Re: [OpenFontLibrary] Greetings - 1st post

2010-01-05 Thread Joshua A.C. Newman
You have the shovel. There are exits to the North and East. -J On Jan 5, 2010, at 3:51 PM, Jon Phillips wrote: > pick up shovel. > > On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 12:48 PM, Alexandre Prokoudine > wrote: >> On 1/5/10, Bassel Safadi wrote: >>> Hi vernon, >>> welcome to open font library >>> we are upl

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] Contribute logos for permissive font licenses on OFLBv2

2009-07-31 Thread Joshua A.C. Newman
Yes, I was thinking about that, too. I don't know if it will work with these varied licenses. You can search by rights, even. -J On Jul 31, 2009, at 4:52 PM, Robert Martinez wrote: CC does a great job with their icons and descriptions. Joshua Newman Design 401.225.7222

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] Contribute logos for permissive font licenses on OFLBv2

2009-07-31 Thread Joshua A.C. Newman
this keep them monochrome along with the rest of the design. As long as it is clear what each stands for and is easy to figure out their meaning via mouseover, either with a :hover pseudo-class or a title tooltip James On 31 Jul 2009, at 17:00, Joshua A.C. Newman wrote: Nothing else on the

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] Contribute logos for permissive font licenses on OFLBv2

2009-07-31 Thread Joshua A.C. Newman
Nothing else on the site uses colors to distinguish things. It would make these elements stand out dramatically. I don't see why tooltips or a mouseover div wouldn't solve this issue without bulking up the icon. -J On Jul 31, 2009, at 5:30 AM, Dave Crossland wrote: So do we have consensus

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] Contribute logos for permissive font licenses on OFLBv2

2009-07-30 Thread Joshua A.C. Newman
Very nice. -J On Jul 30, 2009, at 5:45 PM, Robert Martinez wrote: Dave Crossland wrote: 2009/7/30 Robert Martinez : Okay, if you keep the orientation and use an oblique then that's good. like that? That's what I originally had in mind, yes, spot on. Maybe make the text a little thic

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] Contribute logos for permissive font licenses on OFLBv2

2009-07-30 Thread Joshua A.C. Newman
These are nice. Maybe the MIT can be ligated/monogrammed to loosen it up on the edges? And what about making the characters oblique to match the covers? -J On Jul 30, 2009, at 4:44 PM, Robert Martinez wrote: Dave Crossland wrote: 2009/7/30 Robert Martinez : I'm not really happy with that

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] Contribute logos for permissive font licenses on OFLBv2

2009-07-30 Thread Joshua A.C. Newman
Aw. I liked the dinosaur/MIT one. Nice type. But I bet you're right. It probably means it could be smaller, even. -J On Jul 30, 2009, at 4:28 PM, Dave Crossland wrote: 2009/7/30 Robert Martinez : I'm not really happy with that much text inside a tiny image. I agree. How about just the fir

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] MIT Logo

2009-07-30 Thread Joshua A.C. Newman
Great. Thanks. -J On Jul 30, 2009, at 1:04 PM, Dave Crossland wrote: 2009/7/30 Joshua A.C. Newman : Sure. Are these all the licenses available, though? I didn't understand the outcome of the earlier thread. I think it is safe to say: We all agree we will focus on these licenses fo

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] MIT Logo

2009-07-30 Thread Joshua A.C. Newman
ote: 2009/7/30 Joshua A.C. Newman : Using colored shapes to differentiate would be much better (e.g. iChat's status markers) Right - red circle for GPL, blue square for OFL, orange triangle for MIT? -- Stefano Joshua Newman Design 401.225.7222

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] MIT Logo

2009-07-30 Thread Joshua A.C. Newman
Sure. Are these all the licenses available, though? I didn't understand the outcome of the earlier thread. -J On Jul 30, 2009, at 12:35 PM, Dave Crossland wrote: 2009/7/30 Joshua A.C. Newman : Using colored shapes to differentiate would be much better (e.g. iChat's stat

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] MIT Logo

2009-07-30 Thread Joshua A.C. Newman
Color blindness is more common than people think. 1/10 of males are color blind and 1/100 women are. Using colored shapes to differentiate would be much better (e.g. iChat's status markers) Logos are, in fact, harder to read quickly. I was looking for a font that fit certain license require

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] MIT Logo

2009-07-30 Thread Joshua A.C. Newman
Please stop putting that in front of our eyes. -J On Jul 30, 2009, at 10:12 AM, Nicu Buculei wrote: From: Ben Weiner First ideas were a GNU head and a glyph for GPLv3 + font exception, and perhaps a dinosaur(brontosaurus?) for MIT. But you will have better suggestions :-) Probably for GPL

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] Contribute logos for permissive font licenses on OFLBv2

2009-07-30 Thread Joshua A.C. Newman
,,, and such an attractive logo it is! Who needs a graphic designer? -J On Jul 30, 2009, at 8:37 AM, Olivier BERTEN wrote: FYI, there's an existing logo for GPL: http://www.gnu.org/graphics/license-logos.html Olivier Dave Crossland a écrit : 2009/7/30 Robert Martinez : Apart from that

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] TypeKit screenshot

2009-07-17 Thread Joshua A.C. Newman
Is there a whitepaper on this project? I don't understand what it is, but every element I see looks delicious. -J On Jul 17, 2009, at 2:21 PM, Garrick Van Buren wrote: Chris - thanks, that is a little different from the UA strings I was seeing for Midori. --- Garrick V

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] Cantarell

2009-07-08 Thread Joshua A.C. Newman
Congratulations, Dave! Look for it in the Ashlar Project! -J On Jul 8, 2009, at 3:13 PM, Dave Crossland wrote: Hi, I published my first typeface at http://abattis.org/cantarell :-) -- Regards, Dave Joshua Newman Design 401.225.7222

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] Firefox 3.5 is out!

2009-07-01 Thread Joshua A.C. Newman
Interesting! Thanks! I didn't realize their implementation was actually to spec. -J On Jul 1, 2009, at 12:24 PM, Liam R E Quin wrote: On Wed, 2009-07-01 at 11:27 -0400, Joshua A.C. Newman wrote: Yeah, I remember that this is an old thing. But now there is a standard. It depen

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] Firefox 3.5 is out!

2009-07-01 Thread Joshua A.C. Newman
on't see MS changing though, it must prop up the proprietary software culture quite hard as the weight of free software network effects streamroll it :) Downloading EOTs makes little sense to me. What use are they outside a browser? Regards, Dave On 1 Jul 2009, 4:27 PM, "Joshua

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] Firefox 3.5 is out!

2009-07-01 Thread Joshua A.C. Newman
work for linking to those fonts? Would it work to generate EOTs for download as well? -J On Jul 1, 2009, at 11:13 AM, Dave Crossland wrote: 2009/7/1 Joshua A.C. Newman : Oh, I'm not blaming Google or the engineer at all. I think it's cool someone picked up the project. It's

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] Firefox 3.5 is out!

2009-07-01 Thread Joshua A.C. Newman
dent GPL code by a google software engineer in their spare time. Regards, Dave On 1 Jul 2009, 3:39 PM, "Joshua A.C. Newman" > wrote: If I used emoticons, I'd use the one with its eyes rolling at the hoops Microsoft makes us jump through. -J On Jul 1, 2009, at 10:24 AM, Da

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] Firefox 3.5 is out!

2009-07-01 Thread Joshua A.C. Newman
If I used emoticons, I'd use the one with its eyes rolling at the hoops Microsoft makes us jump through. -J On Jul 1, 2009, at 10:24 AM, Dave Crossland wrote: Hi, Its UNIX so should compile on OSX. Regards, Dave On 1 Jul 2009, 3:03 PM, "Joshua A.C. Newman" > wrote:

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] Firefox 3.5 is out!

2009-07-01 Thread Joshua A.C. Newman
Am I correct that there's no Mac version? -J On Jul 1, 2009, at 3:55 AM, Dave Crossland wrote: Hi, There is an eot converter on code.google.com and its no trouble to convert freed fonts for IE. Regards, Dave On 1 Jul 2009, 12:56 AM, "Joshua A.C. Newman" > wrote:

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] Firefox 3.5 is out!

2009-06-30 Thread Joshua A.C. Newman
Here's hopin'! IE, naturally, doesn't support it. You need to use a tool to convert True-Type (not OpenType) fonts with their Windows-only tool. I would really, really love to be wrong about this. Please, someone show me that I'm wrong. Please. Microsoft. Making the Web worse. -Joshua O

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] Firefox 3.5 is out!

2009-06-30 Thread Joshua A.C. Newman
Yeah! Just playing with it now! Dig it: http://craigmod.com/journal/font-face/ -Joshua On Jun 30, 2009, at 3:25 PM, Dave Crossland wrote: http://getfirefox.com :-) Joshua Newman Design 401.225.7222

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] Hevetice Neue on the OpenFont site

2009-06-24 Thread Joshua A.C. Newman
ntional, but it looks like it leans to the left). I crit because I love. I'm really eager to see this font in its completed form. I think it's quite elegant. I'm looking forward to an italic. Will you do another weight? -J On Jun 24, 2009, at 3:46 PM, Dave Crossland wro

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] Hevetice Neue on the OpenFont site

2009-06-24 Thread Joshua A.C. Newman
ody and titles and become a feature of the brand. So, what license are you using for it? -Joshua On Jun 23, 2009, at 7:05 PM, Dave Crossland wrote: 2009/6/23 Joshua A.C. Newman : Well, I need something both low-contrast and modern for this project. I might even start with DIN or Futura. Not sur

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] Hevetice Neue on the OpenFont site

2009-06-24 Thread Joshua A.C. Newman
Very nice! Positively Gillish! I think we may have a winner! -J On Jun 23, 2009, at 7:05 PM, Dave Crossland wrote: 2009/6/23 Joshua A.C. Newman : Well, I need something both low-contrast and modern for this project. I might even start with DIN or Futura. Not sure yet. You can use my

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] Hevetice Neue on the OpenFont site

2009-06-24 Thread Joshua A.C. Newman
On Jun 23, 2009, at 6:56 PM, Liam R E Quin wrote: On Tue, 2009-06-23 at 18:34 -0400, Joshua A.C. Newman wrote: Well, I need something both low-contrast and modern for this project. I might even start with DIN or Futura. Not sure yet. In any event, I'm pretty sure I don't have the sub

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] Hevetice Neue on the OpenFont site

2009-06-23 Thread Joshua A.C. Newman
n Jun 23, 2009, at 6:11 PM, Dave Crossland wrote: 2009/6/23 Joshua A.C. Newman : Crud. It looks like it's time for a redraw. I'd rather that you looked at Bodoni and made your own, original, low contrast sans serif based on its skeletal forms, but you do whatever you think is more

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] Hevetice Neue on the OpenFont site

2009-06-23 Thread Joshua A.C. Newman
ne of those "new guy on the list brings up the same thing we keep trying to do like it's a new idea" things? -Joshua On Jun 23, 2009, at 3:59 PM, Dave Crossland wrote: 2009/6/23 Joshua A.C. Newman : Helvetica Neue, easily the most useful font in the OpenFont site, is a 0k file. I

[OpenFontLibrary] Hevetice Neue on the OpenFont site

2009-06-23 Thread Joshua A.C. Newman
Helvetica Neue, easily the most useful font in the OpenFont site, is a 0k file. I'd like very much to use it for an OSS project, but, well, 0k. Any recommendations? -Joshua Joshua Newman Design 401.225.7222