SteveMacKley design

Work on the Heavy/ Extra Bold weight of Silverback  is progressing nicely (if not frantically).  First pass at the Glyphs is done, with a ton of tweaks ahead.  No spacing or kerning  is really done yet, but that will come in time.  This weight along with the regular will be used to interpolate the rest of the family.  I am also curious to try Tim Ahren’s Font ReMix Tools to develop the condensed and expanded weights. Hopefully I can get far enough along to make the submission deadline for FontFont’s spring meeting.

Stephen Coles of Typographica and The Mid-Century Modernist has posted an interseting critique of the iPad and typography. In short, is disappoints.

What the iPad is Missing (No, it’s not a Camera)

I know there a ton of color tools for designers on the web, but I have to give a shout-out for Color Scheme Designer. Titled towards Web design (no CMYK), it still is one of the most intuitive tools for quickly developing color schemes.  Plus it can show you what the scheme will look like for those with various forms of color-blindness.

http://colorschemedesigner.com/