek and professional and the black bezel around the monitor makes the notebooks match the latest iMacs. The new, aluminum MacBook is especially nice compared...
Obama appears on in-game Xbox 360 advertisement
Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:15:42 -0700
See this screenshot of Xbox 360 racing game Burnout Paradise? What sticks out to you? That's right -- Barack Obama is urging gamers to vote for change from the comfort of the game they're playing. According to Talking Points Memo and GigaOm, advertisers...
Apple gadget lust for me, but anything for Ed Tech?
Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:51:05 -0700
I have to get a new MacBook Pro. I need to find a way to convince my wife that one of my kids needs my MacBook and I must therefore have one of the latest MBPs introduced today. Because seriously, folks, if you haven't checked out coverage of...
Associates Fonts - Australasia's leading font company, with a range of useful and elegant typefaces.
Meta Description: [ JY&A Fonts is Australasia's leading font company, with an exclusive range of 150-plus fonts. Browse our site, read about type trends and preview new releases. ]
Type Co. - Baseline Fonts is an independent typeface foundry offering a collection of historic fonts and new fonts.
Meta Description: [ Baseline Fonts Design and Type Co. offers online font purchasing and custom typeface design services. Typefaces include Grit Primer, Grit History, 57 Rodeo, Woodgrit, George Gibson and many more. ]
066.STUDIO - Small studio founded in 1997 from Poland designing alternative fonts.
Meta Description: [ 066.FONT is a small type design foundry from Poland. The studio was founded in 1997, by Piotr Wozniak. Now 066.FONT projects alternative fonts and makes lettering, typography, typeface design and font customizing. ]
Adobe Studios - Adobe Studios is your creative design partner and one stop resource for high quality typefaces.
Aerotype - Offer OpenType, PostScript and TrueType fonts for Mac and Windows systems.
404Alphabet Design - Typographic design studio offers original digital fonts, graphic design services, and colour retouching and compositing in Toronto, Canada.
Altered Ego Fonts - Designs by Brian Sooy. Condensed and narrow-width text fonts. Also, picture and dingbat fonts.
Meta Description: [ Free Fonts Dingbats Download Postscript TrueType Macintosh PC Fonts - Altered Ego Fonts Altered Ego Fonts Postscript, TrueType, OpenType fonts, Macintosh and PC fonts, text, dingbat and display fonts. From Brian Sooy and the Sooy Type Foundry. Web fonts, web icons, web design. Pixel and screen fo... ]
Archive Type - Specializes in fonts from old designs found in old prints, books and samples.
Astigmatic One Eye - Traditional styled typefaces, as well as many bizarre and theme styled commercial and freeware typefaces.
Meta Description: [ Astigmatic ]
Atomic Media - Bitmap type and web fonts for internet, multimedia and WAP/WML design.
Meta Description: [ Atomic Media, designers of fonts for flash, offers small bitmap / web / pixel / screen fonts by Matthew Bardram, Susan Kare and Miguel Hernandez that are useful for internet, multimedia / flash and WAP / WML design ]
Bay Animation, Inc. - Download and licensing information on LetterPress TrueType and PostScript font collection. [PC/Mac]
Meta Description: [ BayFonts.com is a downloadable representation of the LetterPress font collection with over 2,000 fonts available in TrueType and postscript for PC, Mac and Un*x operating systems. ]
Bitstream - Bitstream is the leading developer of font technology, digital fonts, and custom typeface designs for a wide variety of markets.
Meta Description: [ Bitstream Fonts and Linotype Typefaces and CD Collections ]
BrainEaters - Typefaces based on B-Movies, Horror, Sci-Fi, Exploitation, and other trash.
Meta Description: [ BrainEaters Font Company features original font designs inspired by B-movies and Classic Horror Flicks and downloadable freeware font typefaces for MAC and PC ]
Canada Type - Founded in 2004 by Rebecca Alaccari and Patrick Griffin. Offers mostly revivals of mid-20th century designs and some new designs.
Meta Description: [ Great fonts from Canada ]
CastleType - An eclectic collection of typefaces, including many art deco revivals, classic type styles inspired by ancient sources, and decorative fonts.
Meta Description: [ Over 70 fonts, including art deco revivals, classic styles, decorative fonts, Cyrillic display faces, and many CastleType Originals. Online ordering. Custom font design available. ]
Charles Rennie Mackintosh font - A TrueType font featuring the style developed and made famous by the renowned scottish architect and artist Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
Classic Sci-Fi Fonts - Original designs inspired by cover art from golden age novels.
Meta Description: [ a collection of typefaces and fonts designed from science fiction, fantasy, comic book and horror sources. ]
Comicbook Fonts - Produces fonts for comic book lettering. Also paraphernalia and links to similar sites.
Meta Description: [ Comic book fonts created by Comicraft, the comics industry's premier lettering and design company. Plus Balloon Tales, the online guide to comic book lettering. ]
Cool Fonts Online - Fonts available for Windows and Mac download the font catalog in PDF format.
Meta Description: [ Cool Fonts has the coolest collection of original fonts on the web. Now with secure ordering and online delivery. Check it out! ]
Customised Font Design - Providing custom fonts for Blue Chip clients. Logotypes, lettering and some retail fonts.
Deniart Systems - From Egyptian Hieroglyphics to modern Zodiacs, give documents a sense of design with historically accurate symbol.
Meta Description: [ Deniart font library features over 50 tpefaces including Egyptian Hieroglyphs, Alchemy Symbols, Astrology, Zodiacs, Rongo, Phaistos, Tolkien, and more ]
Device Fonts - Retro-esque fonts by Rian Hughes
Meta Description: [ Device provides a full range of design and illustration services to a wide range of clients ]
Digitalpattern - Pixel and picogram fonts.
Meta Description: [ DIGIPAT | digitalpattern | *typography *typefaces *fonts *pictograms - advanced type modeling by milan grbovic | information design - munich; ]
Dinc Type - Designs include Barking Dog, Metropolitan, Broken Promise, and Instant Karma.
DSType - Founded by Dino dos Santos, based in Portugal. Diverse selection of styles. Mostly body text and script fonts.
Electronic Font Foundry - Developing multilingual fonts and specialist fonts for Risc OS, Windows, Mac OS systems.
Elfring Fonts - MICR / E13-B fonts for check encoding plus secure fonts for print check amounts and payee names.
Meta Description: [ Elfring MICR E13B Fonts for printing E-13B encoding on bank checks, deposit slips, and drafts in TrueType format for Windows, DOS, AS/400 and UNIX systems. Includes Elfring Secure Fontsâ„¢ for printing secure numbers and payee names. ]
Emigre - Award-winning independent type foundry always on the cutting edge.
Meta Description: [ Emigre, Inc. is a digital type foundry, publisher and distributor of graphic design related software and printed materials based in Northern California. Founded in 1984, coinciding with the birth of the Macintosh, Emigre was one of the first independent type foundries to establish itself centered... ]
Emtype Foundry - Based in Barcelona, Spain. Founded in 1997 by Eduardo Manso, Emtype produces display and text fonts.
Meta Description: [ Emtype es una fundidora unipersonal con sede en Barcelona, España. Fundada en 1997 por Eduardo Manso ]
Font Bureau - An independent digital type foundry located in Boston, Massachusetts.
Font City - Decorative designs by Artem Gerasimov, with extended character sets.
Meta Description: [ We offer you some decorative fonts we created. Мы предлагаем разработанные нами декоративные шрифты. ]
Font Diner - Selection of retro and 1950s style fonts.
Meta Description: [ Check out the tastiest selection of fonts on the web. dig in, you'll love 'em ]
Font Mesa - Develops western Truetype and Type1 for Windows and Mac, and logo fonts.
Meta Description: [ FontMesa Wild Western Fonts for Windows and Mac. The best of the old western fonts, professional quality and Online ordering available ]
Font Source - Company specializes in signature fonts, logo fonts, educational fonts, and commercial typefaces. Licensing for corporate identity typefaces, custom typefaces and Delta+ professional hinting for screen clarity.
Meta Description: [ YOUR handwriting made into a handwriting font using patented Real Cursive and Printed font technology. Over 75 thousand already sold. Both Custom Personal and Ready-made styles for Personal Letters, Direct Mail, Education, eMail, Scrapbooking, and Journaling. ]
Font-o-ville - Free original typeface designs for Mac and PCs.
Fonteam International - View current catalog of Macintosh and PC Truetype fonts and variations for sale as downloads. Information on character sets and formats, downloads, ordering, and contact information.
FontFont - Online searchable catalog currently contains 1700 fonts, which cover a wide range of styles and functions.
Meta Description: [ FontFont Online Shop: FF Meta, FF DIN, FF Dax, FF Scala, fonts and more ]
FontGod - Creators of custom handwriting fonts based on a customers handwriting style. Truetype fonts for PC or Mac.
Meta Description: [ Custom handwriting font conversion. FontGod.com offers low cost fonts based on your own handwriting style. From US$29.95 ]
Fonthead Design - A foundry dedicated to creating quality, contemporary fonts that range from whimsical to serious. Many free fonts available as well.
Fonts by Dennis Palumbo - Unique, original, handcrafted PostScript Type 1 Fonts, TrueType Fonts and Typefaces for Windows and Macintosh.
Meta Description: [ Fonts by Dennis Palumbo, unique, original, high quality-low cost, handcrafted, PostScript Type 1 Fonts, TrueType Fonts and Typefaces for PC Windows and Macintosh ]
Fontsmith - Type designers creating customised fonts for clients such as channel 4, Post Office, Powergen, Saudi Aramco
formgebung Atelier für Schrift - Provide type design solutions for publishing professionals throughout the world. Designed, digitized or modified thousands of typefaces to meet customers needs. [Bilingual site]
Meta Description: [ Hier finden Sie ein umfassendes Angebot professioneller Schriftenlösungen. Here you find a broad selection of professional font solutions. ]
Fountain - The friendly typefoundry. A Swedish typefoundry with some very nice original faces.
Fuelfonts Type Foundry - A small Swedish type foundry.
Meta Description: [ This is the home of the fuelfonts type foundry, a small Swedish type foundry providing downloadable shareware fonts in both MAC and PC format. ]
Galápagos Design Group - Professional type development and consultation. Originators of new and interesting type designs. Free download of Web-O-Mints available.
Meta Description: [ Galapagos Design Group is an innovative, independent digital type foundry, providing highest quality type products and font customization services. Featuring original typeface designs created by the innovative Galapagos design staff. ]
Garage Fonts - Offering a selection of fonts created by type designers from around the globe.
Meta Description: [ Website of the GarageFonts Type Foundry ]
Glyph Systems - Specializes in custom type development, including TrueType, OpenType, PostScript fonts, multilingual fonts, logo design and font conversions.
Meta Description: [ TrueType, OpenType and PostScript fonts for Arabic, Hebrew, English and European languages ]
Grilledcheese Fonts - Original freeware, shareware, and commercial fonts downloadable for Windows and Macintosh computers.
Meta Description: [ Original Freeware, Shareware, and Commercial Fonts Instantly Downloadable For Your Windows or Macintosh Computer. ]
House Industries - Founded in 1993 by Andy Cruz and Rich Roat, House Industries has grown into a studio which sells unique display typography, illustration and design services.
Inspired Vizions Dingbat Fonts - Specializing in ornamental, decorative dingbats. Each font offers a wide variety of uses including borders, banners, frames, and dividers.
Meta Description: [ Original commercial dingbat fonts and web graphics to spruce up your site. Also, many linkware graphic designs, psp tubes, presets, desktop wallpaper, digital art and more! ]
ITC Fonts - Download PostScript fonts and True Type fonts. ITC provides downloadable fonts from classic fonts to cool fonts.
Meta Description: [ Download PostScript fonts and TrueType fonts. ITC provide over 1000 downloadable fonts from classic typefaces to cool fonts. ]
JL-types Ky - Cyrillic, Central European, Baltic, Barcode fonts
Meta Description: [ JL-types' home page in English ]
Just Another Foundry - Text fonts with extended glyph sets and advanced typographic OpenType features.
Meta Description: [ We sell hight quality OpenType fonts for Windows and Mac. ]
Kenn Munk - Kenn Munk offers alternative typefaces, dingbats and free stencils. The site also includes his photos, clothing designs and the Versus Project.
Meta Description: [ design w. personality seek likeminded clients ]
Killer Fonts - Typefaces made from the handwriting of infamous killers and famous people.
Meta Description: [ Typefaces made from the handwriting of infamous killers and famous people. Quick, Easy And Safe Purchases!, Typefaces made from the handwriting of infamous killers and famous people. Quick, Easy And Safe Purchases! ]
KobeType.com - Fonts and tools for Mac or PC with secure ordering and online delivery.
Meta Description: [
Fonts for Mac or PC with secure ordering and online delivery. Cool and stylish! ]
Letterhead Fonts - Specializes in rare and unique old typefaces from the turn of the century.
Linguist's Software - Commercial site specializing in fonts supporting more than 660 languages. Products include TrueType and Type 1 fonts plus keyboard drivers for PC and Mac.
Meta Description: [ Linguist's Software is a foundry that designs fonts supporting more than 615 languages for Windows and Macintosh computers. ]
LucasFonts - Selected type families all created by Luc(as) de Groot, available as PostScript or TrueType for Windows and Macintosh. Well hinted TrueType fonts with a large selection of weights.
Meta Description: [ here you can license digital typeface families, designed by Luc(as) de Groot ]
MADType - Matt Desmond's one man type foundry. Specializes in unique original retail and custom type design.
Meta Description: [ MADType is Matthew Aaron Desmond Typography, a small independent type foundry. ]
Match Fonts - Offers a large variety of fonts for Windows and Macintosh, text fonts, display types, Calligraphy and handwriting, education, Foreign, special fonts and custom fonts.
Meta Description: [ Free samples of Decorative, Text, Calligraphic and Monospaced fonts. Cursive and Block letter handwriting compatible with the D'Nealian method. MICR and engineering. ]
Michael Browers - Dingbat and display fonts by Michael Browers.
Meta Description: [ Based in Duluth, Minnesota, Michael Browers specializes in dingbat and display typefaces. Additionally, he has created custom typefaces, logos, and wordmarks for clients such as Chromaline Screen Print Products, Ephemeral States, & PhotoBrasive Systems. ]
MICR font - Font set with auto-calibration program and anti-fraud secure number fonts. Free samples available. [Windows/Macintosh]
Mindcandy - Twelve type foundries providing over 450 original, meticulously designed typefaces for both display and body copy.
Meta Description: [ Mindcandy Studios, an Austin, Texas based Branding Agency provides a complete range of integrated brand consulting, creative and design services to help our clients create, build and revitalize their brand essence. Call (512) 698-6463 or email ideas@mindcandy.com for you next brand development pr... ]
MVB Fonts - Publisher of original typeface designs available in PostScript Type 1 format for Macintosh and PC. Information on character sets and formats, downloads, ordering, and contact information.
Meta Description: [ MVB Fonts ]
MyFont - Custom handwriting Font service. Order and contact information, and samples available for viewing.
Meta Description: [ Cheap Cat Houses and Climbers ]
One Way Out Fonts - Decorative fonts. Fonts includes full character sets, 3 icons, and meticulous kerning.
Meta Description: [ OWO Fonts, high quality, versatile fonts you'll use over and over. Each of our fonts includes full character sets, 3 icons, and meticulous kerning. ]
P22 Type Foundry - Fonts denote a cross section of art, natural science and history.
ParaType - A collection of Cyrillic, Latin, Arabic, Greek, Georgian, Hebrew fonts in TrueType and PostScript formats for Windows and Macintosh platforms.
Meta Description: [ ParaType collection of cyrillic and multilanguage fonts and font software for Windows and Mac platforms. ]
Pixietype - Offers bitmap, pixel, screen fonts for use on for Internet and in Flash design.
Popdog Fonts - Serious fonts for serious people. Original english and greek fonts.
Process Type Foundry - Located in Minneapolis Minnesota, the Process Type Foundry is an independent type design studio specializing in the production and distribution of original typefaces for retail and custom use.
Proggy Programming Fonts - Fixed-width screen fonts that are designed for code listings.
Meta Description: [ Proggy fonts are a collection of fonts specifically designed for use by programmers. ]
Psy/Ops Type - San Francisco's type studio, featuring a unique type collection, and offering a full range of typographic services. [Flash]
Pure Confection Dingbat Fonts - Dingbat fonts for web designers to use in creating web graphics sets. Several free Windows TrueType fonts available.
Meta Description: [ This is a web design e-zine for webloggers featuring blog tips, tutorials, and free linkware blog templates. ]
Quick Fonts - Logos and signature converted into fonts for business and personal communications.
Meta Description: [ Signature fonts personalize internal and external business and personal communications with your identity. ]
Scriptorium Fonts - Original fonts based on historical calligraphy and digitizations of antique typefaces.
SelfBuild Type Foundry - Contemporary typefaces for Mac and PC.
Meta Description: [ Display and pixel typefaces for graphic designers. ]
Shinn Type Foundry - Assortment of contemporary typefaces designed by Nick Shinn. Each font shown in four different formats.
Sign DNA Fonts - Hand painted script, casual and display fonts for signmakers, designers and typographers. Available for Mac and PC in both PS and TT.
SignatureFactory - Convert signatures and logos to TrueType fonts. Sample conversions available.
Signfonts.com - Fonts for sign artist, created by sign artist specifically for use in sign design and vinyl cutting.
Storm Type Foundry - Information regarding a collection of fonts produced by Frantisek Storm.
Studio Daedalus Comics Fonts - Featuring WhizBang, one of the very first authentic comics lettering fonts made available to amateurs, semi-pros, and publishers alike.
Meta Description: [ WhizBang is the computer font for comic book lettering. It emulates the look of hand lettered dialog in word balloons. A popular favorite for over 10 years! ]
Synfonts - Digital Type foundry providing fonts to the type world since 1994.
T-26 - Started by Carlos Segura in 1994, T-26’s then experimental fonts are now considered mainstream. T-26 offers hundreds of original fonts.
T/SPC Symbol Font - GDT - Geometric Dimension and Tolerancing or SPC - Statistical Process Control fonts for Windows or Mac applications including CAD, Solidworks, Excel, Word, Wordperfect.
Meta Description: [ ANSI Y14.5 Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerance,Feature Control font, ASME Y14.5 Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing, GD&T Engineering, Blueprint, Drafting, Design, Drawing Symbols font,SPC,Statistical Process Control,Process Control,Fonts,Symbols,Inspection,Quality,Engineering,Blueprint Pr... ]
Telegraphics - Telegraphics has been studying digital typography since 1986. Some of our experiments are freely downloadable from the site.
Meta Description: [ Telegraphics: digital technology for the visual arts ]
Test Pilot Collective - A new type foundry featuring digital fonts and graphic design.
The Classic Font Company - Classical font designs, postscript Type-1, TrueType, Acorn outline fonts, high quality typography, classical type designs.
The Dingbatcave - Original dingbat fonts by fine artists Ann Stretton and Stan Starbuck.
Meta Description: [ Original Dingbat fonts by artists Ann Stretton and Stan Starbuck. Macintosh, Windows, all formats. Great for web graphics or print. Online ordering! ]
The Enschede Font Foundry - Original booktype faces in the 'Dutch' tradition of Jan van Krimpen and Joh. Enschede. Most by designer Bram de Does. Highest quality at premium prices.
Meta Description: [ The Enschede Font Foundry, established in 1991 by Peter Matthias Noordzij, is a Dutch digital typefoundry. ]
The Type Quarry - A small digital foundry specializing in historical, handwriting, and other fine fonts for print and web designers.
Meta Description: [ The Type Quarry is a small digital type foundry specializing in historical, handwriting, and other fine fonts for print and web designers. A division of 3IP. ]
TLai Enterprises - Acquire specialty fonts for military aircraft marking, sci-fi fonts and several utilities for Macintosh-based PalmPilots.
Meta Description: [ Welcome to TLai Enterprises. Here you can find specialty fonts for military aircraft and ship marking, sci-fi fonts, and utilities for Macintosh-based PalmPilots. Custom software development, design, and consulting. ]
Treacyfaces: Headliners - The home of true graphic arts quality typography.
Meta Description: [ Treacyfaces welcomes you to the home of true graphic arts quality typography since 1984. ]
Treehouse - Collection includes several unusual novelty fonts
Typadelic Fonts - A small foundry offering a wide range of very unique typefaces. Available in Mac and PC format.
Meta Description: [ Unique typefaces for Mac and Windows ]
Typeco - Type foundry for the designs of principal, James Grieshaber, as well as a provider of typographic services and solutions.
Meta Description: [ Typeco offers typographic services and solutions including custom designed and retail
typefaces, trademark and logo design, corporate identity systems, and font identification ]
TypeCulture - Independent digital type foundry and an academic resource with articles, essays, movies, and research directory.
Meta Description: [ A resource for information about type and its history; award-winning fonts created by Mark Jamra. ]
Typephases - A collection of unique freeware dingbats, illustration and text fonts created by Joan Mas.
Ultrafonts - Crisp and clear pixel fonts. Compatible with flash and other applications.
Underware Type Foundry - Underware is a (typo) graphic design studio that is specialized in designing and producing typefaces. These are published for retail sale or are especially tailor-made.
Meta Description: [ Underware is a (typo)graphic designstudio which is specialized in designing and producing typefaces, which are published for retail sale or specially tailor-made. ]
URW++ - A commercial typeface foundry providing high quality fonts for western European, eastern European, Turkish, Baltic, Greek and Cyrillic languages.
Vanderfont - Vanderfont is the online home for typefaces by illustrator and type designer Joe VanDerBos.
Meta Description: [ Vanderfont is the online home for typefaces and royalty-free images by illustrator and type designer Joe VanDerBos. Retrofit, Beachbuoy and Ovallique are among the faces featured. ]
Victory Type - A tiny little friendly type foundry with fonts for you.
Vintage Type - Foundry specializes in antique typewriter fonts for screenwriters and old-fashioned telegram fonts. Additional fonts covering Celtic, label maker, screenplay, classic, fun, books on type, and fonts for layout and design.
vLetter, inc. Custom Handwriting Fonts and Signatures - Handwriting made into a handwriting font using patented Real Cursive and Printed font technology. Downloads, FAQs, product specification, ordering, and contact information.
Meta Description: [ YOUR handwriting made into a handwriting font using patented Real Cursive and Printed font technology. Over 75 thousand already sold. Both Custom Personal and Ready-made styles for Personal Letters, Direct Mail, Education, eMail, Scrapbooking, and Journaling. ]
Walden Font - Typefaces of historical importance. Re-create authentic documents for Civil War, Revolutionary War, German language and others.
Meta Description: [ We resurrect long forgotten typefaces of
historical importance and make them available to you at affordable prices. Our
products allow you to re-create the most authentic looking documents for
educational, business, and recreational use. We offer font and clip-art
packages with Civil ... ]
Waldorf Fonts TrueType - Commercial TrueType fonts.
Meta Description: [ Computerfonts in anthroposophical style ]
Wood Type Fonts - Fonts that are historically accurate reproductions of wood type produced in the 19th century in a variety of styles. Fonts are available only for the MAC in type 1 Postscript format.
Zang-O-Fonts - Decorative designs by Jamie Nazaroff.
