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Menus with Beauty and Brains 3: Finding the Fonts
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We have talked about working with small fonts, and now we will take
a peek at a sampling of the specialty fonts that are designed to be
used at specific sizing. You may wish to see the first
article in the Menus with Beauty and Brains series for more information
on fonts.
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We have already looked at Sevenet 7 in an earlier article, but it is
one of the most popular screen fonts. Another well respected font is
Mini 7, by Joe Gillespie of Web Page Design for Designers. I have included
a sampling of this amazing small font collection. I have not included
the extras part of the font family, which includes many kerning and
decorative tools.
Although this is not a free font, the entire collection is available
for $15 US for Mac or PC. See more about Mini
7.
Joe has just released a new pixel font called Tenacity, designed to
be used at 10 pts. See left for a sample of the variations included
with this font. See more about Tenacity.
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The 04 Bitmap font family provides plenty of variety in
style. The fonts are created by Yuji Oshimoto and can
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Another wonderful font is Intermosaic, by Shyfonts.
I am including it here with great optimism, since I have not been able
to reach the download site for a few days. However, it is available in
font collections elsewhere on the Web. I like working with this font –
very reliable. |
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Try this selection of fonts, and if you still want more
information, or want to test even more pixel fonts, you can visit WebSite
Tips for a comprehensive listing. |
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Experiment and see how you can improve your menu creation,
or perhaps work with small fonts for the first time. Each of us are attracted
to different fonts, so there can be no "good" or "bad"
pixel fonts. Just remember the restrictions and methods for a quality
product – a giant step towards professional and efficient menus.
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Next time we will look at some different menu choices,
rollovers and a few neat menu tricks. |
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Back to start
Menus with Beauty and Brains 3: Tutorial Index
Small Fonts Continued
Fireworks and CorelDraw Antialiasing
Special Antialiasing for Flash
Creating Unified Menus
Finding the Fonts
 
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