November 9, 2011 – 2:29 PM
If you’re like me and need a bit of inspiration to get your creativity going, then FontShop has great archives you should check out.
Our Gallery has a curated collection of typefaces being used in the real world and is categorized based on the type of projects those images fall into. For example, you can choose to view all the images for packaging if you wanted. You can even submit images to our gallery using the bookmarklet tool.
If you ever missed a newsletter from FontShop or accidentally deleted one you were saving, don’t fret! We’ve stored all of our previous FontShop Newsletters here. Sign up to receive them, if you haven’t already. You don’t want to miss our Best of 2011 (and don’t forget to submit your suggestions for the chance to win a FontBook app for iPad).
Our education page is a favorite resource for students and educators. It provides typographic tips available in PDFs that you can download for free, which is nice when you need to brush up on terms.
Hope you enjoy our archives. Are we missing anything that may be useful to you? Let us know in the comments.
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November 3, 2011 – 12:09 PM
It’s never too early to think about purchasing a gift for a loved one this holiday season and sometimes trying to find something for the creative individual on your list can be daunting. So how about purchasing a license for a typeface on their want list?
For example, I’m purchasing Filmotype Gay OT for a friend and I want to make sure that the license is under their name. Once I’ve placed the product in my cart and entered the payment information, I’ll be taken to the order confirmation page where I can change the license. 
Looks like the license is still in my name, so I’ll have to change it. And once that’s done I’ll be all set to purchase the license.
Since the font isn’t licensed to me, I’ll have to download the zip file with a copy of the EULA to give to my friend. Wasn’t that easy? Now the hard part is narrowing down the typefaces you want to license!
October 27, 2011 – 12:06 PM
If you’re starting your project, you’ll want to think about where you will want your typeface to live. Do you want to create mobile applications for the iPhone? Will you need to spruce up your website? Are you creating marketing materials or graphics for a product? So many questions, but hopefully I can help you sort out the type of license you’ll need with this brief overview of what FontShop offers.
When viewing our site you’ll see three types of licenses: Desktop, Web, and Mobile. A desktop license allows a font to live on your computer. The software is installed on your system so that you can use that font in various programs, such as MS Office or Adobe Creative Suite. Most desktops licenses do not allow you to include the font software on your website or mobile app, so additional licenses are needed.
Web licenses allow your fonts to live on your website using the CSS @font-face rule. Fonts that are made for the web can be in different formats, with the most common being WOFF. You can view all webfonts available here.
Mobile licenses are the latest addition and will allow a developer to include fonts into an app. The best part of a mobile license is that once the developers are licensed, they are not limited to the number of apps they can create and the license is perpetual, just like web and desktop licenses. Also, Mobile Fonts have web and desktop counter parts.
October 21, 2011 – 4:31 PM
We know you’re busy and the Internet is a crowded place, so we’ll try to give you a little reminder on Fridays of what’s going on out there. Below please find five recent FontShop-related threads that you may have missed.
TYPO London 2011 “Places”
Can’t make it to Typo London? Don’t fret! Follow @typoconf and #typo11 via Twitter to get updates from the conference. There are also two live streams scheduled for each day.
Mobile and Web FontFonts
With the introduction of Mobile FontFonts, you can now move your online brand to mobile.
New Foundry, New Fonts, and ISTD 2011 Award Winners
Read the latest newsletter to find out who won and then visit our new foundry, psType.
Tip Roundup
Have you been following Theresa’s Tips? If not, then here’s your chance to catch up! Read it here.
On the FontFeed
Yves Peters covers “French Advertising Alphabets from 1946“.
Friday Five Fonts: Neplus Ultra OT by psType and FF Dagny by FontFont
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October 20, 2011 – 7:45 PM
It’s time to highlight and link to all the previous tips, so if you haven’t been following them then here’s what you’ve missed. We started with brief introduction to the formats that FontShop offers then delved into three features of the site: History, Favorites, and the Shopping Cart.
We kept the ball rolling with an overview of the tabs you see on a product page that allow you to view specimens and even similar typefaces.
There is even a way to see if the typeface you want to license supports a specific language.
And if you’ve been following my tips you should now know where to find licenses, get an overview of your shopping cart, and obtain a quote.
One more thing, the My Account section is another area that is overlooked, so we covered that as well. Why? Because FontShop stores all your account information here and if you wanted to change a password, view your license agreement, or download your fonts again then you can.
We also have a Help Desk, where we go over common questions customers have asked us in the past. Now you’re up to date with all the previous post.
October 14, 2011 – 6:03 PM
We know you’re busy and the Internet is a crowded place, so we’ll try to give you a little reminder on Fridays of what’s going on out there. Please find below five recent FontShop-related threads that you may have missed.
Octmobilefest is here
FontShop International introduced Mobile FontFonts for iOS Apps. Check them out at MobileFontFonts.com, then bookmark the Mobile Fonts list on FontShop.
New Typefaces
David Sudweeks recaps the fonts joining our library in September.
Language Support
Theresa’s Tips takes you through the steps of finding out if a typeface supports a specific language.
On the FontFeed
Read ScreenFonts, the monthly review of movie poster typography.
KernType
Have you read about KernType? Try it out over the weekend and tweet @FontShop your score!
Friday Five Fonts: FF Karbid and FF Karbid Slab by FontFont
October 13, 2011 – 12:42 PM
Here’s a few tips to see if the typeface you want to license supports a specific language. Make sure you have a phrase or simple word in the characters you need in hand. For example, let’s find out if FF DIN Regular supports Cyrillic characters! The first step is to search for the typeface and then change the custom text to the characters you need supported. Right away we can see that only the PRO version of FF DIN Regular is rendering the text.
From there you can go to the product page and check out the entire Character Set. Typically if a font supports additional languages you’ll see multiple pages that show all the glyphs. In this case, FF DIN Pro Regular has four pages and contains 887 Glyphs that you can view.
Because I’m a triple check kinda of person, I want to go through the pages of the Character Set to make sure the glyphs I need are there.
Done! Everything looks good and now I know that I can create documents in Cyrillic using FF DIN Pro Regular.
October 6, 2011 – 3:06 PM
Every time you log on to FontShop, you’ll see a My Account link on the top right hand menu. We’ll go over the different features tucked into this section of our site.
The first section of the My Account link is your basic information. If you need to change your name, password, or email address then just hit edit.
Hitting edit will take you to fields that you can modify. For example if you forget your password and need to change it after we provide you with a temporary one, then this is where you can create a new password. Don’t forget to hit save!
FontShop also stores the information of your previous purchases. Choosing an order ID number will take you to a one page summary of the license you purchased.
The best part of this section is that you can download a copy of the fonts you recently licensed if you need them again. We even store your Typekit voucher code, just in case you change your mind and decide not to self host your own webfonts.
September 29, 2011 – 11:26 AM
Have you visited our Help section yet? We’ve filled it with answers to common questions customers have asked in the past. Just click on the HELP link, located on the top right corner of FontShop.com, and you’ll zip on over to the site.
Here are just a few questions we’ve answered:
When and how will I get my fonts after I buy them?
How do I install my fonts?
Are all FontShop fonts available for the web?
Just visit our Help section if you need a quick answer to your question before you purchase a license or submit a request for topics you’d like for us to go over. Also, the Ultimate Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, The Universe, and Everything is 42.
September 23, 2011 – 5:21 PM
We know you’re busy and the Internet is a crowded place, so we’ll try to give you a little reminder on Fridays of what’s going on out there. Please find below five recent FontShop-related threads that you may have missed.
Purchasing Tips
This week’s Theresa’s Tips highlights three areas you should pay attention to before you license a font.
Conference Wrap Up
Our SF staff share their impressions from the Brand New Conference in San Francisco, while Yves Peters covers ATypI in Iceland.
On the FontFeed
Read ScreenFonts, the monthly review of movie poster typography.
New Newsletter
Did you miss our latest newsletter on Wednesday? Read it here.
New Foundries and Typefaces
Visit the new additions to our foundry list: Storm Type Foundry and Astype.
Friday Five Fonts: Reklame by HvD Fonts and Secca by Astype
September 21, 2011 – 5:39 PM
Before your purchase, pay attention to these three things: Licenses, Your Cart, and Quotes. We will use FF Meta as the example and start with Licenses.
End User License Agreements, EULAs for short, are rules to follow when you want to use a font. You’ll want to keep in mind that you are not purchasing the typeface itself, but a license to use the font software. Because we have 100+ foundries that have their own EULA and you might not want to read every single one, we added a shortcut to a product’s EULA at the bottom of their page.
Your Cart keeps track of the number fonts you’ve added and the subtotal provided is the cost of a basic EULA. The most recent additions to your cart will be shown, up to five, and are linked to the product page. Just hit View Cart to see all the fonts you’ve added.
Quotes are easily obtained once you’ve added the items you need to purchase to the cart. Fonts are licensed in blocks of users, you will have to enter the number of computers that you will need to support, and the cart will automatically calculate your subtotal. The default number of users is the cost of a basic EULA.
If your company is growing, you can always extend your license to support additional computers by contacting us. We’ll also answer any additional questions you may have before your purchase. Whew! That was a lot to cover.
September 14, 2011 – 5:31 PM
For every product page on FontShop.com you’ll see three tabs: Specimen, Gallery, & Fonts Like This. These tabs are helpful product guides which can inspire potential use. Let me walk you through them using Estilo Script as the example. We’ll start with the Specimen tab.
Within the Specimen tab there are three choices: Display Sample, Text Sample, and Character Set.
Display Sample will show how your typeface will look at Display sizes. The text is a static, but you can see how the typefaces will behave in larger sizes.
Text Sample will display the typeface in a paragraph.
Character Set will show every glyph that is available within the font that you’ve selected. A small arrow within the glyph’s box will appear if there are alternates available for that character. Click the arrow to preview the alternates.
Gallery provides real world examples submitted by our customers and staff.
Fonts Like This is our hidden gem. Here you’ll find alternate typefaces that have similar qualities. If you ever need an alternate to Helvetica, its just a tab away!
September 9, 2011 – 5:11 PM
Arguably we had them first. Web FontFonts were the first set of commercially available faces adapted to screen and licensed for web use in the now popular @font-face formats WOFF and EOT lite.
Oh yeah?
Yeah. And, if you don’t want to host the fonts yourself, it’s easier than you think to let our partner Typekit do it for you.
And. Our Web FontFont license now includes comp fonts for designing in popular programs like Illustrator.
How does the licensing work?
It’s based on estimated page views. Here’s what your options at checkout look like:
For details, download a copy of our current webfont license. Peruse our selection of webfonts here: Web FontFonts.
September 7, 2011 – 5:50 PM
Over the next few weeks, I’ll be guiding you through the features of Fontshop.com – both new and old. I’ll start with the basics: a brief overview of the browsing icons you’ll see through our site.
When you are browsing for typefaces, you will always see three icons throughout the site: History, Favorites, and the Shopping Cart. I recommend that you always log in to your account so that you get the benefits of all three features.
History takes you to your list of all the typefaces that you have browsed through on FontShop. So if you ever needed to search for a typeface that you saw last week, then it should be available here.
Favorites are your own selection of fonts that you’ve starred while browsing the site and can tag to sort them based on project, style, or anything you wish.
Shopping Cart keeps all your potential purchases in one area and if you need to get a quick quote based on the number of users and format, you can do it all here.
The custom sample tool bar found on product pages lets you change background and text color of a typeface and view all the OpenType features a font has. Use the legend below to help you browse your favorite fonts!
August 31, 2011 – 5:29 PM
Welcome to a new series from Theresa at our Sales & Support Desk. Any support questions you want answered in the future? Let us know in the comments section.
When purchasing fonts, you want to make sure that you choose the correct format. Here’s a brief overview of the different formats that we have available at FontShop.
OpenType fonts are cross-platform and will work on both Macs and PCs. This format is best used with applications that support OpenType features, such as InDesign. Some OpenType fonts are created with PostScript metrics and others are created with TrueType metrics. Postscript flavored OpenType have .otf ending while TrueType flavored OpenType have .ttf endings.
TrueType fonts will also work on both Macs and PCs. Certain Windows-based applications, such as MS Office, work best with this format because these applications have limited OpenType support.
PostScript fonts only work on either a Mac or a PC, not both. This format is also referred to as Type 1 font. It is an older format that can be difficult to install in newer operating systems.
Webfonts come in EOT/WOFF formats, which use @font-face to embed the font into your site.
To make things easier we’ve added icons on all our products so that you know what format a typeface is available in. Use the guide below to help you navigate through our site.
To learn more about formats visit Help Topics/ Font Format Questions
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