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Sunday, November 14, 2010

Fonts.

APPLEGOTHIC:

Applegothic is a font that comes as a standard font on all Macs. It is a very clean and simple font. The letters have a horizontal emphasis, both upper or lower case. The characters are very round and have a middle center of gravity. It can sometimes be confused with Ariel. However, compared to Ariel, it is more compact.

ARWEN:

Arwen is a large font in which all of the characters are uppercase. This is a light font, but does have weight on the left-most part of the letter. It does not contain serifs, thus creating a sharp, bold look. The best use of Arwen would be for graphic design purposes.



CALIFORNYA:


Califoryna is based off of 16th century manuscripts. Each character looks handwritten, making each one unique. It is based off of traditional calligraphy, but is more loose and has more character. One might find this more difficult to read than a traditional font. This is best used as a decorative font because of this.

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