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Dog Breeds As Typefaces

Amanda — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:15:04 +0000

Cute dogs AND typefaces? Be still my heart. Via fineline design.

Type Geekery: Arial vs. Helvetica

Amanda — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:09:47 +0000

As someone who prefers Helvetica to Arial but could never quite articulate why (well, it does look the same at first glance), I love this chart. Upon closer inspection, it would seem that I’m drawn to the symmetrical nature of Helvetica. Cool. (At least for type geeks.)

Found via swissmiss.

Love: Nerdimals Illos

Amanda — Tue, 26 May 2009 23:36:16 +0000

Lauren Gregg’s “Nerdimals” combine lots of my favorite things (cute animals, geekery) in one retro package. Plus they’re called Nerdimals! Love that. Love her. Love the Trekkie, Record Store, and Dungeons and Dragons nerds in particular. Although I have to say, they’re almost too cool for their so-called nerdiness.

Score a geeky friend of your own in Lauren’s Etsy shop.

Cool! Rubik’s Cube Font Generator

Amanda — Wed, 20 May 2009 00:49:14 +0000

Rubik’s cube + typeface + rubber stamps = a whole lot of awesome! Check it out at Creative Review (via notcot).

Another Addictive Font Game

Amanda — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 20:22:59 +0000

Spent way too much time playing the font game this afternoon and not enough time making cards. Oops. Blaming I love Typography.

Love: Periodic Table of Typefaces

Amanda — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:48:32 +0000

Love this Periodic Table of Typefaces (found via swissmiss). The font snob in me is especially delighted to see there’s not a Comic Sans in sight. (Although I suppose if I were truly snobby I wouldn’t have used the word “font.“) I feel like the Periodic Table is getting a little piece of the zeitgeist these days (see: periodic table of sentiments at Pink Loves Brown; these pillows from Orlaville.) I like this science-class chic.

One More Reason to Heart Gmail

Amanda — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 00:18:51 +0000

D’oh tip of the day: I recently realized that I could add any email account to my main Gmail and get all my mail in one place, with automatic labels so I know what came from where. (You can also send from each account.) This isn’t especially earth-shattering, but I can’t tell you how much time it saves me each day. I used to loathe logging in and out of gmail and hotmail morning and night (I have 7 accounts!), and now I can just stay logged in to one. Heaven.

Head to Settings>Accounts>Get email from other accounts to get in on the action yourself.