The Shaun Hargreaves Info

BBC News - America's homeless resort to tent cities

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:42:21 +0000

BBC News - America's homeless resort to tent cities:

Seriously America, sort your shit out. This is a ridiculous way for people to be living in a developed country.

Photo

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:34:21 +0000

Reblog if you're a pony

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:00:28 +0000

190 million+ notes?
Fffffffffffffff…

America’s failed foreign policy summarized in 2 pictures.

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:59:29 +0000

America’s failed foreign policy summarized in 2 pictures.

Video

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:08:33 +0000

[Flash 10 is required to watch video.]

thedailywhat: Photo of the Day: Members of the Polish...

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:45:02 +0000

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).

[reddit.]

Fox Amoore ft. Ashley Serena - Every River Fox Amoore is an...

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:17:02 +0000

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...

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:25:47 +0000

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

Fotoshop by Adobé on Vimeo

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:29:05 +0000

Fotoshop by Adobé on Vimeo:

by Jesse Rosten, vimeo.com

darkoverord: The Shaun Hargreaves Info: darkoverord: fissiledragon: copernicus-anonywolf: can...

Sat, 07 Jan 2012 21:50:10 +0000

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...

Sat, 07 Jan 2012 20:51:52 +0000

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

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:30:05 +0000

epic4chan:

Monopoly is an old game 画

twiggiestshoe: How do people do that? Does Zelda sound like a...

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 14:47:34 +0000

twiggiestshoe:

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

Thatcher state funeral to be privatised - e-petitions

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 23:25:12 +0000

Thatcher state funeral to be privatised - e-petitions:

“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.”

Election would finish us, Nick Clegg tells Lib Dems - Telegraph

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 09:14:08 +0000

Election would finish us, Nick Clegg tells Lib Dems - Telegraph:

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.

“I drew this for you, Occupy.”

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:53:20 +0000

“I drew this for you, Occupy.”

The English Defense League are a weird bunch.

Sat, 10 Dec 2011 10:56:57 +0000

The English Defense League are a weird bunch.

>:C

Sun, 04 Dec 2011 19:00:44 +0000

>:C

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Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:04:29 +0000

"The right to assembly is being crushed; the Internet is on the verge of censorship; the legislative..."

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:23:13 +0000

“The right to assembly is being crushed; the Internet is on the verge of censorship; the legislative body of the most powerful nation in human history is about to declare pizza a vegetable. We are no longer citizens, we’re the sane inmates in an asylum run by psycopaths and sociopaths.”

- gt5snake, on reddit politics