Chinese New Year Couplets – Ideas for Year of the Horse 2014
Choosing Chinese fonts for Chinese New Year Couplets Chinese couplet is called “Duilian”, “Duizi”. The couplet for Chinese Spring Festival is called “Chunlian” (春联). The first line is called upper couplet which is put up or hung on the right side of the front door and the other is called lower couplet which is placed […]
Read moreFonts in Focus – Metro Nova
Metro Nova. A rediscovered classic with a new look With Metro® Nova type designer Toshi Omagari is presenting a revival of the classic font, Metro, designed in the 1920’s and 30’s by William Addison Dwiggins. The rediscovery of the original design thus shows a facet of the popular font, which has been largely unknown until […]
Read moreBestselling Fonts of all times
FB Agenda – recommended for Newspaper, Magazine, Web and Corporate use Designed by Greg Thompson, Agenda offers a high-style alternative to the contemporary Swiss sans. Agenda is a fresh humanist sanserif inspired by Edward Johnston’s magnificent London Underground face, drawn in 1916. Italics in particular are vital styles of their own, forming interesting alternatives to […]
Read moreNew fonts by Fontyou
Fontyou is a new Paris-based initiative with an ambitious plan, that is finding new ways to design and produce fonts. Using online tools, Fontyou establishes fruitful relationships between people with complementary skills — lettering artists, type designers, font technicians, and more. The outcome: something that’s greater than the sum of the parts — collaborative font […]
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Singapore Grand Prix: 2013 Formula 1 Night Race
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Read moreReuters Pictures: Animals Receiving Acupuncture
Images of various animals undergoing acupuncture therapy. To receive Reuters picture packages for publishing purpose, please contact alt.TYPE
Read moreHandwriting, Calligraphic and Script fonts
Handwriting, calligraphic and script fonts from Linotype, Monotype, Bitstream, Fontfont, Scholtz, Hallmark, Sudtipos, Emily Lime, Bomparte and Kimberley Geswein. Font enquiries: please email info@alttype.com.sg
Read moreStylized Chinese Fonts – great for branding and logo design
Featuring M Ellan, M Elle and M Razor from Chinatype Design/Monotype: Simplified Chinese Fonts Syle M Elle is available in three styles – Light, Medium and XBold. To test sample text, click here. M Razor is available only in one style – XBold To test sample text, click here. M Ellan is available only in […]
Read moreIntroducing App+ Fontfonts : Easy licensing for mobile apps, editable documents & hardware
Licensing fonts on additional platforms such as mobile phones, computer games or other hardware used to be a costly affair. Now with App+ Fontfont, you can choose your favourite font from the world’s largest collection of original, unique and contemporary typefaces at affordable prices. Whether you want to use FF DIN in a mobile app, enhance […]
Read moreKorean Fonts
YD Gothic 100 YD Gothic 100 family is the most common font used in Korea. It is ranked first place in designer preference and customer preference. YD Gothic 100 is a clean and legible modern sans serif typeface. Its monolinear simple structure givesYD Gothic 100 it a kind of stable feeling, are functional, clean and […]
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