thedailywhat:

Photo of the Day: Members of the Polish opposition party Palikot’s Movement held up Guy Fawkes masks in the Sejm today to protest their government’s recent passage of the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA).

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Fox Amoore ft. Ashley Serena - Every River

Fox Amoore is an amazing composer and you should listen to his music.

Supporters and opponents of the SOPA/PIPA bills, before and after yesterday’s web blackout.

by Jesse Rosten, vimeo.com

darkoverord:

The Shaun Hargreaves Info: darkoverord: fissiledragon: copernicus-anonywolf: can someone explain…

darkoverord:

fissiledragon:

copernicus-anonywolf:

can someone explain why the fuck i have to search for helvetica instead of it being standard? what is this bullshit sorcery?

It’s because Microsoft developed Arial as a Helvetica look-alike that they wouldn’t have to pay…

But I’d hardly say in the days where digital rescaling is easy as heck that it’s not actually that hard to do anymore it’s applicable to charge thousands for a font :|

A real type designer does not just rescale a font using a computer, such things are unsuitable 99% of the time as it would not take into account inkwells, scaling, x-heights, etc. In practically all cases, different type weights are all made from scratch.

That means redrawing - usually by hand, and later digitally - the same 50 to several hundred characters for every weight (ultra light, thin, light, roman/regular, medium, bold, heavy, black) and variation (ultra condensed to ultra expanded, and any number of iterations in-between)… and then you have to do it in italics too.

The world of typography is a deep and long-running one, and very few people actually have the specialised skills to create an amazing typeface.

darkoverord:

fissiledragon:

copernicus-anonywolf:

can someone explain why the fuck i have to search for helvetica instead of it being standard? what is this bullshit sorcery?

It’s because Microsoft developed Arial as a Helvetica look-alike that they wouldn’t have to pay licencing fees on.

Now, why fonts are so fucking expensive to use, I don’t know… the fact that they want people to pay $50 per weight (reaching in to the thousands for a font like Helvetica) is utterly ludicrous.

Because Fonts, along with Software in general, is still marketed towards big businesses as opposed to actual users still. :V

Also fonts take an incredible amount of time, skill and specialisation to create, especially a typeface such as Helvetica - with weights and variations ranging into the hundreds and applications in the millions, it’s a type system that has taken literally decades to create.

epic4chan:

Monopoly is an old game  画

twiggiestshoe:

How do people do that? Does Zelda sound like a boys name? No.

“In keeping with the great lady’s legacy, Margaret Thatcher’s state funeral should be funded and managed by the private sector to offer the best value and choice for end users and other stakeholders.”

The Liberal Democrats would cease to exist as a party if they brought down the Coalition over Europe and triggered an early election, Nick Clegg warned his MPs last night.