Category Archives: Typography

Why I’m not a fan of ClearType

By Sharpy | Published: May 20, 2010

A quick comparison of how different the amazing font Inconsolata looks in Mac OS X versus Windows. (Spoiler: not so amazing in Windows.)

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Waxing thematic

By Sharpy | Published: October 27, 2009
So. Whilst visiting imjustcreative.com I read this post about WordPress themes which lead me to this article—a list of some pretty cool minimalist/typographical designs. I couldn’t go past this one: Wu Wei, by Jeff Ngan. There’s just something about the gorgeous, chunky Helvetica (well, actually it’s Helvetica Neue—if you have a Mac you’ll be seeing [...]
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Safari just got better

By Sharpy | Published: July 22, 2009

I’ve spoken before about the reasons I like OS X so much. But who am I kidding? I’m sure the real reason is that Apple just knows how to make things look pretty. Therefore, an entire post about font smoothing. When will Microsoft catch up?

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Donald Knuth, the Mac, and practical typography

By Sharpy | Published: July 20, 2009
You could call me any combination of fussy, perfectionist, OCD or just plain anal when it comes to matters of typography. I wasn’t always this way—at least not about matters of type. I think the root cause of my problem is that I’m an intuitive learner. I can’t stand to learn things by rote and [...]
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