Help Bring Back Hotmail & Messenger!

Please sign the Petition to Bring Back Hotmail & Messenger. To read more about the petition, please skim through the information below.

As of April 2013, Microsoft has forced all Hotmail/Messenger users to update to Outlook and Skype. More than 75% of Hotmail users hate Outlook! Microsoft has forced us all to use Outlook and now there is no option of using Hotmail anymore.

The goal of the petition: to let people who want to use Hotmail use it, and to let people who like Outlook continue to use Outlook.

Microsoft has also made everyone "update" to Skype - so they can no longer use Messenger. It's fine to have Skype as well, but I don't see any reason why we can't continue to use Messenger as well!

It is not fair that Microsoft gets to force this malfunctional, bad email service on to us. Microsoft has inconvenienced millions of users by forcing Outlook on them. To help bring Hotmail & Messenger back, please sign the petition!
http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/Bring_Back_Hotmail_Messenger/

Campaigns like this always start small, but they grow when people like us get involved -- so please take a second right now to sign the petition! Also, please forward this message to everyone you know, post it on your Facebook/Twitter wall, and even post it on your blog (if you have one)!

Thank you for your support.

Sincerely with hope,
Scout Collins

Jodi Picoult Fonts

Bonjour!

Today I decided to do a bit of research on Jodi Picoult fonts. I couldn't find too many answers, so I decided to give everyone else a clear idea instead!

I've only read a few of Jodi Picoult's books, so I'll tell you the fonts from the ones I know.

The title font on almost every single one of her novels is Trajan (Roman).

Now, for the specific novels (I've read My Sister's Keeper, Sing You Home, Handle With Care and a few others).

Sing You Home
Max: Book Antiqua Bold, Constantia?
Zoe: ?
Vanessa: a variation of Lane Narrow?
Sammy: Bradley Hand ITC

Handle With Care
Charlotte: Times New Roman
Sean: Rockwell
Piper: ?
Amelia: possibly Corbel, Segoe UI or Segoe UI Light?
Willow: BauerBodoni BT or Bodoni BT
Marin: Adobe Garamond [Pro]?

modern typewriter fonts!

Hey everyone. What's up?

Just did a bit of fontsearch :) on Modern Typewriter Fonts! If you're wondering what Modern Typewriter fonts are, they are just updated takes on Courier New and very old typewriter fonts. (Back then they didn't have Arial & Co, or Comic Sans, for that matter!) It may sound plain, but these new updated versions are very chic, modern and well designed.

(I bet some of you have been waiting for this for a long time!)

I've created a page where you can find your own Typewriter fonts and also see what my best picks are. The best thing is: they're all free! You can donate to the designer, but you don't have to buy the actual font.

So please go and visit the Modern Typewriter Fonts Page.

Thanks!
Scout

most overused fonts

hi :)

A few days ago I started a page on the most overused fonts. please go over and check it out!

I'm still updating it (right now it only has a list of them in the wrong order) but it'll be up by the end of today. Check around after 6:00 PM today or tomorrow and it will be there by then. It's not very long so it's just a quick read! Don't forget to post a comment on the page. I'd love to hear if you agree with my choices and why!

If you're interested in reading it, just click on the blue Top 15 Most Overused Fonts link and you'll go right to the page!

I didn't add a font called Trajan although it is mentionable because it would very easily been able to be included.

Most of the fonts are normally installed on PCs but I'm not sure about Macs or Apple computers... anyway, just google an image of them because they are so widely used that Google will definitely have at least a few readable pictures of them.

thanks for reading,
Scoutie Cookie :)

What I Hate About Italic Fonts

Today I'm writing a post about what I hate about italic fonts.

This doesn't apply to all italic fonts. Only some. The fonts that don't really have their own italic font; their designer just tilted the letters a little to make it look italic... but also ugly.

(for example, take this font. Copse does not have a good italic base. It's only good for using normally.)

What I hate about those italic fonts is, when you've finally found that awesome, stunning font that is absolutely to die for, when you try to type something in italics the font just explodes in utter failure; the letters are tilted at a bad angle; the font looks... plain; even though there are only a few sentences or words in italic, it ruins the whole page you have written; etc.

The Top 5 Worst Fonts In Italic (out of the good ones) would probably have to include:
(I'll count down from five to build up some suspense)

#5 - Champagne & Limousines

Champagne & Limousines is a good font, based off of Century Gothic. But when you try to use italics in this font, it is one of the worst things you'll ever see in italic font disasters!!!


#4– Copse
Copse is a well designed font, although when italic is used , it turns into a jumble of font crap. The other problem with this font is that if you use it in sizes between 0 and 24 pt, it looks even worse.

 

#3 - Geo Sans Light
When using fonts based off of Twentieth Century Monotype (commonly referred to as Tw Cen MT) you have to be careful.. this is the closest font I would ever come even close to using. But the italics in this whole family of fonts is just hideous. The lowercase j looks bad enough non italic!

 

#2 – Blackout

Blackout is a great font when not used in italic. The letters become slim, tilted too much to the right and the tasteful black filled in areas in the letters such as a, b, d, o, p, q and r become just dark pools of dizzying, headache starting bad design.


#1 – Comic Sans MS
Okay, okay. I know I said out of the good fonts... but I just had to rank this one first. Comic Sans MS is the king of bad fontwork - worst regular, italic, underline, bold italic, bold italic underline, you get the point—this font just had to be first. The already distasteful design of the font just worsens with every letter of italic.      

Ivy and Bean Font*

What is the font from the Ivy and Bean series?

Gosh, I've been asking myself the same question for, like, a MILLION years... but I finally found the answer!

Although fonts Caecilla LTD and Nadia Serif are closely related to the font in Ivy and Bean, the main one, Caecilla is to spacey and light to be good enough to use and Nadia... well, there are no quotation marks, commas, or apostrophes... what kind of a font is that? It has good letters but had a very stupid designer. Adelle Thin and Adelle Light were close, although the font is not worth $65+.

The answer to the question: Candida.

The font in Ivy and Bean is Candida.

*I originally thought the font was Adelle Thin, but after asking the question on the WTF Forum (no, not wtf, but what the font!) a very amazing and kind user named Akira1975 answered my question.

If you would like to visit my Ivy and Bean post, here is the link: http://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/forum/case/559396/

If you are wondering about a font, you can posey our own case and because of the fantastic quality of service at What the Font, your question should be answered in a matter of hours... with the right font!
Here is the link to start your own case: http://www.myfonts.com/search/candida/fonts/

You can download Candida from Font Supply free at this link: http://www.fontsupply.com/fonts/C/Candida.html
You should be careful about the advertisements around the download - if you see an add that says anything about a font installer it is a virus... so for you new fonties you have to pay attention to those kind of things. Oh, also - they have a preview of the font at the link too so you can see what Candida looks like AND you can download it at the same time!

Sorry about that little glitch.. Adelle Thin is very similar to the Ivy and Bean font, except the one difference that really sprang out at me was the g in both fonts. In font picking I usually pay attention to the lowercase g, y, q and p.. because the curves and lines in them are very distinctive to me. The y in Adelle was similar although the g was rounded.

Adelle Bold and Adelle Bold Italic are avaliable for free download... the other fonts (around 14 to 20, depending on the website) are priced from $29 to about $70... the link below is for the download of Adelle Bold and Adelle Bold Italic. It is a nice font although it's a little expensive for my taste.
http://www.type-together.com/index.php?action=portal/viewContent&cntId_content=3000&id_section=166 (takes a little longer due to having to put in a code).

note: freepremiumfonts.blogspot.ca has lots of popups and advertisements as soon as you click on the link to the website... it is one of the first results although it is just a big scam! They don't actually let you download any fonts - I would recommend avoiding it.

Well, that's one more question me and all the font searchers can stop asking themselves. Phew! No more whenever I go looking for fonts, What is the font from Ivy and Bean?
If you haven't heard of Ivy and Bean or Adelle Thin, you can check out both of them here:

Ivy and Bean Book Series: http://www.anniebarrows.com/ivyandbean/
Candida Preview: http://www.myfonts.com/search/candida/fonts/

*updated version of previous post

What is the Ivy and Bean Font?

What is the font from the Ivy and Bean series?

Gosh, I've been asking myself the same question for a MILLION years... but I finally found the answer!

Although fonts Caecilla LTD and Nadia Serif are closely related to the font in Ivy and Bean, the main one, Caecilla is to spacey and light to be good enough to use and Nadia... well, there are no quotation marks, commas, or apostrophes... what kind of a font is that? It has good letters but had a very stupid designer.

The answer to the question: Adelle Thin.

The font in Ivy and Bean is Adelle Thin.

The problem is, after three hours of non-stop searching, there is no website that has a free download - the only fonts you can download from the Adelle family is the Adelle Bold and the Adelle Bold Italic.

The price for this font ranges from $36 to about $70, depending on where you're buying from.

Annie Barrows and Sophie Farell (or the company who has published their books) has done just about EVERYTHING to stop people from posting pictures of the font [sample text from the book], they have stopped people from figuring out what font it is, etc - but finally, after years of seaching (for real!) I figured it out.

Adelle Thin and the whole Adelle family font can be downloaded from Adobe Typekit, 101 Free Fonts and Fonts.com. There are also some other websites that carry it too.

Well, that's one more question me and all the font searchers can stop asking themselves. Phew! No more whenever I go looking for fonts, What is the font from Ivy and Bean?
If you haven't heard of Ivy and Bean or Adelle Thin, you can check out both of them here:

Ivy and Bean Book Series: http://www.anniebarrows.com/ivyandbean/
Adelle Thin Preview: https://typekit.com/fonts/adelle-web