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.
Inara: So, explain to me again why Zoe wasn't in the dress? Mal: Tactics, woman. Needed her in the back. 'Sides, those soft cotton dresses feel kinda nice. It's the whole... air-flow.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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!
§ ita § - May 19, 2008 11:17:06 am PDT #960 of 4535
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
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.
Steph L. - May 19, 2008 11:35:08 am PDT #964 of 4535
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
I'm now viewing this site in Optima, size 13. It's pretty nice.
An excellent choice.
Invisible Green - May 19, 2008 11:39:08 am PDT #965 of 4535
I've broken up with fonts over their unfortunate ampersands.
Couldn't you just write the word "and?"
amych - May 19, 2008 11:40:07 am PDT #966 of 4535
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
But then I'd have one less thing to curmudgeonate about!
Ginger - May 19, 2008 12:03:22 pm PDT #967 of 4535
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
::looks up from downloading fonts and cackling like a greedy fiend::
I've broken up with fonts over their unfortunate ampersands.
I am Sox and amych at the same time. I like ampersands in certain kinds of titles and some fonts have dreadful ampersands.
Steph L. - May 19, 2008 12:07:12 pm PDT #968 of 4535
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
I like ampersands in certain kinds of titles
This. Procter & Gamble notwithstanding (the ampersand IS part of their name), sometimes the word "and" is not what you want. And an unwieldy ampersand is so depressing.
§ ita § - May 19, 2008 12:34:07 pm PDT #969 of 4535
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Is the Font Book software that comes with OS X not considered a basic font manager?
It's definitely a step up from what Windows offers. I'm not as up to speed over on that side of the world.
This has made me grab demo font managers and install them on my work PC so I can peer at my folders of fonts I've carried with me for years. For some strange reason I've kept them on a CD reasonably nearby (and nowadays thumb drive) just in case of a font emergency--I have 1400 and growing fonts to choose from. I'll be there for you.