Twitteroundup Week 36

Design

Woman Fired For Causing Disharmony in Workplace by Using Angry Fonts. Just don't do it, folks. Use happy fonts.

http://myfonts.de...sehr interessant. Inspired by this, I sent in a suggestion to Myfonts.com for "Find fonts by what's popular in your area.: MyFonts could use sales data for a specific region or country to generate a custom top 50 list for specific regions. Another possibility would to have “Find fonts by region” with a clickable map of the world. It would be very interesting and engaging for customers to contrast, say Germany with Minnesota, etc.

Some nice branding work over at Luxcetera. Plus they made some great type choices for their logotypes. :)

Stunning integration of fluid, fashion and fotos by Iain Crawford. via @behance

Sennheiser Audio Packaging. Nice. http://bit.ly/JErAL6:46 AM Sep 1st from web

Love these simple bird prints.

Tech

First Supersonic Private Jet.

747 - what an beautiful but powerful looking aircraft! Airbus has nothing on Boeing.

Efficiency

Dan Phillips builds houses out of salvaged items, like frame samples, which he used on a ceiling.

Underwater Robot Can Reduce Navy's Fuel Consumption. The Navy's version of a Roomba.

How Many Solar Panels Would It Take to Power The Entire World?

Humor

Flying Penguin Mockumentary. Love the over-enthused Brit narration.

I could drink 198.55 cans of Mountain Dew before dying a horrible caffeinated death. I'll be sure to keep it to 198 cans.

Interesting

Jason Fried of 37 Signals rips the unprofitable "freemium" model - via @swissmiss

Hotels with extraordinary swimming pools.

Love, But Not Lust, Inspires Creativity

Comments

Microsoft Expression

I have been trying out the Microsoft Expression web design program recently. My final verdict: I like it better than Dreamweaver. I’ve been using Dreamweaver for 5 years now, but where Expressions really shines is its handling of CSS, which is, in my mind, quite a bit better than Dreamweaver. My “problem” with CSS as opposed to tables is that with tables you can visualize what you are doing. CSS is a bit more programmatic. Expression helps a bit. If you are looking to save some money, and you use a PC, you should download Visual Web Developer. You can do some very advanced stuff with this program, and the interface is very much like Expressions. The price is right: free! However, Expression is more intuitive in how it handles CSS. It’s very interesting how Microsoft is starting to head into Adobe’s turf. Microsoft is working on equivalents to everything in Adobe’s product line. My long term bet is on Microsoft.

Carta Marina

Carta Marina is based on the titling found on the famous map drawn by Olaus Magnus in 1539. The map of northern Europe took 12 years to complete, and the total size is a huge 1.7 meters tall by 1.25 meters wide. More information about the map, as well as the high resolution reference document used to create the typeface and illustration set can be found at the James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota. The titling is slightly aged, very sturdy and elegant. Carta Marina includes a full set of OpenType alternates for every character in the English alphabet, oldstyle figures, historical forms, small caps and 64 discretionary ligatures. These ligatures are used to alter the appearance of the type so that the printing appears realistic and without any duplicate letters to detract from the antique appearance. The Carta Marina family also includes some of the unique illustrations that give the map much of its character. It includes depictions of fanciful sea creatures, land animals a

New from insigne: Mynaruse

Mynaruse is an elegant and regal roman inscriptional titling family. It has sharp and elongated serifs that give the face extra punch. The face shines in settings that call for elegance and splendor. Mynaruse’s six weights range from a fine, delicate thin to a powerful and solid heavy weight. Mynaruse includes many useful OpenType features, including a set of swash alternates, alternate titling forms, ligatures and miscellaneous alternates. OpenType-capable applications such as Quark or the Adobe suite can take full advantage of the automatically replacing ligatures and alternates. This family also includes the glyphs to support a wide range of languages. Mynaruse is 1/3rd off for a limited time!

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