Do you double space between sentences? Or do you do a single space? Odds are, whichever you do, you feel surprisingly strongly about it. Odds are also that if you were taught to type on a traditional typewriter you had the ‘two spaces’ rule drummed into you. But what’s it all really about? Mechanical typewriters…
It’s more than 2000 years old, but the ampersand is still the most divine character [NOTE: This was written in 2011. Adjust dates and timespans in your head accordingly!] It is amazing how time flies! QuickTime is coming up to its 20th birthday; it was launched on December 2nd 1991 for both System 6 and…
I was asked this after I first wrote about rebuilding the Espy Sans pixel typeface family. It’s a tough question, how long have you got? So, my favourite? To be honest I’m not sure I actually have one – or rather, not just one favourite, although I do have a shortlist. What I’m also sometimes…
Back in pre-Mac OS X times, in 1992, Apple created a bitmap font called Espy Sans and used it in its Apple Help application, in its mis-timed eWorld service, and as the system font in the Newton. Espy Sans was the last bitmap-only font Apple would produce. It was crafted for use at specific pixel…
Zapfino is one of the most spectacular typefaces you’ll ever get to use. It’s a calligraphic tour de force, a typeface designed by the prolific Hermann Zapf, the man responsible for Optima, Palatino and a great many other well-known fonts. Zapfino is specialit’s a swash-rich design with a range of styles and options beyond almost…
