Wow. I’d really like to see the latest posts on the home page to be diplayed in that face ;-)
Before everyone gets their panties in a bunch… :)
The Featured Face on Typophile is a very unique way for designers to showcase their work in a dynamic environment, very different from your standard specimen. The typeface will be changing on a regular basis, so get used to it :) This feature has always been part of the design (since the redesign of 2005), but we are now taking it by the horns and have placed a selection of fonts into rotation.
We are really excited to bring a fresh face to Typophile every so often, and hopefully you will enjoy seeing some new favorites splashed all over your screen. If anyone has interest in taking advantage of this feature, let us know!
I don't think they're bitmaps, it looks to be a sIFR-like solution.
Yes, the home page and global header navigation and page titles are all Flash, so the text renders on the fly.
The headers look good in Super Duty. Typeco is in the house.
> Not loving this new font at all
Live a little. I think it is a great way to feature fonts that some of the members have created.
How often is the face going to rotate? If there are enough entries, then I'd suggest one month between changes.
This is a good way to expose members to new faces. (Is someone going to keep a record, perhaps in the wiki, of featured faces? That would be useful in the future when you remember a font from a few years back, but can't remember the name.)
The fonts being displayed are from type designers and foundries that are directly (financially) supporting Typophile in exchange for what we think is some nice, blanketed exposure throughout Typophile. So, we owe a thanks in a more explicit way to Carl Crossgrove and Typeco for helping out in that fashion (ahem, buy their fonts). Our aim is to have the sponsored face rotate on a very regular (monthly) basis.
So, just when you'll be getting used to reading Super Duty, you can expect us to change it.
Please email typophile [at] punchcut [dot] com if you'd like to receive an advertising/sponsorship rate sheet.
Chris, you are a poster-making machine this week! :-) Nice going!
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