Dec 7 2010
Helvetica vs. Arial app
Surprisingly fun for such a simple app.
Free from the app store.
Before playing, you might want to read ILT’s Arial vs. Helvetica.
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Chris Hester
Shouldn’t this be on the home page? Or is it a secret link only found at the bottom of the Codex type article? :-)
Dec 14, 2010
Chris Hester
My apologies - I didn’t realise there was a whole lot more content under FONT NEWS. (Just when I thought I’d seen every page of your amazing blog!)
Dec 15, 2010
johno
Chris:
It’s a good question. I think many are unaware of the separate Type News section (and it’s not part of the regular RSS feed. That will be fixed in the grand ILT redesign.
Dec 15, 2010