Posted: May 2nd, 2008 | Author: John del Rosario | Filed under: Art and Design, Random, Web, Web Design | Tags: Cool Sites, Internet, Web | No Comments »
May 1st just went by, and all the participants now have their rebooted sites up. There must be at least a hundred participants for this. I registered on the site last month, just for kicks, but I never really got around to making my site.
Head on over to the site and have a look at all the new sites that went up at the same time, and cast your votes for your favorite.
http://www.may1reboot.com/2008/
Posted: April 15th, 2008 | Author: John del Rosario | Filed under: Art and Design, Computer Graphics, Random, Web, Web Design | Tags: Cool Sites, Typography, Web | No Comments »
Here’s a cool site. It’s main feature is an RIA that allows you to create fonts and share it with the community. That’s right, creating fonts online for free. I am so impressed with what people can do with the web these days.
You could create any font you could imagine. From simple pixel fonts, to dingbat style fonts.
The gallery is very impressive. There’s some really nice fonts there, all created with FontStruct and free to download and use. You could even “clone” someone else’s work. To download a font, click on the font name or double-click on the preview.
The application itself is a work of art. Its interface is very intuitive, its tools adequate, and it’s just so comfortable playing/working with it. You could save your work, it even has hotkeys for undo, redo, tool selection, etc. Although you are limited to the “bricks” provided, they are more than enough to create a wide variety of fonts.
Go to http://fontstruct.fontshop.com/ to get started in creating your own fonts. You need to register for free though to use the fontstructor and download fonts.
