Matthew Carter on The Boston Globe
Typeface designer Matthew Carter has left his mark on everything from Microsoft to magazines
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The limitations of web design are also its most powerful features, when compared to print. Design is all about finding the best solutions within a specific set of scarce resources.
Fonts are designed to deliver information to the reader in the easiest and fastest way. Aren’t the fonts currently available on various operating systems doing this job well?
Bitstream Charter Typeface
Bitstream Charter is a glyphic serif typeface designed by Matthew Carter which I discovered only recently in Ubuntu 8.10 (it ships with X11). It is definitely one of the most beautiful serif fonts that I have ever seen. At first sight it looks similar to Liberation Serif but is more rounded and easier to read. Read more »
What Designers Do
Do you know what good designers do when everyone else thinks Helvetica is cool? They stretch and bend Times New Romans and Comic Sans. Thats because message is what is important, not the color or the typeface.
Comic Sans Design Challenge
What would you do if Comic Sans was the only typeface available? Read more »