Comments on: Sans Illegible http://michaeltorbert.com/blog/sans-illegible/ WordPress Virtuoso Sun, 08 Jan 2012 17:55:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: dominic http://michaeltorbert.com/blog/sans-illegible/comment-page-1/#comment-2135 dominic Thu, 11 Jun 2009 01:39:40 +0000 http://michaeltorbert.com/?p=160#comment-2135 Wow! what an idea ! What a concept ! Beautiful .. Amazing Wow! what an idea ! What a concept ! Beautiful .. Amazing

]]> By: Michael http://michaeltorbert.com/blog/sans-illegible/comment-page-1/#comment-2076 Michael Sun, 07 Jun 2009 02:27:31 +0000 http://michaeltorbert.com/?p=160#comment-2076 When I originally wrote this post it was free, now you have to pay a little I guess. When I originally wrote this post it was free, now you have to pay a little I guess.

]]> By: One Fine Jay http://michaeltorbert.com/blog/sans-illegible/comment-page-1/#comment-2075 One Fine Jay Sun, 07 Jun 2009 02:22:20 +0000 http://michaeltorbert.com/?p=160#comment-2075 Back in 2002 Chris Pirillo's blog used his handwriting rendered using Macromedia Fontographer and scanned samples of his handwriting using all characters. It was a pretty tedious process and for $8.50 it does make sense to pay someone else to do it. That said, dyed-in-the-wool, formally trained graphic designers and typophiles seethe at the idea of converting handwriting into typefaces. I say they can kiss my butt. <abbr><em>One Fine Jay’s last blog post..<a href="http://onefinejay.com/2009/06/03/futureproofing-the-economics-of-scale" rel="nofollow">Futureproofing: the economics of scale</a></abbr></em> Back in 2002 Chris Pirillo’s blog used his handwriting rendered using Macromedia Fontographer and scanned samples of his handwriting using all characters. It was a pretty tedious process and for $8.50 it does make sense to pay someone else to do it.

That said, dyed-in-the-wool, formally trained graphic designers and typophiles seethe at the idea of converting handwriting into typefaces. I say they can kiss my butt.

One Fine Jay’s last blog post..Futureproofing: the economics of scale

]]> By: Any Fontmakers out there? - Page 2 - WordPress Tavern Forum http://michaeltorbert.com/blog/sans-illegible/comment-page-1/#comment-1793 Any Fontmakers out there? - Page 2 - WordPress Tavern Forum Tue, 26 May 2009 20:44:10 +0000 http://michaeltorbert.com/?p=160#comment-1793 [...] is awesome, though no longer free. Good thing I used it to make http://michaeltorbert.com/blog/sans-illegible/ a while back already. :) For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and [...] [...] is awesome, though no longer free. Good thing I used it to make http://michaeltorbert.com/blog/sans-illegible/ a while back already. :) For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and [...]

]]> By: Michael http://michaeltorbert.com/blog/sans-illegible/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Michael Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:09:02 +0000 http://michaeltorbert.com/?p=160#comment-30 Yes, that's what I used. Yes, that’s what I used.

]]> By: Spamboy http://michaeltorbert.com/blog/sans-illegible/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Spamboy Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:28:33 +0000 http://michaeltorbert.com/?p=160#comment-29 Perhaps something like the following: <a href="http://www.yourfonts.com/" target="_blank">http://www.yourfonts.com/</a> Perhaps something like the following: http://www.yourfonts.com/

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