The Potential of Web Typography

Firefox 3.5 is out now- go get that sucker!

The Mozilla Japan team asked that Craig Mod and I jointly write and design this demo page of what is now possible using Firefox's new @font-face, a CSS rule implemented in Firefox's latest 3.5 release which allows web designers to reference fonts not installed on end user machines.

(In other words: it allows web designers to store fonts on their server and reference them in CSS , regardless of what fonts the user browsing the page has installed.)

Look at it in Firefox- it is designed for that. It looks OK enough in Safari, but we'd rather have you see it in all its glory. Click around a bit and see what the future of typography for the web looks like....

We lucked out in getting Underware to agree to being our foundry partners in making this demo happen. The demo coincides with the release of their new typeface, Liza.

Original referring page on Mozilla's site is here.

Thanks to Craig for dropping crazy hours with me on getting this project together. Shoutouts to Mozilla for their support, encouragement, and sheer radicalness!

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Help Fight Corporate $ponsorship

Here in NYC, the parks department is threatening to sell the naming rights to McCarren Pool. The pool was named 200 years ago, in 1809,  is currently being renovated and is the centerpiece of a favorite artistic Brooklyn community. The community response to this shameless cash grab? PoolAid. Consider taking a minute to sign the petition and just as importantly, spread the word, the arts community is not for sale.

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Michael Jackson, The Next Phase

Back in 1996 Rick Valicenti/Thirst guest-designed a cover for Plazm #14. His concept was to design a cover based on Michael Jackson's "Next Phase." There were a number of iterations. First just a highly polished, synthetic-looking face (pictured above). A subsequent comp found a metallic chrome protrusion emerging from Micheal's forehead. I liked that one a lot and recall giving some minor comments to Rick. The next day I received an email with the latest version (pictured below) which we published. Rick said something like "we just peeled off his skin and reflected him back on himself." Perhaps this is what Michael looks like in the afterlife? One can only speculate. I do know for sure that in commemoration of the King of Pop's passing, Plazm #14 will be free with any order from the Plazm store during the month of July.

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Audio Dregs on Plazm.com

Listen while you browse the Internets. Audio Dregs curates Plazm Radio featuring songs by Dim Dim, Strategy, Lullatone, D.J. Copy, e*rock, Melodium, lots more. Tune in at www.plazm.com

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