ie6fixer - onderhond.com

ie6fixer - onderhond.com:

Do you hate developing for IE6 as much as I do? Here's a great tool that'll take your CSS sheet and include IE6 hacks. Check it out.

Carmen OT | FontShop

Carmen OT | Font Download | FontShop:

I just got an email from our friends over at Fontshop.com about the new and notables, and this beauty caught my eye.

Carmen is a gorgeous, romantic typeface. As you can see, there is a ch ligature. I was really charmed by this, so I looked at what else there was. This gem has some great ones up its sleeve. There is of course the standard ff, fi, ffi, and ffl. But there's also ft and st. Oh, and ch, ck, cl, and ct. Oh yeah, and there's ffj, fft, fh, fj, ft, fh, and alternates for fi, fl, and ff. Also, sh, sk, sl, and sp. Lastly, there's a tt alternate.



The text figures are gorgeous (take a look at the 5), there are some good and useful ornamentals, and great language support.

Lastly, it's a package of three fonts (text, italic, and display) in OpenType format for only $85. Unfortunately, they're not available separately, but this is a gorgeous typeface for a great price.

Lessons in Graphic Design Theory

Lessons in Graphic Design Theory:

50 Totally Free Lessons in Graphic Design Theory, by Danny Outlaw.

Check out these tutorials. There are a few good ones on typography, especially web typography.

(Via swissmiss.)

---- Sagmeister, Inc. ----

I came across Stefan Sagmeister's site today and decided to check out some old work.

I'm completely overcome by some of his work, particularly this one. Here is the description:

"A poster advertising design exhibitions in Osaka and Tokyo with a classic before/after situation. The top picture shows Stefan Sagmeister at 178 pounds, the bottom picture shows him one week later, having consumed all the shown food items and gained 25 pounds. Not an enjoyable binge."

You see, I tended to think that the most important designers today were people like Experimental Jetset, who - get this - make posters using Helvetica differently.

But I digress. This is not to downplay the importance of EJ, who does do amazing, eye-catching, and industry-changing work. However, for someone like Sagmeister to do a photo shoot using his own body as a prop and gaining weight (which, by the way, if you haven't been reading the newspapers, is something looked down upon in today's society) to express the meaning, is simply revolutionary.

I think many more people would be doing work like this if they weren't scared of what the client would think.

Google's April Fools

Gmail Autopilot

I love Google and their sense of humor. Last year, they did Gmail Custom Time, which was awesome.

This year, they're rolling out Gmail Autopilot, a one-day-only prank from our friends at Google Labs. According to them, the idea is to calibrate your writing style, and Gmail will read and respond to emails for you.

The more Gmail messages Autopilot can sample, the better. With fewer than 100 messages, there may not be enough data to calibrate Autopilot effectively. You can adjust tone, typo propensity, and preferred punctuation from the Autopilot tab under Settings.

Awesome job, guys.

(Via Google Labs.)

How Do You Feel About the Economy?

NY Times Interactive Feature: How Do You Feel About the Economy?:

Monday's Interactive Feature over at nytimes.com was spectacular. Take a look at the screenshot. The idea is to display the state of the nation in single word increments. The words you see slide to the right to let in new responses. You respond by clicking on a word and pressing submit or typing a new word and choosing whether you are currently employed or unemployed.

Give it a shot - I'm not sure how long it'll be up, but it's a great marriage of concept, aesthetic, and execution.