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I found this java application that tags text entered into a box or an rss feed and generates a design. Shame the fonts are limited to free ones but the concept is cool.

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Universal Type Server from Extensis, is a next generation server-based font management solution for Macintosh and Windows environments. The font server application lineup is designed to handle all font-related issues in font-intensive workflows and offers simple server and user administration via web-based applications; a “stable and fast” Java-based server with a secure SQL backend; active Directory integration for enterprise networks, support for both Mac and Windows clients support for mobile users; font license tracking; fast type activation; automatic font previews and organization, and native support for Intel-based and PPC-based Macs. Universal Type Server will be available in three editions: Universal Type Server Lite, Professional and Corporate editions.

To be launched in spring 2008 according to the site. Hmm, for me it’s already summer. But I guess this is the solution for creative teams, and I just can’t wait to try it out.

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This is just brilliant! This has not yet been formally announced, but it’s fully functional and open to all. FontStruct is a free font-building tool from the retailer of digital type, FontShop. FontStruct lets you quickly and easily create fonts constructed out of geometrical shapes, which are arranged in a grid pattern, like tiles or bricks. You create ‘FontStructions’ using the ‘FontStructor’ font editor. Once you’re done building, FontStruct generates high-quality TrueType fonts, ready to use in any Mac or Windows application.

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Dropclock is an aesthetically intriguing motion clock screensaver from Tha.ltd. Every minute of real time is numerically expressed with heavy Helvetica dropping into water in super slow-motion. Spotted at Reform & Revolution.

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Meek FM is an interpretation of type as sound. Using new software and the M.E.E.K. typographic synthesizer, the musician/designer develops sounds and typographic visuals in parallel.


Thanks to MLA!

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FONTSELF is a type project about handwriting and drawn writing. It provides the ability to create fonts that preserves the gestures of a given handwriting and the original look of the drawing appliance (ball-point pen, pencil, ink, paper, etc.).

Thanks to MLA.

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Typo Sketch. vvvv generated typography.

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Typotransformat will enable you to extract and break apart subtile content of text - to show its very semantic subtility.

Via: Swiss Legacy

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Wow! Scriptographer is a very useful plugin for Adobe Illustrator.
“Scriptographer is a scripting plugin for Adobe Illustrator™. It gives the user the possibility to extend Illustrator’s functionality by the use of the JavaScript language.”

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Ok, so this is old news in a world where everything happens in minutes. I was at a friends home last night and followed the Live blogs from Apple Keynote. The MacBook Air is born. Thin as hell and with a crisp look. Other noteworthy things were the introduction of Time Capsule, movie rentals and upgrades to iPhone and iPod Touch.

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Compare screen type with the great Online application Typetester. “The Typetester is an online application for comparison of the fonts for the screen. Its’ primary role is to make web designer’s life easier.”.

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