I feel you, Tep. I've broken up with fonts over their unfortunate ampersands. (And the lack of a real lower case or accented characters is enough to make it a play font rather than a real font. Still, so pretty!)
Cacophony. That's pretty. What's it mean?
Harmony ,'Underneath'
The Minearverse 6: Fiery Thread of Death
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath. Oh, and help us get Terriers dvds!
amych - May 19, 2008 10:32:39 am PDT #954 of 4535
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Polter-Cow - May 19, 2008 10:35:42 am PDT #955 of 4535
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Why are you using it in alpha as opposed to anything else more established?
Oooh, alpha. As in, before beta. I didn't realize there was an alpha. I've never seen alpha software before.
Steph L. - May 19, 2008 10:36:04 am PDT #956 of 4535
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
the lack of a real lower case or accented characters is enough to make it a play font rather than a real font.
I like fonts like that for titling purposes, like ita said. I hate to have too much of a good thing.
Kevin - May 19, 2008 10:37:13 am PDT #957 of 4535
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Tell me more about your font-management software. Why are you using it in alpha as opposed to anything else more established?
'cos it works, and it's free.
amych - May 19, 2008 10:46:19 am PDT #958 of 4535
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I hate to have too much of a good thing.
Oh, absolutely agreed. Among other reasons, I taught too many years of freshman comp to be able to tolerate non-text fonts in large blocks. But I'd rather have the option of lower-case (and as much work as I do with other languages, accents are non-negotiable).
Theresa - May 19, 2008 11:10:09 am PDT #959 of 4535
"What would it take to get your daughter to stop tweeting about this?"
Hmm. I have issues with the question mark.
I hadn't noticed that. The tilting of the question mark is oddly non-assertive. As if it is questioning its right to question.
Not a deal breaker for me though. I still love its neurotic little self.
§ ita § - May 19, 2008 11:17:06 am PDT #960 of 4535
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I've never seen alpha software before.
Toddle around that site and you still might not. They don't make it easy for you--that's the magic of alpha. You don't have to make it easy for anyone. Users are on their own.
hippocampus - May 19, 2008 11:17:59 am PDT #961 of 4535
not your mom's socks.
Chocolate Box...
::looks up from downloading fonts and cackling like a greedy fiend::
huh, wha?
Kevin - May 19, 2008 11:23:32 am PDT #962 of 4535
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
I've written software before an called it alpha. I don't even know what it means, or if there's a definition of it.
My rule is always if it works, I don't care. If it doesn't, me find something else.
Gris - May 19, 2008 11:33:48 am PDT #963 of 4535
Hey. New board.
Is the Font Book software that comes with OS X not considered a basic font manager? You can preview any font installed on your system, create groups of them, check all sizes, type sample sentences...
In fact, the main thing that Orfont thing seems to have that Font Book doesn't is tags. Which, not really a necessity for me.
By the way, I'm now viewing this site in Optima, size 13. It's pretty nice.