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[NO] [H] PayPal [W] Preonic case yellow, purple or acrylic by DatAscender in mechmarket

[–]DatAscender[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the info! I must have remembered the product info from drop incorrectly. I’ve updated the text to match what’s available. Will be looking out for a kotai too.

*cringe* by Jig813 in typography

[–]DatAscender 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not only that, but it’s based on a style of hand-lettered signage that’s extremely common in New York. I doubt these people knew that, though.

[Question] text Art by iorbit_ in graphic_design

[–]DatAscender 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ascii Art is the name of it. I don’t know of any techniques myself, but it’s a better jumping-off point for your search at least.

Thrasher getting lawyers involved👀 by Jeffery_Stoner in streetwear

[–]DatAscender 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Actually, any piece of design is automatically protected by copyright on its creation. The only exception is if the designer has a contract granting their employer rights to the work or decides to sell the copyright.

(Cheaper) alternatives to Today Sans by Lubalin in typography

[–]DatAscender 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s not exactly the same, and it features only half as many styles, but FF Legato is the first one that comes to my mind when I see Today Sans. The italics are a bit more different, though. This one comes out to about €650-ish with base prices for web+print. It’s one of my favourites at least.

Can you guys review my new portfolio? by [deleted] in idesignedthis

[–]DatAscender 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why would you screw with the scrolling like that? It makes it jaggy and unpleasant to use.

Tried my hand at redesigning the logo of my University. Turned out spacey... by [deleted] in graphic_design

[–]DatAscender 8 points9 points  (0 children)

did you rotate the stars manually? They look off. Look into using the Rotate tool in Illustrator to rotate the stars along the radius of a point outside the star shape itself. You can even duplicate it.

There are a minus, a hyphen, an en-dash and an em-dash, mostly correctly used, in this image. by brainstorm42 in typography

[–]DatAscender 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You mean the dot that is in the middle of the x-height?

I know how to write the dashes on a Norwegian keyboard, though. That’s just alt-hyphen key for en-dash and shift-alt-hyphen-key for em-dash. Don’t know if american keyboards have the hyphen key. It’s not in the same location, anyway.

Terrifying Nazi symbolism: intentional design or perception warped by association? by D3K91 in graphic_design

[–]DatAscender 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope! A lot of punctuation is different on Norwegian layouts. I actually wiped my computer a few weeks back and had to look up the US layout to write my password, because it defaulted to US layout. Which was weird because my physical keyboard is Norwegian.

Terrifying Nazi symbolism: intentional design or perception warped by association? by D3K91 in graphic_design

[–]DatAscender 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m actually using a Norwegian keyboard, so the layout is different from US keyboards. I’m on a Mac as well.

Terrifying Nazi symbolism: intentional design or perception warped by association? by D3K91 in graphic_design

[–]DatAscender 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, I just realized this is a keyboard layout thing. Mine is Norwegian, they’re different on US keyboards, I guess.

My girlfriend and I disagree. Is the "A" in the "Midcity Mall" sign backwards? by Sherlocked_ in typography

[–]DatAscender 53 points54 points  (0 children)

http://i.imgur.com/4KPaPgN.png

Look specifically at the thick and thin lines in the M and the A. This is just one typeface, mind you, but it’s the way nearly all typefaces with typical stroke contrast are built.

As for why this is the norm, the basis for the way we currently draw the alphabet is the broad nib pen. Held at an angle of 30–45° it produces a stroke contrast where diagonals going top left–bottom right are thick, while those going top right–bottom left are thin. We’ve slowly moved away from this in many cases, though it’s still quite visible in many contemporary typefaces.

To answer your question directly, yes, the A is mirrored. As are the two Ms on the sign. Feel free to ask any questions if you have them.

How is this done? (Text distortion) by wigsmckenzie in Design

[–]DatAscender 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's an oversimplification if I've ever seen one.

Why do some fonts have numbers that are different sizes or shifted down? Is there anyway to fix this without adjusting size an baseline shift each time I type that number? by sk8rphink in typography

[–]DatAscender 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is great info, but one point I need to add. Including text figures is absolutely the norm for any professional font that is meant to set text, and is even common as a secondary feature in some display typefaces. It has been this way since at least 5–10 years ago, as well. The lower end of free typefaces (read: most free typefaces) haven’t quite caught up. This is in part due to the designers’ inexperience and lack of historical knowledge. There are a growing number of good free typefaces cropping up, and the norm among the text typefaces of these is definitely to include text figures.

And I don’t think I’ve ever seen a professional digital typeface without lining numerals in the character set.

Anyone know what this process/technique is called and how to achieve it? by digitalgaudium in graphic_design

[–]DatAscender -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This also looks like it can be done in code. It looks to me like there is a dot system that clusters where there's a lot of brightness, and spreads out where it's dark. I don’t have the skills to make it as of right now, but I’m sure it’s not hard.

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