For example... The Lucida Grande font has become associated with the Aqua interface and is further tied into the new Apple "style" since it's used all over www.apple.com.
Although Apple has Lucida Grande listed in their CSS fontsheets, they use Myriad Pro for titles on their website. They are also now using Myriad Pro on their hardware (look on the LCD panel for the iMac). They used to use Garamond Condensed for most everything, and occasionally you still see it (such as on the AppleCare Support pages).
One question I have about the proposed visual checks is whether or not they will be using infrared thermography or just plain visible spectrum checks once the shuttle is in orbit... IR thermography allows non-destructive detection of sub-surface cracks and other imperfections that visible analysis cannot show, but I rarely (if ever) hear it mentioned as a possible means of integrity verification. Does anyone know what NASA would intend on using in this situation?
I can see you now, sitting next to Captain Furious in the sequel to Mystery Men...Ben Stiller yelling his ars off while you comment on the preety font the arch villain has on his cape. LOL
Awesome! Please send me some MP3s of it when you're done -- I'd be interested in hearing the results. You are the first person to comment on my sig, btw.
Yeah, Gill Sans seems to be enjoying the same limelight that Officina Sans did a few years back (this is the font that Iomega used for a long time). I have also noticed a slightly increased use of sans fonts with curly lower-case "L" letters -- I really like these though, so I have no complaints. My favorite in this category is the DIN Schriften set, which is used for roadsigns and license plates in Germany.
Vera sans seems very similar to Verdana, while Vera serif seems very similar to Century. I never previously considered Verdana and Century to be similar (disregarding serifs of course), but Vera draws this strange similarity together quite easily.
OK, I admit it, I'm a font geek... I can readily identify what fonts that restaurants use on their menus, and so on. If I ever became a superhero, that would probably be one of my superpowers.:^)
But I will and it's for the same reason I bought a DeWalt drill insead of the much cheaper Skil drill: the quality of construction in both design and function.
DeWalt? Makita!:^) (It has been my experience that DeWalt drill batteries tend to lose their charge quickly and permanently)
Bizarre -- the Guinness World Records 2001 book says that The Shining had the most retakes... Apparently they discovered some information recently about City Lights that was long forgotten as of two years ago...
I know that as of 2001, the world's record for the most retakes of a particular scene was held by Stanley Kubrick -- 160 retakes of one scene in The Shining. If car commercial film retakes count for this as well, these guys have set a new world record by far!
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Hmm, that's not the only thing that people browsing the web have secret fascinations with...:^)
Don't worry, I bought some AMD stock as well about a month ago... P/E ratios aren't important when using strictly technical stock analysis!:^)
The interesting thing about AMD stock is that it has a beta value of 2.7, meaning that on average, it is 2.7x as volatile as the rest of the market. So, if the stock market is going great, it is a wonderful time to invest in AMD. The opposite obviously holds true as well.
Hmm... With a P/E of roughly 287 [yahoo.com], I think they must be fanatics indeed. There's a reason Wall Street doesn't approve of what Apple does - they don't make money!
At least their P/E isn't infinity (*cough* AMD *cough*).
What about these pages on the ACLU website? They've also held discussions with other civil liberties groups on CSPAN where the PATRIOT Act was unfavorably mentioned numerous times.
Ironically enough, I contributed to the ACLU for the first time earlier today... They are currently campaining to repeal the avaricious provisions that Florida established for the sale of private information gleaned from driver's license databases (social security numbers, medical history, etc.). I suppose I had two big reasons to contribute today!
The maintainer for the awesome Meterologist weather program for OS X has decided to stop maintaining the program for at least the next few months... There doesn't appear to be a "second in command", so it looks like this program is going to languish. The source is open. Any takers (I would, but I'm about to enter grad school)?
Yeah, interestingly enough I was wondering about exactly that the other day... I am planning a road trip through California (all the way from Florida), and noticed that there is a city named "Lone Pine" in California... All I could think of was the "Lone Pine Mall" and old man Peabody screaming "My pines!" from Back to the Future.
So, you've answered a burning question of mine that I never knew who to ask. Thanks!
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I'm in font heaven! Thanks for the link. :^)
Hi, I'm Jon Abbott, and I am an avowed font geek.
One question I have about the proposed visual checks is whether or not they will be using infrared thermography or just plain visible spectrum checks once the shuttle is in orbit... IR thermography allows non-destructive detection of sub-surface cracks and other imperfections that visible analysis cannot show, but I rarely (if ever) hear it mentioned as a possible means of integrity verification. Does anyone know what NASA would intend on using in this situation?
Awesome! Please send me some MP3s of it when you're done -- I'd be interested in hearing the results. You are the first person to comment on my sig, btw.
Yeah, Gill Sans seems to be enjoying the same limelight that Officina Sans did a few years back (this is the font that Iomega used for a long time). I have also noticed a slightly increased use of sans fonts with curly lower-case "L" letters -- I really like these though, so I have no complaints. My favorite in this category is the DIN Schriften set, which is used for roadsigns and license plates in Germany.
Vera sans seems very similar to Verdana, while Vera serif seems very similar to Century. I never previously considered Verdana and Century to be similar (disregarding serifs of course), but Vera draws this strange similarity together quite easily.
:^)
OK, I admit it, I'm a font geek... I can readily identify what fonts that restaurants use on their menus, and so on. If I ever became a superhero, that would probably be one of my superpowers.
That reminds me -- apparently Knight Rider is coming to the big screen...
Bizarre -- the Guinness World Records 2001 book says that The Shining had the most retakes... Apparently they discovered some information recently about City Lights that was long forgotten as of two years ago...
I know that as of 2001, the world's record for the most retakes of a particular scene was held by Stanley Kubrick -- 160 retakes of one scene in The Shining. If car commercial film retakes count for this as well, these guys have set a new world record by far!
Hmm, that's not the only thing that people browsing the web have secret fascinations with...
The interesting thing about AMD stock is that it has a beta value of 2.7, meaning that on average, it is 2.7x as volatile as the rest of the market. So, if the stock market is going great, it is a wonderful time to invest in AMD. The opposite obviously holds true as well.
What about these pages on the ACLU website? They've also held discussions with other civil liberties groups on CSPAN where the PATRIOT Act was unfavorably mentioned numerous times.
Ironically enough, I contributed to the ACLU for the first time earlier today... They are currently campaining to repeal the avaricious provisions that Florida established for the sale of private information gleaned from driver's license databases (social security numbers, medical history, etc.). I suppose I had two big reasons to contribute today!
Yes, but after banning all of the RIAA-affiliated bands, the only performer left might be Richard Stallman singing the Free Software Song...
Ahem... Make that meteorologist. I guess meterology would be akin to meter reading... :^)
The maintainer for the awesome Meterologist weather program for OS X has decided to stop maintaining the program for at least the next few months... There doesn't appear to be a "second in command", so it looks like this program is going to languish. The source is open. Any takers (I would, but I'm about to enter grad school)?
I still like my 9-pin serial port, you insensitive clod!
Yeah, interestingly enough I was wondering about exactly that the other day... I am planning a road trip through California (all the way from Florida), and noticed that there is a city named "Lone Pine" in California... All I could think of was the "Lone Pine Mall" and old man Peabody screaming "My pines!" from Back to the Future.
So, you've answered a burning question of mine that I never knew who to ask. Thanks!