Re: Bembo for the web?
erin malone <[email protected]> Mon, 13 Sep 2010 12:38:05 -0700
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --===============1672723090== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------070901070302050003090907" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------070901070302050003090907 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Have you looked at what's available through TypeKit - for web - and then Adobe or Font Shop for print? The font houses can show you samples of what things look like at different sizes. TypeKit is a new service that let's you use real fonts online rather then the handful of those across most machines. http://typekit.com/ http://www.fontshop.com/ http://www.adobe.com/type/?promoid=DJDZB Erin Susan N. Smith wrote: > My son's start-up boss admires the font on a book from the NY Metropolitan > Museum. I was able to use my Bringhurst book to figure out that it was Bembo; > unfortunately, it's a private form of Bembo that is used only by Yale > University Press and its cohorts. > > The start-up would like to use the font for all kinds of applications, web, > paper, etc. I found a few things on the web saying that the font didn't scale > well when enlarged. My question for you is, is that info the last word? Is > there a good quality, scalable Bembo out there somewhere? > > Thanks for any info you can share! > > Sue Smith > > _________ > Sue (Susan N.) Smith, PhD > Business Communication > Eller College of Management > The University of Arizona > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers: > [email protected] > > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit: > http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe > > For all Information Design matters: > http://InformationDesign.org > > Problems? Write to: > [email protected] > ___________________________________________________________________ > -- Erin Malone designer :: writer :: photographer blog: http://emdezine.com/deziningInteractions photos: http://erinmalone.com zine: http://withoutlenses.com biz: http://tangible-ux.com twitter: emalone flickr: http://www.flickr.com/erinmalone I wrote a book: Designing Social Interfaces Learn more here: book: http://designingsocialinterfaces.com Buy it here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0596154925/emdesign --------------070901070302050003090907 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff"> Have you looked at what's available through TypeKit - for web - and then Adobe or Font Shop for print? The font houses can show you samples of what things look like at different sizes. TypeKit is a new service that let's you use real fonts online rather then the handful of those across most machines.<br> <br> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://typekit.com/">http://typekit.com/</a><br> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.fontshop.com/">http://www.fontshop.com/</a><br> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.adobe.com/type/?promoid=DJDZB">http://www.adobe.com/type/?promoid=DJDZB</a><br> <br> Erin<br> <br> Susan N. Smith wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:[email protected]" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">My son's start-up boss admires the font on a book from the NY Metropolitan Museum. I was able to use my Bringhurst book to figure out that it was Bembo; unfortunately, it's a private form of Bembo that is used only by Yale University Press and its cohorts. The start-up would like to use the font for all kinds of applications, web, paper, etc. I found a few things on the web saying that the font didn't scale well when enlarged. My question for you is, is that info the last word? Is there a good quality, scalable Bembo out there somewhere? Thanks for any info you can share! Sue Smith _________ Sue (Susan N.) Smith, PhD Business Communication Eller College of Management The University of Arizona ___________________________________________________________________ Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe">http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe</a> For all Information Design matters: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://InformationDesign.org">http://InformationDesign.org</a> Problems? Write to: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> ___________________________________________________________________ </pre> </blockquote> <br> <div class="moz-signature">-- <br> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> <title></title> Erin Malone<br> designer :: writer :: photographer<br> <br> blog: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://emdezine.com/deziningInteractions">http://emdezine.com/deziningInteractions</a><br> photos: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://erinmalone.com">http://erinmalone.com</a><br> zine: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://withoutlenses.com">http://withoutlenses.com</a><br> biz: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://tangible-ux.com">http://tangible-ux.com</a><br> twitter: emalone<br> flickr: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.flickr.com/erinmalone">http://www.flickr.com/erinmalone</a><br> <br> I wrote a book: Designing Social Interfaces<br> Learn more here: book: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://designingsocialinterfaces.com">http://designingsocialinterfaces.com</a><br> Buy it here: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0596154925/emdesign">http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0596154925/emdesign</a><br> <br> </div> </body> </html> --------------070901070302050003090907-- --===============1672723090== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline ___________________________________________________________________ Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers: [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit: http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe For all Information Design matters: http://InformationDesign.org Problems? 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