Font art geekery

Tenigma · 11-19-2008, 06:42 PM

Yep, I'm a huge font fan. I think it comes from doing old wax-roller layouts for newsletters and pamphlets back when Alex was still in diapers. OK not that long ago. But I started in undergraduate school and switched from wax to computer.

I started doing desktop publishing using Aldus Pagemaker 2.0. And fell in love with the ability to use different fonts (up until then I was only familiar with machines running DOS).

Quick: What font did the Obama campaign use for its primary signage?

Spoiler:

It's just too damn bad they want to charge me $200 for the basic set! Argh.

Betty · 11-20-2008, 07:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Tenigma

Yep, I'm a huge font fan. I think it comes from doing old wax-roller layouts for newsletters and pamphlets back when Alex was still in diapers. OK not that long ago. But I started in undergraduate school and switched from wax to computer.

I started doing desktop publishing using Aldus Pagemaker 2.0. And fell in love with the ability to use different fonts (up until then I was only familiar with machines running DOS).

Quick: What font did the Obama campaign use for its primary signage?

Spoiler:

It's just too damn bad they want to charge me $200 for the basic set! Argh.

Ah Pagemaker. My long lost love. It's been a long time.

11-19-2008, 06:42 PM	#1
Tenigma Fired up, ready to go! Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: BarackObama.com Posts: 235	Yep, I'm a huge font fan. I think it comes from doing old wax-roller layouts for newsletters and pamphlets back when Alex was still in diapers. OK not that long ago. But I started in undergraduate school and switched from wax to computer. I started doing desktop publishing using Aldus Pagemaker 2.0. And fell in love with the ability to use different fonts (up until then I was only familiar with machines running DOS). Quick: What font did the Obama campaign use for its primary signage? Spoiler: Gotham It's just too damn bad they want to charge me $200 for the basic set! Argh. __________________ "Tradition in America is a progression of individual freedoms. You know what the tradition of America would say? Gay marriage is the next step in the progression. That's the tradition of America." - Jon Stewart, talking to Bill O'Reilly on the Daily Show, November 13, 2008.
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